HIV/AIDS in Zambia, the Glossary

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1. 34 relations: Blood transfusion, Central Province, Zambia, Coinfection, Copperbelt Province, Drug injection, Eastern Province, Zambia, Feces, Fishery, HIV, HIV superinfection, HIV/AIDS, Human Development Index, Human sexual activity, LGBT rights in Zambia, Logistics, Luapula Province, Lusaka Province, Management of HIV/AIDS, Men who have sex with men, Mucus, North-Western Province, Zambia, Northern Province, Zambia, Soldier, Southern Province, Zambia, Sputum, Truck driver, United States Department of State, Vertical transmission, Vertically transmitted infection, Western Province, Zambia, ZAMBART Project, Zambia, Zambian kwacha, 2000 Zambian census.

2. Health in Zambia

Blood transfusion

Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously.

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Central Province, Zambia

Central Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces.

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Coinfection

Coinfection is the simultaneous infection of a host by multiple pathogen species.

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Copperbelt Province

Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south.

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Drug injection

Drug injection is a method of introducing a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle, which is pierced through the skin into the body (usually intravenously, but also at an intramuscular or subcutaneous, location).

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Eastern Province, Zambia

Eastern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Fishery

Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place (a.k.a., fishing grounds).

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.

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HIV superinfection

HIV superinfection (also called HIV reinfection or SuperAIDS) is a condition in which a person with an established human immunodeficiency virus infection acquires a second strain of HIV, often of a different subtype.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Human sexual activity

Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.

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LGBT rights in Zambia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Zambia face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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Logistics

Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

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Luapula Province

Luapula Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces located in the northern part of the country.

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Lusaka Province

Lusaka Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia.

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Management of HIV/AIDS

The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs as a strategy to control HIV infection.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who engage in sexual activity with other men, regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity.

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Mucus

Mucus is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes.

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North-Western Province, Zambia

North-Western Province is one of ten Provinces of Zambia.

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Northern Province, Zambia

Northern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces.

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Soldier

A soldier is a person who is a member of an army.

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Southern Province, Zambia

Southern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces, and home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls), shared with Zimbabwe.

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Sputum

Sputum is mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways (the trachea and bronchi).

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Truck driver

A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, which is commonly defined as a large goods vehicle (LGV) or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) (usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck).

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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Vertical transmission

Vertical transmission of symbionts is the transfer of a microbial symbiont from the parent directly to the offspring.

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Vertically transmitted infection

A vertically transmitted infection is an infection caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses that use mother-to-child transmission, that is, transmission directly from the mother to an embryo, fetus, or baby during pregnancy or childbirth.

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Western Province, Zambia

Western Province is one of the 10 provinces in Zambia and encompasses most of the area formerly known as Barotseland.

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ZAMBART Project

ZAMBART Project is a public health research non-governmental organization conducting scientific research into the dual epidemics of tuberculosis and HIV.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.

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Zambian kwacha

The Kwacha (ISO 4217 code: ZMW) is the currency of Zambia.

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2000 Zambian census

The 2000 Zambian census was conducted in Zambia in 2000 by DRS under approval of the Government of Zambia, which recorded demographic data from 13 million people and 4 million households.

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See also

Health in Zambia

• Abortion in Zambia
• Childbirth in Zambia
• Disability in Zambia
• HIV/AIDS in Zambia
• Health in Zambia
• Healthcare in Zambia
• Water supply and sanitation in Zambia
• ZEPRS

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Zambia

Also known as HIV-AIDS in Zambia.