African Digital Health Library (ADHL): Recent submissions
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Career Aspirations of Zambia Medical Graduates Training for District Health Systems
(2012-08-08)There is increasing interest in assessing the medical manpower needs of Zambia. If doctors, who graduate in Zambia are to remain in the country they will need to have their career aspirations met.Objective: To assess the ... -
Outcome of Tuberculosis treatment in sputum positive patients after eight months of anti-tuberculosis therapy
(2012-08-08)The Study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), chest clinic. The purpose of the study was to find out the outcome of tuberculosis treatment in Sputum Positive Patients after eight months anti-tuberculosis ... -
Compliance in TB Chemotherapy: study of patients at George health center in Lusaka
(2012-08-08)Tuberculosis has emerged as the most serious infectious disease in terms of morbidity and mortality in Sub-saharan Africa. The disease can be prevented from spreading and those who get infected can be cured if they are ... -
Sexual behaviours and vulnerabilities to HIV: A case study of the hearing and visually impaired puipls of Munali boys and Munali girls High Schools in Lusaka
(2012-08-08)An institutional data set at Munali Boys and Munali Girls High Schools was showing an unknown gravity of HIV and sexual behaviours among the visually and hearing impaired pupils. Lack of information on the prevalence and ... -
The role of HIV/AIDS Home based care in promoting positive sexual behaviours among adolescents in Kabwe Urban
(2012-08-08)The home based care programme has been set up throughout the country. This was one of the responses to the ever-increasing prevalence rate of the Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). While indeed many studies have documented ... -
Factors associated with staffing of Medical Doctors and Nurses in Rural Areas
(2012-08-08)Objective: To determine the factors associated with staffing of doctors and nurses in rural Health Institutions in Zambia.Design: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered closed and open-ended ... -
Community awareness and response to pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-08-08)Tuberculosis is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, and indeed in Zambia. The high prevalence of TB since the mid 1980s, has been associated with HIV. This study sought to determine the level of awareness ... -
A study to determine the impact of health education on pregnant women who attend outreach clinics in Katete district
(2012-08-08)This study was conducted to determine the impact of health education on pregnant women who attended outreach clinics in Katele District. A comparative cross-sectional study with a structured interview schedule for the women ... -
A study on the knowledge, attitude and practice of Midwives on infection control in Maternity units in Lusaka Urban Clinics.
(2012-08-08)Infection Control is a major problem in UTH, Lusaka. It was important to see if a similar problem occurred in urban maternity units.TITLE OF STUDY: A study on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of midwives on Infection ... -
Factors Influencing Utilization of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Chipata District's Rural, Peri-Urban and Urban Health Centers in Eastern Province
(2012-08-08)Rapid and accurate diagnosis is fundamental to effective management and control of malaria. In Zambia the Integrated Technical Guidelines (ITG) for Frontline Heath Workers and the National Integrated Management of Child ... -
Factors affecting Compliance in the uptake of Zidovudine(AZT) and Nevirapine (NVP) By HIV Seropositive Expectant women delivering out side a health facility in Lusaka
(2012-08-08)The chances of Vertical transmission of HIV can be reduced if expectant HIV seropositive mothers complied with the uptake of AZT/NVP given during pregnancy. Zidovudine given to expectant mothers in their third trimester ... -
Determinants of utilization of intermittent presumtive treatment of malaria using fansidar by pregnant women in the rural urban clinics of Lusaka province
(2012-08-08)Objective: To assess the utilization and determinants of Intermittent Presumptive Treatment of malaria by pregnant women in the rural and urban clinics of Lusaka Province. Study Design: A comparative cross-sectional ... -
Impact of User Fees on Access to Quality Health services for Women in Solwezi District
(2012-08-08)User fees are generally used in government institutions as a means of alleviating pressure on constrained budgets. In 2006, the Zambian Government abolished user fees in all rural areas except urban areas and municipalities ... -
A study of health related behaviour among school going adolescents in Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-08-08)Age grouping in medicine assists in identifying risk groups, and adolescence is one such grouping. This study reported and assessed health related behavioral problems in School going adolescents in Lusaka, Zambia. The main ... -
Community infection ratio as an indicator for tuberculosis control in Zambia : a case-control study of purified protein derivative among house-holds contacts of confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis and control uses
(2012-08-08)The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Zambia is poorly understood. The study investigated the relative importance of transmission within the household and in the community among children aged 2 years to 12 years living in ... -
Knowledge and usage of Oral Rehydration Therapy by Caretakers as First-Line management of Diarrhoea in children under five years in Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-08-08)In Zambia, diarrhoea has been and remains a public health problem. Z.D.H.S, (2002) indicated that in Zambia, the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under five years was 21 percent. A child with diarrhoea dies from dehydration ... -
Factors associated with couplesHIV/AIDS counseling and testing in Kanyama compound, Lusaka
(2012-08-08)Background: Couples counseling and testing has been widely identified as a key HIV/AIDS prevention and management strategy. However, there has been very low uptake of couples testing in Zambia.Study Objective: The purpose ... -
Factors associated with police attitudes towards mentally ill people in Lusaka urban
(2012-08-08)Objective: The main objective of the study was to determine factors associated with Police attitudes towards mentally ill persons in the streets and Police Cells of Lusaka urban.Design: This was a case control study involving ... -
The reasons why women in Ndola Urban are not using Emergency Contraceptives
(2012-08-08)The ability to determine when or even whether to have children is an extraordinarily important human right that benefits not only the individual woman, who is able to control her fertility, but also others. Family planning ... -
The Impact of Infant/Child living Condition on feeding pattern and growth path way for children aged below six years in Lusaka urban:a retrospective cohort study
(2012-08-08)The proliferation in institutional care facilities for children makes it increasingly imperative to understand the exact nature of services that these facilities provide and the impact they hove on children. Although ...
