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Assessing the effects of socioeconomic status on use of hypertension care services in Zambia: Insights from 2017 WHO stepwise survey

International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
Background: Hypertension remains a significant public health concern, with disparities in care delivery and inadequate healthcare infrastructure exacerbating its burden, particularly among underprivileged groups.
Flata Mwale, Wingston Felix Ng’ambi, Joe Maganga Zonda, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Dominic Nkhoma   +4 more
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Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia [PDF]

, 1974
An assessment of the extent of bilharzia in ZambiaThere has been a considerable accumulation of data in recent years enabling a more accurate assessment of the extent of bilharzia in Zambia than has been possible hitherto.
Fine, J.
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Management of noma: practice competence and knowledge among healthcare workers in a rural district of Zambia

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection and treatment are important to prevent its development. Objectives: The
Mathilda Ahlgren, Tjede Funk, Clemence Marimo, Charlotte Ndiaye, Tobias Alfvén   +4 more
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Factors associated with private health facilities reporting malaria in the National Health Management Information System in Zambia: a cross sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Zambia has moved from accelerated malaria burden reduction to malaria elimination which requires the national malaria surveillance system to capture all cases from both the public and private sector.
Angela Gama, Ignatius Banda, Fred Kapaya, Mercy Mwanza Ingwe, Japhet Chiwaula, Anthony Yeta, Elizabeth Chizema Kawesha, Busiku Hamainza, Gershom Chongwe   +8 more
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Improved financial probity in the health Sector following the WHO reforms in Zambia [PDF]

, 2016
Improved financial probity in the health sector following the WHO reforms in ZambiaThe World Health Organization (WHO) Reform emphasizes strict adherence to two procedures for disbursements of resources allocated to all the 196 member states as per ...
Chabala, R, Siboonde, M, Sikazwe, A, Mufunda, J., Chime, J. K., Musumali, M   +5 more
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Republic of Zambia [cartographic material] /

, 1965
Various eds. Topographic map series of Zambia. Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Series originally published 1965-1971 without series numbering. Some sheets reprinted ca. 1966 as series Z542.
Zambia. Survey Department.
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Pathogenesis of rabies in a pregnant HIV immune-compromised woman in Zambia: A case report

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Rabies is a fatal neglected tropical zoonotic disease caused by neurotropic viruses of the genus Lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. We report the disease progression in a 30-year-old woman, in her eighth pregnancy, living with human immunodeficiency
Martin Nyahoda, Mukatimui K. Munalula, Agripa Lungu, Walter Muleya, Selia Ng’anjo, Willies Silwimba, Chrispin Mwando, Joyce N. Shampile   +7 more
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Parasitic Contamination of Common Vegetables Sold in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2021
Background: Consumption of raw or unhygienically prepared vegetables is a potential source of parasitic infection. This study aimed to establish the prevalence and types of intestinal parasites on the freshly sold vegetables at the market.
S.S. Nyirenda, K.M. Bukowa, W.R. Banda, J. Mbewe, F. Hamankolo, F. Banda, G. Kwenda, M. Mumba, E. Zulu   +8 more
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Pancreatic cancer: patterns in a low- to middle income population, Zambia [PDF]

, 2017
Demographic features (age, gender) of pancreatic cancer.In 2007, the Cancer Disease Hospital (CDH) was opened as the national referral center for patients diagnosed with cancer in Zambia.
Phiri, G, Simuyandi, M., Lishimpi, K., Banda, L.   +3 more
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Does circumcision influence risky sexual behaviour among circumcised sexually active men in Zambia? [PDF]

, 2017
Low circumcision and high rates of heterosexual acquired HIV infections are among factors that have “influenced” Zambia to adopt, encourage and spearhead Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) as a preventive tool against HIV infection.Low ...
Mapoma, C.C., Bwalya, B.B.
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