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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an emerging global health concern. Reports have shown that in Zambia NCDs are also an emerging problem and the government has begun initiating a policy response. The study explored the policy response to NCDs by the Ministry of Health in Zambia using the...

Postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUD) is a long acting reversible contraceptive. Since its introduction in Zambia in 2009, the uptake has remained low accounting for less than 10 percent of IUD insertions whose prevalence is less than one percent of modern contraceptive methods....

Radiation exposure and its potential complications is one of the most important issues in occupational health. Implementation of proper occupational health system may have an important bearing not only on the health of the population occupationally exposed to radiation but also on the health and...

Tuberculosis (TB) is classified as one of the occupational diseases and Health Care Workers (HCWs) are considered one of the vulnerable groups to acquiring TB due to its mode of transmission. The health facility being a source of infection for the HCWs creates a vicious cycle of TB infection back...

Oral language is essential for phonemic and phonological development and critical for pupils’ academic success in initial literacy learning. Recent studies have validated the assertion that hard of hearing pupils benefit developmentally, educationally and socially from modern oralist teaching...

SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN ZAMBIA Construction is considered as one of the most accident prone industries across the world. In Zambia, construction is labor intensive and flooded by unskilled workers who migrate within and outside the country. As Zambia modernizes its...

Introduction: Despite concordance between the Explanatory Models of patients and those of the health care providers showing a positive impact on patient’s outcomes and self-care, little is known about the patients’ Explanatory Models of diabetes in Zambia. It is, therefore, important, that this...

This study was undertaken to investigate the role of sex education in mitigating teenage pregnancy in selected secondary schools in Namwala district of Zambia. The researcher employed qualitative research strategies to collect data from 42 respondents through interviews. The respondents included...

ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the role of teachers in the management of examination malpractices in selected schools of Mpongwe District in the Coppertbelt province of Zambia. The Ministry of General Education and other stakeholders have expressed concern on the teachers’ repeated...

This study investigated the status of Physical Education in primary schools in Katete district of Eastern Province. The objectives of the study where to establish whether Physical Education was taught in primary schools or not, determine the attitudes of teachers towards the subject and...