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This study investigates the extent to which both sexes participated in Zambia’s agricultural development from 1890-1990. Utilising primary and secondary sources of information and analysing data qualitatively, the study examines gender roles in agriculture in the colonial and post-colonial...

The transition from school to work is a critical phase in the lives of young people that has lasting effects on their entire life courses. There is lack of empirical work on gender wage and labour supply differences in Zambia, especially during the first few years spent by young workers in the...

Policy recommendations from governments and international organisations alike now explicitly support the integration of HIV and reproductive health service delivery, particularly family planning. There is recognition that integration is needed to support women‘s and men‘s reproductive health...

This study assessed the utilisation of Maternal Health Services from skilled personnel, as a „Continuum of Care‟ in Zambia between 1992 and 2014.The Continuum of Care for Maternal New-born and Child Health advocates for the continuous uptake of antenatal, birth and postnatal care services from...

The inflation-output nexus is one of the most important macroeconomic relationships that has attracted considerable research interest for many years. For most developing countries, monetary authorities strive to achieve price stability. This is done in order to avoid the costs and uncertainties...

This study investigated proficiency in the use of discourse markers (DMs) in the written pieces of English composition produced by a sample of Grade Twelve (G12) learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) selected from three secondary schools in Kitwe district, Zambia in the 2014 academic...

This study is aimed at investigating the influence of the socio-demographic determinants on maternal mortality in Zambia drawing from an analysis of 2002 and 2007 demographic health survey data. A logistic regression was applied on both the 2002 and 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey data. The...

Men’s presence at antenatal care meetings has positive effect on the health of women during pregnancy and delivery (Iluyasu et al., 2010) which in turn will help to further reduce maternal and neonatal deaths. To this effect the Ministry of Health in Zambia has since embarked on a massive...