"Zambia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 ID |
D015024
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Zambia- Zambia
- Rhodesia, Northern
- Northern Rhodesia
- Republic of Zambia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zambia" by people in Profiles.
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Changes in household composition and their effects on the academic achievement of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV in rural Zambia. AIDS Care. 2025 Jun; 37(6):991-1002.
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Data collection systems for active safety surveillance of vaccines during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: developing and piloting an assessment tool (VPASS). BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Mar 13; 23(1):172.
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Cognitive and academic performance of rural Zambian youth exposed to HIV. AIDS Care. 2023 03; 35(3):453-460.
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The Development and Inclusion of Questions on Surgery in the 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2021 12 31; 9(4):905-914.
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Chronic Ulcers and Malnutrition in an African Patient. Pediatrics. 2020 11; 146(5).
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Factors associated with HIV and syphilis screenings among pregnant women at first antenatal visit in Lusaka, Zambia. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Sep 07; 13(1):423.
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A multifaceted intervention to improve syphilis screening and treatment in pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Lusaka, Zambia: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 05; 7(5):e655-e663.
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of antenatal syphilis screening and treatment for the prevention of congenital syphilis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia: results of qualitative formative research. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 08 14; 17(1):556.
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Identifying learning patterns of children at risk for Specific Reading Disability. Dev Sci. 2016 May; 19(3):402-18.
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A population-based, multifaceted strategy to implement antenatal corticosteroid treatment versus standard care for the reduction of neonatal mortality due to preterm birth in low-income and middle-income countries: the ACT cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2015 Feb 14; 385(9968):629-639.