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HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern in Zambia. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has placed a large burden on public health facilities that are already functioning with limited resources. This has shifted the burden of care to families and communities, because public health services are often stretched...

For any country to develop it must be stable. Stability however does not come automatically but by the deliberate step of putting up certain mechanisms in place. There may be laws and decrees for instance but these need to be made alive by seeing to it that they are being obeyed. This needs not...

Ngugi is one of the most articulate among renowned African writers. He has unequivocally stated, at various forums and in his critical essays, that literature is didactic. Although the specific impact of a work cannot"be easily determined in 'tangible terms'-, Ngugi, like most Marxists, is a firm...

Background: In Zambia, the rate of occurrence of injuries in the super division and division one teams, which are highly competitive leagues, have not been documented. Currently, there is a wide gap of information about football injuries because there is no routine injury surveillance system in...

Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) and Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) biolarvicides, on mosquito abundance, diversity and distribution in selected areas of Lusaka urban district, Zambia, were investigated. Four study areas including parts of the dam/stream systems of the...

The Red bollworm, Diaparopsis Castenea Hampson, is an insect that has become a major pest of cotton in Zambia. This study was conducted in Magoye, Mazabuka district, Southern province of Zambia. The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of different types of intercropping...

The rapid population growth of Lusaka has brought adverse effects on water supply and sewage treatment facilities in the District. Consequently, authorities in Lusaka have allowed use of septic tanks and boreholes in the same area in some Townships. St. Bonaventure located about 7km from Town...

The importance of elections in a democratic nation can not be over emphasized. Elections provide the means through which the democratic management of the public affairs in all representative institutions can be attained. In this case, the condition for and under which elections are held is...

The study was carried out to find out what type of skills, knowledge and attitudes found in children’s play or games can be characterised as foundations of reading, writing (literacy)and numeracy or those that aid their development.The sample included 30 children (16 girls and 14 boys) and their...