Although milk contains many nutrients necessary for growth, raw milk may harbor numerous pathogens. The milk pathogens may be shed in harvested milk from an infected animal and may transmit zoonotic diseases. Consumption of raw milk is common in developing countries. However, milk needs to be...
Download PDF ↓Worldwide the rates of infectious and non-infectious diseases in prisons is generally higher than that of the general population. Apart from the international guidelines, Zambia has developed local legal frameworks that deal with prisoners‟ health. Despite these provisions, the disease burden has...
Download PDF ↓Zambia is in its second stage of demographic transition with high fertility rate. This aspect prompted this study aimed at investigating the factors that are significant in birth spacing among women contraceptive users in the reproductive age (15-49) owing to Zambian’s youthful population. The...
Bullying is defined as a negative action, physical, verbal, indirect or direct (Farrington, 1993). Literature has shown that bullying often occurs within a social context governed by peer group norms (Phiri, 2002). The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which bullying is related...
Background: Caring for Mentally ill patients is a major task many Caregivers face globally. Many people have argued that caring for such a group of patients is followed with unique challenges. Despite the information about caring for patients suffering from mental illness, little information is...
Download PDF ↓Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. The carriage of S. aureus among healthcare workers has been associated with transmission of the bacterium to susceptible patients. The aim of this study was to determine the carriage rate, antimicrobial...
The aim of this study was to explore the causes of stress among teachers in selected public and private schools in Lusaka district in Zambia. This study used a Descriptive Research Design supported by quantitative and qualitative approaches. This is because descriptive research studies are...
Download PDF ↓The study attempted to establish the causes of teenage pregnancies in secondary schools, a study of Kamulanga Secondary School in Lusaka District of Zambia. The study focused on ascertaining possible causes of teenage pregnancies. The research used the descriptive survey design. Hence, the use of...
Download PDF ↓The dissertation presents a study on the causes of the high prevalence of child sexual abuse in Lusaka district. The study was purely qualitative. The study used a simple systematic sampling technique giving us a total of 34 respondents. It employed the case study design of qualitative method....
Download PDF ↓Mini hydropower plays a critical role in providing energy access to remote areas through mini grids. However, the development of mini hydropower sites has lagged in Zambia with the country only witnessing the construction of two off-grid mini hydropower stations namely, Zengamina and Shiwan’gandu...
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