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OBJECTIVES: To determine social and demographic characteristics of mothers that were risk factors for pregnancy losses and; assess the relative importance of respective socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of mothers in determining the risk of losing a pregnancy METHODOLOGY: This was a...

Soybean is one of the most important cultivated crops in the world with about 6% of the world’s arable land dedicated to its production. Compared to other major food crops, soybean experienced the highest percentage of yearly increases in production area over the period 1968 to 2013 from 29...

The use of ICTs by way of developing mobile applications can go a long way in improving the small scale farmers and traders’ participation in trade. A mobile application that can be used by cooperatives to link traders and farmers, can reduce the need to travel in order to gather the agricultural...

Objectives: To establish the presentation, management and short-term outcomes of retinoblastoma at UTH from January 2006- December 2012 Method: This was a retrospective case series study of the modes of presentation, management of retinoblastoma and treatment outcomes 6 months after initiation of...

Molecularly imprinted polymers are a class of new functional materials that bring about selectivity to chemical sensors that is similar to that found in biological systems. The technique enables the creation of artificial recognition cavities within synthetic polymers that can be used in chemical...

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an essential aspect in the management of any project. It explains whether a project is meeting its objectives and identifies project areas that need to be adjusted. ZESCO limited is Zambia’s largest utility company responsible for generation, transmission and...

In 2014 alone, over 3 million women aged ≥15 years were at risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer in Zambia. Our study aimed at examining trends and factors associated with cervical cancer morbidity and mortality, among cases presented at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), in Lusaka,...

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is known for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by rhizobia present in the soil with which it establishes an efficient symbiosis. In Zambia, current rhizobial inoculants used in soybeans production are based on non-indigenous strains; this creates a need to isolate...

Zambia, being a multilingual country has had a challenge in choosing the appropriate medium of instruction for initial literacy skills in Primary Schools.Regional Official Languages, (ROL’s) are used as MoI because of the assumption that they are mutually intelligible with the dialects they...

The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of career guidance collaboration between schools and industry in Lundazi district. The objectives of the study were; to establish the nature of career guidance collaboration between schools and industry, to determine how pupils benefited if at...