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The importance attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and...

This study is an enquiry into the matrilineal inheritance of the Tonga of Zambia between 1900 and 1989. We argue that before the penetration of capitalism the Tonga Society provided for the social security of all the members of society. We also argue that inheritance did not precipitate...

This study investigated knowledge and attitudes towards male circumcision in three residential areas of Lusaka. Using non-probability sampling technique, a total of 120 men were captured to whom a pre-tested questionnaire was administered. The analysis of study findings indicate that a...

This study was carried out to investigate the HIV and AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and sexual behaviors of hearing impaired students at Magwero School for the deaf in eastern province. The level of HIV prevalence in Zambia is at 16 percent for the youth and the young people are...

This dissertation examines the process of labour stabilization on the commercial farms in the Southern Province of Zambia between 1945 and 1980. It does this by attempting to show how post-Second World War technological innovations, rural-to-rural migrations, landlessness and population increase,...

Refugee women support themselves and their families in an alien urban environment, and most of them, according to the Zambia Urban Residency Policy, illegally. This is usually so without the assistance of aid agencies. Earlier systematic and detailed studies on refugees focused mainly on the...

The Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has over the last decade made considerable effort in improving road infrastructure in the country. However, the implementation of many road projects has not been as successful as expected. One of the major factors is poor risk management on the...

This study was aimed at examining men’s participation in family planning in Chilanga, Kafue District of Lusaka Province of Zambia. What necessitated the study is the high maternal mortality rate in Zambia which is at 591 per 100,000 live births CSO et al. (2007). The study was motivated by...

The main purpose of the study was to present a history of leprosy in pre and colonial Zambia (1893 – 1964). Leprosy was a widespread disease whose victims were highly stigmatised, socially discriminated against and isolated. The study focused on approaches by missionaries and government towards...