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Pediatric AIDS in Africa remains a major problem as it accounts for over 90% of HIV infections in children under the age of 15 years. While progress has been made with regard to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), progress has been more modest on other programmatic aspects...

The study was conducted in Kabompo and Manyinga Districts among the secondary school going pupils aged between 14 and 20.The study conducted was on how the non-availability of condoms in schools affect sexual behavior among the school going adolescents-A case study in Kabompo District and...

This paper analysed the relationship between poverty and remittances in Zambia using data from the LCMS - CSO (2010). The FGT (1984) poverty index approach was applied. Seven income sources including income from employment, crops, livestock, investments, non-farm business, any other income and...

Since 2002, the Government of Zambia has been funding a farmer input subsidy program that consumes a very large part of the resources allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. This survey examines if the program is producing commensurate impacts on maize production by the farmers...

The study examined the role informal networks play in influencing self-employment among the youth in Zambia. The target were males and females aged between 15 and 35 years, who operate their own businesses in Lusaka’s New Soweto and Mtendere markets. For fieldwork data collection and analysis,...

This dissertation focuses on analysing the extent to which leadership in the National Assembly of Zambia has become institutionalised during the period 1964 to 2011, with specific attention on political differentiation, political adaptation and structural growth of the committee system. The...

This study was conducted to investigate the role of media in communicating messages on the elimination of child labour. Muvi TV was the channel of communication that was considered. The study was in three townships of Ndola namely Chipulukusu, Nkwazi and Twapia. The aim of this research was to...

This study investigated the levels of knowledge, attitudes and practice towards male teachers undergoing male circumcision in Lusaka district. The study was conducted in Lusaka District and comprised a sample of 221 teachers from both basic and high schools. The sampling used two probability...

This study examined the livelihood strategies of small-scale farm households, their food security status and the challenges they face to meet their livelihoods in Nakanga Agriculture Camp of Kafue services officers and village headmen. The study revealed that the households depend mostly on...

This paper examines the relationship between market structure, conduct, performance (SCP) in the insurance industry specifically focusing on general and long term insurance by employing a simultaneous equations framework. The empirical analysis was based on quarterly data gathered on fifteen...