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Presence of uncollected waste on roadsides, empty plots and on residencies is becoming a common feature in Avondale.The aim of the study was to identify a solid waste collection system that residents of Avondale and the type of support residents were willing to offer to the selected system.There...

Kanyama site and service is recognized as a planned settlement by the local authorities. As such it is supposed to have urban social amenities and utilities. However, floods occur nearly every year in this settlement. Furthermore, households throw garbage wherever possible. Hence it is common to...

Caesarean section, an obstetric abdominal operation which allows for the delivery of an infant from the uterus poses a risk of infection to women. Most of these cases have been reported in developing countries such as Zambia. Patient records at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka show a...

Dambos are depressions that are waterlogged and grass covered and these are surrounded by savanna woodland. In Zambia, there is no clear legislation on the protection, conservation and management of wetlands including dambos. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the physical...

The barks of the tree known as Loozi Luna Kasiika (LLK) are widely used as a sexual stimulant for treatment of erectile dysfunction. The biochemical pathway responsible for the physiological response was unknown and the goal was to explore the possible signalling pathway that may be involved....

Small scale and large scale farmers around Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia grow vegetables using intensive agriculture methods to satisfy the ever increasing demand. To ensure maximum yield farmers apply various types of pesticides to control pests and diseases that attack these vegetables....

The study was undertaken to determine factors inhibiting dambo utilization in Zambia, taking the case of Gwembe District. The research involved the collection of data relating to management of dambos, accessibility to credit and agricultural information by the indigenous people of Munyumbwe area...

Studies have suggested that Sub-Sahara Africans are prone to HIV-related renal dysfunction. A study done in Zambia showed increased deaths among HIV/AIDS patients who had renal dysfunction. Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) one of the first line antiretroviral drugs in Zambia, has been...

The emergence of drug resistance tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a significant challenge for TB control and prevention programmes, and the major problem is multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) which can develop to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). This epidemiological scenario of TB...

The forest management is undergoing a transformation world over. There have been perceived some problems that have accompanied the old approach of secluding local communities living near the forest from taking part in the management of the forest resource. Because of the perceived problems, there...