Background: Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) has been shown to help change sexual behaviour and to be cost effective in low income settings. Though VCT has been available for a long time in Zambia, acceptability ...

A case of failure of oral contraceptive pills in a woman receiving rifampicin has been reported and discussed.

Breech presentation occurs when the fetus presents with buttocks or feet first. Globally, the incidence of breech is 3-4% at term. The safest mode of delivery for most breeches at term is still controversial despite extensive ...

Fractures of the neck of femur under the age of 14 years are so rare that few surgeons have much experience with them. Hamilton (1961) predicted that an orthopaedic surgeon would see one case in a lifetime, Quiulan ...

An unusual case of giant-cell tumours of the tendon sheath (syn. Pigmented villonodular tecosynovitis or fibrous xanthoma) of a long thumb flexor is presented. The unusual features are : two ...

Two hundred newborn children were studied for the frequency of occurrence of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka. An overall frequency of 11.5 ...

A case of granulomatous inflammation of aorta and pulmonary trunk in a 14 year old African female is presented. She also had bilateral tuberculous` bronchopneumonia and extensive tuberculosis of ileum. ...

A case of haemosiderosis, osteoporosis, vertebral collapse and scurvy occurring in a Zambian African male is described in detail.

The frequency of HBsAg in health workers at University Teaching Hospital appears high (3.10/o) as compared to Western health workers. The laboratory staff and the nursing staff are at higher risk ...

Pancytopenia is a haematologic condition characterised by leukopenia, anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia is not a diagnosis and has to be qualified by determination of its cause. The aetiologies of pancytopenia are ...