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Violence among Zambian healthcare workers as reported in both electronic and print media. The World Health Organization, (1994, p. 123) defines WPV as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community that...

Functional outcomes in patients with diaphyseal femoral fractures have been found to vary with the severity of the injury. Measuring outcomes is an important component of a physical therapists practice as it is important in the direct management of individual patients and also in comparing and...

Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly recognized as human pathogens especially with the emergence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Similarity of clinical symptoms with TB, coupled with limited diagnostic capacities in tuberculosis (TB)- endemic areas has led to...

While upgrading approaches have evolved over the years, and often include a focus on improving the livelihoods of people living in informal settlements, there remains little attention or understanding in the literature of how upgrading can influence the livelihoods of residents in informal...

This study investigated the implementation of Free Primary Education Policy in primary schools of Kafue district of Zambia with the main emphasis on the conflict that the policy had created between learners' access to education and quality of education taught in selected Primary Schools in Kafue....

This study was an exploration of the indigenous conflict resolution strategies of people in Mungule chiefdont. Specifically, the study identified the common conflicts; explored the various Indigenous Conflict Resolution Strategies used to solve those conflicts. Finally, the study identified the...

This study investigated land disputes in Zambia taking a case study of Garden House area. Land ownership in Zambia is becoming increasingly a contentious issue. This is because land is more than just an economic asset or factor of production. Land ownership invokes a sense of security, a sense of...

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...

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,...

Radiation exposure and its potential complications is one of the most important issues in occupational health. Implementation of proper occupational health system may have an important bearing not only on the health of the population occupationally exposed to radiation but also on the health and...