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Pentecostalism is a Christian revivalist movement which originated as an urban movement in the United States of America in 1906. In the 1960s a new revival movement within Pentecostalism which came to be known as Charismatic renewal or neo Pentecostalism swept the United States and as it spread...

Introdution: Under-five mortality, which is the probability of a child dying before their fifth birthday, is of concern in Zambia as infant and child mortality rates are important social indicators. Demographic health surveys conducted between 1992 and 2014 show notable reductions in under-five...

Background: Globally, diarrhoeal diseases are the second leading cause of deaths in children under five years old, causing 6.9% of deaths. In Zambia, diarrhoeal disease accounts for 16% of mortality among the under fives. The objective of the study was to investigate the correlates of diarrhoea...

Background:Globally, about 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and two million girls under the age of 15 give birth every year. In Zambia, 3 in 10 young women aged 15 to 19 years have either given birth or carrying a pregnancy. This study was aimed at identifying determinants that may be...

Electricity is a commodity at the epicentre of modern society. The mammoth task of ensuring that electricity is generated, transmitted, supplied and successfully distributed to its consumers in Zambia is spearheaded by ZESCO Limited formerly known as Zambia Electricity Supply Cooperation. ZESCO...

The study investigated effort and constraints in the full implementation of the 2002 (revised 2013) national decentralization policy of Zambia. Mambwe District Township was used as a case for the study. In the background, consequences of delays in implementing the policy formed the problem...

BACKGROUND: To help improve the foetal outcome, many professional bodies recommend the decision delivery interval (DDI) for emergency caesarean sections should be within 30 minutes. However, studies have not been conclusive to state whether delivering within 30 minutes would significantly improve...

Defilement is a social problem which affects all members of society. Statistics indicate that there is an increase in the number of defilement cases reported but very few defilement cases are prosecuted. While there are a number of sexual offences against children, defilement is the most...

One of the main factors that led to this research on wind and solar energy hybrid application was the need to empower rural communities with communication technology, namely cellular phones which are now widely used in Zambia. A major constraint to the use of these devices in the rural areas is...

Background: Human herpes virus-8, a 2-herpesvirus, is the aetiological agent of Kaposi‘s sarcoma. Recently, there has been an increase in kaposi‘s sarcoma cases in Zambia with the seroprevalence reported to range from 20-48%. In a recent study, the incidence of paediatric KS at the University...