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The increasing number of women infected with HIV as demonstrated by the sentinel antenatal surveillance system is believed to be an important factor in the worsening maternal mortality being witnessed in Lusaka. By 1989, HIV/AIDS was already believed to have been the cause of a few maternal...

This is a clinical and laboratory comparative study of the clinical presentation and outcomes of Meningitis in 75 adult Zambian patients, 44 HIV positive patients ( 28 males and 16 females) and 19 HIV negative( 10 males and 9 females) and 12 (7 males and 5 females) whose serostatus was not known,...

The proliferation in institutional care facilities for children makes it increasingly imperative to understand the exact nature of services that these facilities provide and the impact they hove on children. Although residential care of young children has been cyclically embraced as a promising...

Introduction: Disability following Lower Limb Amputation (LLA) is permanent and generally has an impact on the functional, psychological and social status of the individual. Quality of Life (QOL) is a subjective and multidimensional concept involving physical, emotional, functional and social...

This study aimed to determine the impact of peer educators on family planning usage in Lusaka HIV clinics from a gender perspective. This was achieved by examining the perceptions of ART clients on the quality of family planning in the TIDES supported clinics and clinics that were not supported...

The study which formed the basis for the discussions in this thesis was conducted between September 1995 and March 1996. The researcher visited 17 schools and eight colleges and the two universities in Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe. The purpose of the study was to establish the students' knowledge...

This is a report of research findings on how the Interactive Methodologies were being implemented in the teaching of HIV and AIDS to learners with hearing impairments in special schools. It was not known before this study how the interactive methodologies were being implemented in special schools...

Introduction: The field of neuropsychology is considered to be fairly new. It uses different psychological tests for various reasons including diagnosis assessment and rehabilitation. However, these tests were developed mostly in western countries and may not be used in other countries easily....

This dissertation examines the juvenile criminal justice system in Zambia vis-à-vis the international protection of the children’s rights. The study examines and analyses the existing laws and ascertains the extent to which Zambian laws are compliant with the international standards set out in...

The language-in-education policy in Zambia is that in grade one, the language of instruction for initial literacy is the familiar local language spoken in an area. From grade two onwards, the language of instruction is English. However, there are regions such as Lusaka which is cosmopolitan; with...