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In Zambia today, a number of international policies have been ratified; among them was the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and came into force on 2 September 1990. In line with this Convention...

A prospective study of pyomyositis and HIV infection was conducted at the emergency admission ward of the University Teaching Hospital.One hundred and three(103) patients were included in the study. The age range was between 15 and 51 years (Mean=29). The objectives of the study were :To...

Pyrexia is seen in 93 percent of all children with burns admitted to the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery, Lusaka, Zambia. Sixty five percent of these had fever on the first day of admission. The cause could not be determined with certainty.Pyrexia was a common feature in...

Reported here are findings of the RPR results tested by nurses and laboratory technicians. The involvement of nurses in testing for RPR was aimed at increasing the coverage for women attending antenatal clinics during the outreach programs. There were no laboratory facilities in such places...

This report is a result of the attachment and study of the sexual and reproductive health services provided to young people in Kabushi Township of Ndola by the Ndola District Health Management Team. It is a culmination of an attachment to such services in partial fulfillment of the requirements...

Tine cyanidation process for extracting precious metals (gold and silver) from the anode slimes was investigated. The recovery of these metals from cyanidation solution by adsorption on activated cai-bon has been studied. Ttiis was to assess the cyanidation and adsorption process as a potential...

This study investigated a mathematics school teacher changing his classroom practice through reflective practice. The study, which was in the form of action research, was conducted in Livingstone District of the Southern Province of Zambia, targeting teachers of mathematics in upper basic...

Mimosa pigra has been identified as a serious invasive alien plant that has invaded the floodplain of Lochinvar National Park in the Kafue flats. There has been a challenge in finding an effective method to successfully control Mimosa pigra. This is because when Mimosa pigra is cut, it...

1.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Zambia has seen a tremendous rise in crime, and consequently the government has been preoccupied with how the rising crime rate could be reduced. There have been different strategies adopted by the government in order to curb the rising crime rate and rehabilitation of...

Tuberculosis is a disease of worldwide public health and economic importance. In Zambia the disease has been consistently reported in the Kafue Basin without a clear understanding of transmission dynamics in the livestock-wildlife interface. The main objective of this study was to determine the...