Peter Songolo

TL;DR: Health education and structural interventions to promote healthier lifestyles should be encouraged taking into account the observed associations of the modifiable risk factors.

TL;DR: The prevalence of diabetes in Lusaka district has not reached an alarming level and it is now that interventions targeting the younger age group 25-34 years should be put in place to curtail the spread of diabetes.

TL;DR: The use of cannabis is prevalent among Zambian in-school adolescents and efforts to prevent adolescents’ psychoactive drug use should be designed considering the significant factors associated with drug use in the current study.

TL;DR: The findings reveal that hypertension is prevalent among rural residents in Kaoma and Kasama, Zambia, and the disease is highly associated with age, BMI, smoking and heart rate.

TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence of dengue infection circulation in both North-Western and Western provinces of Zambia, and it is important that surveillance activities for Dengue and diagnostic systems are expanded and strengthened, nationwide in order to capture information related to d Dengue virus and other flaviviruses.