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In Zambia efforts have been made by both the state and the church to build a good working relationship, especially in the provision of education and health services. Despite these efforts, the debate is not yet settled on what this proper relationship should be between the church and the state...

Mophane worm is a name given to caterpillars hosted by the mophane tree. The mophane worm is harvested as food supplement in most of the Southern African countries. For the past few years, there have been some reports indicating that the worm has disappeared in some parts of Botswana. Hence, the...

The study was carried out for the purpose of examining the effect of communicating and managing programmatic responses of HIV and AIDS among youths in a training institute and a nongovernmental organisation. The study focused on areas of management of HIV and AIDS and relevance of communications...

At the time of writing, the education standards in Chipata had been falling over the years due to lack of teachers and learning materials in learning institutions. The main purpose of the study was to showcase that local radio stations in Chipata district were contributing to the enhancement of...

Several studies that relate to gender had been concluded in the education sector in Zambia but these had usually concentrated on how to increase access and equity between girls and boys at various levels. These studies had evoked a range of explanations on how to reduce the gaps between boys and...

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the main impediments to the institutionalization of the Annual Performance Appraisal System in the Zambian Public Service. Institutionalization of reform programmes such as performance appraisal has proved to be a daunting and challenging...

Background: With thousands of the HIV infected Zambian population on ART, there are worries that people on ART may be engaging in high risk sexual behaviours thereby nullifying the impact of current HIV prevention efforts.Objectives: This study therefore investigated sexual behaviours among...

Like in many counties, the provision of quality water supply and sanitation has been a major concern of the Zambian government and has received significant attention in terms of funding from governments and donor agencies with the aim of improving livelihoods. However, the actual delivery of...

Research has shown that exclusively breastfed HIV exposed infants have lower mortality and morbidity. It is against this background that the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that infants born to HIV positive women should be exclusively breastfed until replacement feeding...

HIV and AIDS prevalence and fertility rates in Southern Africa has been consistently reported among the highest in the world. Little is known, however, about how HIV infection affects the fertility preferences of men and women in the region. The consequences of the pandemic in Southern Africa are...