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Animals are known to harbour different pathogenic bacteria with potential for zoonosis especially with food producing animals like poultry. Currently quail farming is rapidly gaining momentum in Zambia, as a source of protein in the form of meat and eggs. The study aimed at evaluating the...

In the last three decades, Zambia has experienced frequent cholera outbreaks which mainly affect fishing camps around the country and peri urban areas in Copperbelt and Lusaka Provinces where there is unsafe water supply and poor sanitation. In 2009, 2010 and 2016 more than 12000 cases, with...

In Zambia, essential hypertension is one of the commonest and prevalent non-communicable diseases. In the current medical literature it is not clear on the serum selenium levels among essential hypertensive adults in Zambia despite evidence in literature of its role in development of essential...

Neonatal resuscitation is used in the management of neonates with birth asphyxia and respiratory distress few hours after birth. The popularity of neonatal resuscitation is increasing in the decade with the introduction of Helping Babies Breath (HBB) and Emergency Obstetric and New-born Care...

There are many small dams in Zambia constructed for the purpose of collecting and storing runoff from the catchments. The flow of water into dams is accompanied with sediment resulting from soil erosion within reservoir catchments. The deposition of sediment in reservoirs has implications for...

There are many small dams in Zambia constructed for the purpose of collecting and storing runoff from the catchments. The flow of water into dams is accompanied with sediment resulting from soil erosion within reservoir catchments. The deposition of sediment in reservoirs has implications for...

This dissertation reports on the deposition of ZnO prepared by sol-gel on substrates by spin-coating, and the characterisation of the resulting thin films. The precursor solution was synthesized using appropriate quantities of aqueous Zinc Acetate dehydrate, 2- Methoxyethanol and Ethanolamine....

BACKGROUND: Melanin is a skin pigment that determines skin colour and plays a role in photoprotection. It represents one of the most visible markers of human variation and skin disorders. Lack of Melanin or presence of very little melanin or albinism makes the skin susceptible to a wide range of...

Post-stroke depression is one of the most serious neuropsychological consequences of stroke and it affects about 35-70 % of patients with stroke. However, Pharmacological treatment administered to post stroke depressed (PSD) patients, without an accompanying therapy, appears not be sustainable...

Kansanshi Foundation, a corporate social unit of Kansanshi Mining PLC in Solwezi has been supporting conservation agriculture (CA) among smallholder farmers in Chafukuma area since 2010 without any empirical evidence of CA benefits. This study assessed the effects of CA on soil fertility of...