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Introduction Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is estimated to occur in (18%) of pregnant women in Africa despite universal supplementation programs being implemented since 2001, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. A lack of data on iron status and maternal factors associated with iron...

In healthy persons, blood glucose is maintained in the range 3.5 – 8.0 mmol/L. However, in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) chronic hyperglycemia is observed due to defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. This study investigated glucose lowering effects of ethanolic leaf extracts of Cleome...

Forest reserves in Kabwe have undergone changes over the years due to encroachment by humans who are engaged in activities as such agriculture, charcoal production and even settlements. This has led to the deforestation of Kalulu Forest in Kabwe district of Central province. The main objective of...

A case study was carried out to investigate the concentration levels of chemical elements in different varieties of rape (Brassica napus L.) which were grown in five farms in Chowampanga, Kabwe district in Zambia. The purpose of the study was to monitor the levels of chemicals in locally grown...

Child marriage, also referred to as early marriage is an emerging economic and health concerns across the world and remains a widespread problem especially in developing countries including Zambia. Zambia has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world with 31 per cent of women aged...

Conservation Agriculture has been recommended as a sustainable farming system for many crops in Zambia based on reported improvements in soil infiltration, moisture, soil carbon, microbial activity and reduced bulk density over time. However, the effects in groundnuts such as plant development,...

Poor rainfall distribution, low soil calcium, soil acidity and low soil moisture stress contribute largely to low levels of groundnut productivity. Because the majority of groundnut farmers in Zambia are small-holder and have limited resources, they are not able to cope with these production...

The University of Zambia is a Public University which was formed by an Act of Parliament Number 66 and saw its first intake of students in 1965. From inception to 2009 the student made their payments manually and this had challenges on the part of students as they had to stand in long queues....

This study explored the effects of mining activities on CSR. The target population size was 14170 while the sample size drawn was 68. This was drawn from the communities, KCM employees, KCM Business partners and the community around the mining town in Chingola. The research established that (44%)...

This research examined the effects of outsourcing on the performance of mining companies in Zambia, with the case study being Konkola Copper Mines plc. The objectives of the study were to find out the reasons behind outsourcing, to ascertain the perceived effectiveness of outsourcing and to...