Risk assessment for yellow Fever in Western and north-Western provinces of zambia.

Background: North-Western and Western provinces of Zambia were reclassified as low-risk areas for yellow fever (YF). However, the current potential for YF transmission in these areas is unclear.

Aims: To determine the current potential risk of YF infection.

Correlates of diarrhoea among children below the age of 5 years in Sudan.

Background: The Millennium Development Goals recognise child health and survival as an important socio-development issue.

Objectives: To determine the correlates of diarrhoea among children aged below 5 years in north Sudan.

Methods: We conducted secondary data analysis of the Sudan Multiple Cluster Indicators Survey II.

District specific correlates for hypertension in Kaoma and Kasama rural districts of Zambia.

Introduction: Hypertension a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is the most widely recognized modifiable risk factor for this disease. There is little information on the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in Zambia, and in particular in rural areas of the country. In order to contribute to the existing global literature on hypertension, particularly in rural Zambia, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its correlates in two rural districts of Zambia, namely Kaoma and Kasama.

Prevalence and correlates of being bullied among in-school adolescents in Malawi: results from the 2009 Global School-Based Health Survey.

Background: Physical and emotional violence against adolescents is a neglected, but growing problem globally. Violence against adolescents negatively affects the victim in terms of physical health, school attendance and performance and social adjustment. The literature on the prevalence and associated factors of bullying against adolescents is sparse in southern Africa outside South Africa.

Cannabis use and its socio-demographic correlates among in-school adolescents in Zambia.

Background: Cannabis dependence in adolescents predicts increased risks of using other illicit drugs, poor academic performance and reporting psychotic symptoms. The prevalence of cannabis use was estimated two decades ago in Zambia among secondary school students. There are no recent estimates of the extent of the problem; further, correlates for its use have not been documented in Zambia.