This study was carried out in selected urban areas in Zambia; its objective was to examine the sexual networking and activities of urban youth in Zambia: specifically to determine how sexual behaviour among young people might influence the course of the AIDS epidemic and also to suggest policy interventions. Sexual behaviour among young people both in-school and out-of-school, aged between 12 a...

SETTING Zambia, 1995-1997. OBJECTIVE To describe the process leading to the collapse of Zambia's National Tuberculosis Programme NTP). DESIGN A descriptive analysis of health sector reform in Zambia and its effects on the NTP during the period 1995-1997. RESULTS By the end of 1997 the NTP had stopped functioning. The main reason was that external support had ended, while the National Stra...

BACKGROUND The metal mining industry employs approximately 15% of formally employed workers in Zambia, but there is little information about the magnitude of occupational injuries among the miners. AIMS To determine the frequency rates of occupational injuries and fatalities among copper miners in Zambia. METHODS A retrospective study of occupational injuries and fatalities at one of the la...

BACKGROUND Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is an emerging health problem. We present here the Zambia-specific national level data of prevalence, symptomatic, radiological and microbiological characteristics of NTM, using results from a national Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of NTM among adults aged 15 years and abo...

Babesia spp. were detected from 4 asymptomatic pukus captured on a game ranch in central Zambia in October 2008. Blood smears were examined in 4 species of aymptomatic free-ranging antelopes, namely the puku (Kobus vordanii), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), and kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and showed the presence of Babesia parasites only in the puku. In the...

Aim: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis among traditional milking cows in southern Zambia and isolation of Mycobacterium spp from the tuberculin positive cow's milk. Materials and Methods: A total of 1,025 cows originating from traditional cattle sector, in Mapepe, Magoye, Monze, Batoka, GARTBatoka, Kalomo areas of Zambia, supplying major quantity of milk to milk processors, were teste...

OBJECTIVE To examine the use of contraception in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; to assess changes in met need for contraception associated with wealth-related inequity; and to describe the relationship between the use of long-term versus short-term contraceptive methods and a woman's fertility intentions and household wealth. METHODS The analysis was conducted with Demographic and Health...

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and deadly viral hemorrhagic disease of swine. In Zambia, ASF was first reported in 1912 in Eastern Province and is currently believed to be endemic in that province only. Strict quarantine measures implemented at the Luangwa River Bridge, the only surface outlet from Eastern Province, appeared to be successful in restricting the disease. However...

BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is posing a great threat to global TB control. The burden in Zambia is not well defined because routine surveillance data are scarce. We reviewed national MDR-TB data for the last decade to inform future public health policy with respect to MDR-TB in Zambia. METHOD Retrospective review of national surveillance of MDR-TB data, TB programme a...