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It is estimated that over three quarters of a million people are killed and tens of millions are injured on the roads in low-income countries each year* and Zambia is no exception. Many, if not most, will come from poor households particularly vulnerable to the risk of road trauma and its...

The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and practices of Ndola Urban residents towards home accidents in children. A non-experimental descriptive research design was conducted using a standard questionnaire. The study was conducted in Ndola, on the Copperbelt Province. Ndola has an...

The study's main objective was to carry out an appraisal of the communication modes and messages used by the Forest Department in curbing deforestation in National Forest Reserves. Kalulu Forest, in Kabwe, Central Province was chosen for the case study. Kalulu Forest was made a National Reserve...

This research is an assessment of the need for an explicit environmental ethical component in environmental education in Zambia. Lack of personal interest in issues concerning the environment, even among the elite and the learned population, has caused considerable concern over the years. The...

A study has been made of the electrochemical behaviour of carrollite and chalcopyrite in the presence of xanthate and cyanide in aqueous solution. The investigations involved measurements of rest potentials and cyclic voltammetry of the sulphide minerals understudy. The results showed that the...

The main aim of this research was to carry out an ethical assessment of the manner in which humans living in Mongu’s Barotse floodplain have adapted to annual floods and how these strategies have affected the human and natural environment. The methodology of the study was a descriptive study...

This study investigated factors inspiring and motivating student teachers' choice of mathematics as their teaching subject. The research design used was cross sectional survey of mathematics student teachers in colleges of Education in Zambia. The target population was all student teachers...

In Zambia, sanitation options are still few and inadequate to effectively serve the urban poor in peri-urban settlements. Continued growth of the settlement now calls for alternatives to pit latrines, which have become difficult to manage given the increasing population. Sanitation is poor hence;...

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...

The study was aimed at contributing to the provision of good quality groundwater supply in Petauke District. It comprised collection and analysis of 50 groundwater samples from boreholes in the dry and wet season in Petauke Town. Water exit points were sterilised before collection of samples....