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This study was aimed at determining the strains of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) present in Zambia causing disease in vaccinated broiler flocks. Despite routine vaccinations with appropriate IBDV vaccines, which is a control strategy of infectious bursal disease (IBD), many poultry farms...

Plague is a zoonotic disease, endemic throughout the world except Australia and Antarctica. The disease is highly infectious in humans. The causative agent is a gram-negative bacterium, Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) which, primarily infects a wide range of rodents and is transmitted via flea...

The Zambian economy has been grappling with Balance of Payment (BoP) problems since the mid-1970s. This led the country to resort to seeking support from multilateral institutions and subsequently, the adoption of the IMF’s structural adjustment programmes as a solution. The Monetary Approach to...

Many ethnic groups of Africa, the Tonga people inclusive, predominantly prefer culture-bound and meaningful personal names. African, names define who one is, where one comes from, make reference to events surrounding one‘s birth and identify that which the namer(s) and bearer(s) hates or...

Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition has continued to cause high disease burden in Zambia. Mortality rates at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) were as high as up to 50% in 2008. There is paucity of published data on mortality and morbidity trends in under-five children with SAM at UTH....

Introduction- Many mothers and their babies do not receive the recommended immediate postnatal care despite delivering from the hospital. At Ndola Central Hospital, there have been reports of mothers complaining of poor health care provision. Records also revealed high numbers of neonatal and...

This document has been developed as a guide to all institutions producing health care waste in planning and implementation of interventions that will reduce mismanagement of hazardous waste in Zambia. The National Health-Care Waste Management Plan for 2015 to 2019 provides an overview of the...

The importance of guidance and counselling services in Zambian schools cannot be over emphasized. That‟s why as early as 1971, a guidance and counselling unit was established in schools and reorganized in 1990. This study therefore, investigated the nature and benefits of guidance and counselling...

This is a study whose aim was to establish the nature and causes of examination malpractices in selected secondary schools in Kitwe District. The Examination Council of Zambia has placed a high premium on examinations. Despite the high premium placed on examinations, examination malpractice are...

The purpose of the study was to determine the nature and prevalence of writing difficulties among learners at fourth grade, in four selected primary schools in Lusaka district. A descriptive survey research design was used in the study, and the study employed both quantitative and qualitative...