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The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of the teaching and learning of ICT at Junior Secondary School level. The specific objectives were: to investigate the effectiveness of the teaching of ICT, to ascertain the suitability and availability of instructional resources in the...

Background: Worldwide, antimicrobials are widely used in food producing animals for treatment and/or prophylaxis of various bacterial infections because of continued high disease burdens as a result of poor animal health service delivery systems. For instance, in Tanzania, indiscriminate and...

The use of pesticides in Zambia‟s agriculture sector is increasingly being seen as an important aspect of agricultural technology and innovation and as being critical for agriculture development, economic growth and poverty reduction. The use of pesticides however, often leads to the presence of...

Zinc, Copper and Selenium are important trace elements in human health and disease. They play a vital role as cofactors of enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxide. These act as first line antioxidants enzymes in red blood cells and in plasma. In sickle-cell anaemia patients,...

This study employed a cross sectional survey research design to assess service-learning in the teaching of civic education in selected secondary schools in Lusaka province. The purpose of this study was to assess how teachers and pupils interact in and outside classroom focusing on pedagogical...

Despite various arguments which have been advanced in favour of educational decentralization, there is no ideal version of decentralization. This explains why success or failure in implementation tends to be context based and mostly influenced by a number of factors such as the availability of...

The study was intended to assess the provision of guidance and counsellng services in secondary schools in Chilanga district. The study established the types of guidance and counselling services available in secondary schools, and also meant to determine the awareness of guidance and counselling...

Well-functioning disease surveillance and response systems are vital for the effective implementation of disease control and prevention programmes. In 2000, Zambia adopted the World Health Organisation for Africa Regions’ (WHO-AFRO) Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy (IDSR) to...

Tenofovir disoproxil fumerate (TDF)-based antiretroviral therapy places HIV-infected patients at high risk of renal dysfunction. Therefore, we evaluated if the incidence of renal dysfunction in HIV positive adults patients on long term tenofovir-based regimen versus those on non-tenofovir use. We...

Breast Cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) and Breast Cancer gene 2 (BRCA2) have gained major scientific interest as potential prognostic and predictive markers for various tumours. Management of breast cancer depends on availability of robust clinical and pathological prognostic and predictive factors to...