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Background: Worldwide, antimicrobials are widely used in food producing animals for treatment and/or prophylaxis of various bacterial infections because of continued high disease burdens as a result of poor animal health service delivery systems. For instance, in Tanzania, indiscriminate and...

Zinc, Copper and Selenium are important trace elements in human health and disease. They play a vital role as cofactors of enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxide. These act as first line antioxidants enzymes in red blood cells and in plasma. In sickle-cell anaemia patients,...

The study was intended to assess the provision of guidance and counsellng services in secondary schools in Chilanga district. The study established the types of guidance and counselling services available in secondary schools, and also meant to determine the awareness of guidance and counselling...

Tenofovir disoproxil fumerate (TDF)-based antiretroviral therapy places HIV-infected patients at high risk of renal dysfunction. Therefore, we evaluated if the incidence of renal dysfunction in HIV positive adults patients on long term tenofovir-based regimen versus those on non-tenofovir use. We...

Bean anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum causes severe common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield losses. Breeding for resistance is the best method to mitigate this problem. The objectives of this study were to; (1) screen and identify two common isolates of C. lindemuthianum from...

This study focuses on human trafficking, a phenomenon in Peace, Leadership and Conflict Resolution Studies which is a great source of worry for many countries in the world today. The causes of human trafficking in Zambia were investigated into. The study looked at how aware the traveling public...

Background: Mentorship is a program aimed at preparing midwives to concretize their knowledge and skills in order to provide quality services at all levels of health care delivery system. Understanding the experiences of those that undergo mentorship is important to improve the program....

Introduction: Hepatic tumour is a joint term for a diverse group of liver tumours which are caused by a variety of agents and fall into primary or secondary hepatic tumours. A tumour is an abnormal benign or malignant new growth of tissue that may or may not possess physiological functions and...

The study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversity among some selected Zambian rice (Oryza sativa L.) accessions using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular markers. There appears to be little or no information on the genetic or agronomic traits of the locally grown rice crop in Zambia....

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is a malignant disease that evolves as a result of mutation of lymphoid precursor cells. The World Health Organization recognizes that the genetic analysis of leukaemia has prognostic and therapeutic implications. Cytogenetic and molecular studies provide important...