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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...

Studies carried out globally have shown that stress and coping in school children can have negative effects such as health related outcomes, poor academic performance and maladaptive behaviour if not well managed. However, there is no evidence of a study that has been conducted in Zambia to...

This study was done in Kalomo District in the Southern Province of the Republic of Zambia to determine why small scale tobacco farmers do not seem to benefit from tobacco out-grower schemes despite it being lucrative. Essentially, it was an effort to find out whether there is effective...

This study was an enquiry into the effectiveness of the food security pack programme (FSP) on food security among small scale beneficiaries in Zambia. The Government of the Republic of Zambia had seen the need to introduce programmes to help curb poverty among which was the Food Security Pack...

Fertility rate has declined in Zambia especially in urban areas. Contraceptive use has increased with the pill, injectables and male condom being the most widely used methods between 1992 and 2014. However, there is no evidence which clearly shows whether the use of these contraceptive methods...

Parental involvement is one of the important factors in pupil academic achievement. This study was conducted in Kalomo district, Southern Province, Zambia to assess whether an intervention to enhance the quality of interaction of parents with Grade four learners in homework would improve the...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons why despite Barotseland being one of the chief producers of rice in Zambia, it remained food insecure and one of the poorest provinces from 1945-1990. Therefore, the study reviewed the impact of the 1945 Ten Year Development Plan...

Housing problems particularly for low income earners have persisted inspite of the fact that the National Housing Authority (NHA) has been providing to the public high, medium and low cost housing units on both rental and outright purchase arrangement. Thus, the aim of this Study was to...

This study is set out to investigate the role of ZNBC Radio One in influencing rural populations: A case of political communication on democracy in Katuba Ward, Central Province of Zambia. Descriptive research design method was used. 100 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 100...