Kasonde Bowa

Admission criteria and academic performance in first-year medical and dental students at a new medical school in Zambia: a historical cohort study

Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa carries 25% of the global burden of disease yet has only 3% of the world’s health workers. Zambia, with a population of approximately 19.7 million (2024), reported a physician density of 0.93 per 10,000 population — far below the WHO-recomme...

Intraoperative multiple needle puncture of the Tunica Albuginea after detorsion: A simple decompressive technique to improve testicular salvage

Testicular torsion causes a compartment syndrome physiology in which detorsion alone may fail to restore perfusion because intratesticular pressure remains elevated after untwisting. This report describes a simple intraoperative adjunct practised by the author in a district hospi...