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The increase in availability of diagnostic tools and increase in awareness of cancer disease, has enabled the diagnosis of new cancer cases that were not previouslycaptured in Zambia. Today, the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) treats over 3,200 cancer patients annually, a number significantly...

The power utility company in Zambia, the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) introduced load-shedding in urban and rural areas in 2015 when the country experienced severe drought and caused low water levels in our hydropower stations for power generation and distribution. To mitigate...

Rabies is one of the most feared Zoonoses, nearly always resulting in fatal acute encephalitis. In humans, the incubation period of rabies is highly variable, ranging from days to years, with an average of 2–3 months. At the moment, rabies is underreported in humans at a rate of 1:60, and this...

In this dissertation, we present an integer-valued generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (INGARCH)(p, q) model based on the Poisson distribution. This model proves to be effective for modelling overdispersed integer-valued time series with conditional heteroscedasticity. The...

This study aimed at exploring the psycho-social experiences of healthcare staff on management of Covid-19 patients at a selected public university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. The study’s objectives were: establish the psycho-social experiences of healthcare staff involved in the...

Brucella is bacteria that causes Brucellosis, one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. The disease affects mainly animals but, in some cases, humans who are considered incidental hosts. Brucellosis is transmitted to humans through inhalation of aerosols or contact with skin sores,...

The study sought to explore the role of empathy in counselling grieving widows and widowers in Zambia. The study objectives were to: to ascertain how Cognitive empathy as a counselling technique helps widows and widowers to pass through grieving period; to describe how Emotion empathy as a...

The study sought to explore the role of empathy in counselling grieving widows and widowers in Zambia. The study objectives were to: to ascertain how Cognitive empathy as a counselling technique helps widows and widowers to pass through grieving period; to describe how Emotion empathy as a...

The present procedures for paying student fees in higher learning institutions are inefficient and complex. In addition, the rise in the number of students studying in higher learning institutions has led to long frustrating queues and overcrowding in most financial institutions and higher...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease of economic importance and of public health significance. Despite being a zoonotic disease, information on Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection in goats has not yet been reported in Zambia. A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study of T. gondii infection in goats...