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Perforation peritonitis is a common surgical emergency seen by surgeons; it remains a life threatening condition with high morbidity and mortality. At the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH), the morbidity for gastro-duodenal perforation has not been studied. Furthermore, based on the available...

Despite low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) being the regions of the world with the greatest gap in access to safe surgical and anaesthetic services, there are fewer published data for these countries on perioperative mortality indices. Global trends are that perioperative mortality has...

This study examined the prospects for professional development of female resident lecturers and students in University Extension Studies programmes of the University of Zambia. The objectives of the study were: to examine the experiences of female resident lecturers and students in University...

Psychological distress in mothers of hospitalized preterm babies is a global health concern because they experience more severe levels of psychological distress in the postnatal period than those with full term babies due to worry about the health of baby, the prognosis and lifelong...

Solid waste management (SWM) has been a challenge for most cities of developing countries (Guerrero et al, 2012). It is also an issue of vital importance in Lusaka city where improper solid waste management possess as a challenge for city authorities (Edema et al, 2012). This study aimed at...

This study aimed to quantitatively assess the Risk of Exposure to Listeria through consumption of ready to eat meat and meat products (RTE) imported from South Africa in Lusaka Province of Zambia. A swift quantitative microbiological risk assessment (sQMRA) simulation model was used to analyse...

Fresh fish is one of the cheapest sources of proteins in the Zambian diet and widely consumed nationwide. Fresh fish harbours a number of spoilage bacteria and pathogens including V. cholerae which cause cholera in humans. Consumption of contaminated fresh fish has been linked to zoonotic...

The study investigated reasons for poor composition writing skills amongst grade nine pupils of Lundazi district – Zambia. Grade Nine (9) level of composition writing was purposefully selected to be analyzed because this is the level at which an individual is expected to exhibit acceptable levels...

The post-independence political landscape of Zambia has been characterised by incidences of ethnicity and regionalism in party politics. However, ethnicity has not been the main defining factor in party preferences. Accordingly, there has been an important debate on whether some political parties...