Zambia
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis.

14 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Successful antiretroviral treatment programs in rural sub-Saharan Africa may face different challenges than programs in urban areas. The objective of this study was to identify patient characteristics, barriers to care, and treatment ... Read more...

HIV-1 infection in Zambian children impairs the development and avidity maturation of measles virus-specific immunoglobulin G after vaccination and infection.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Endemic transmission of measles continues in many countries that have a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden. The effects that HIV infection has on immune responses to measles and to measles vaccine can impact measles ... Read more...

Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between precipitation patterns and cholera outbreaks and the preventative roles of drainage networks against outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. METHODS: We collected data on 6542 registered cholera patients in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Zambia'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis. 14 Oct 2009
• Global health initiatives and country health systems. 8 Oct 2009
• HIV-1 infection in Zambian children impairs the development and avidity maturation of measles virus-specific immunoglobulin G after vaccination and infection. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. 15 Sep 2009
• Knowledge, use, and concerns about contraceptive methods among sero-discordant couples in Rwanda and Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
• CD4+ response and subsequent risk of death among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
• Mortality and virologic outcomes after access to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected women who received single-dose nevirapine in Lusaka, Zambia. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zambia: implementing efficacious ARV regimens in primary health centers. 25 Aug 2009
• Mental distress in the general population in Zambia: impact of HIV and social factors. 16 Aug 2009
• Characterization of H3N6 avian influenza virus isolated from a wild white pelican in Zambia. 3 Aug 2009
• An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia. 3 Aug 2009
• HIV testing among adolescents in Ndola, Zambia: how individual, relational, and environmental factors relate to demand. 30 Jul 2009
• Images in clinical tropical medicine. Multibacillary leprosy in Zambia. 30 Jul 2009
• Isolation and characterization of Mycobacterium bovis strains from indigenous Zambian cattle using Spacer oligonucleotide typing technique. 18 Jul 2009
• Environmental and climatic factors associated with epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in fish from the Zambezi floodplains, Zambia. 28 Jun 2009
• Differential effects of early weaning for HIV-free survival of children born to HIV-infected mothers by severity of maternal disease. 24 Jun 2009
• Growth faltering due to breastfeeding cessation in uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia. 22 Jun 2009
• Certainty on circumcision? 11 Jun 2009
• The impact of habitat fragmentation on tsetse abundance on the plateau of eastern Zambia. 9 Jun 2009
• [Reduced malaria mortality in Zambia] 9 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Zambia'

Definition: A republic in southern Africa, south of DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO and TANZANIA, and north of ZIMBABWE. Its capital is Lusaka. It was formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

Descriptor UI: D015024

Alternative terms: Zambia; Rhodesia, Northern; Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.058.290.175.920;