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The Zambia National strategic plan (ZNHSP)-2011-2017 highlights the need for risk factor stratification at the community level to form the basis of incidence and prevalence data, which are currently inadequate. This research aims to determine the prevalence and incidence of hypertension and...

Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a debilitating zoonotic disease caused by trypanosomes which are transmitted by tsetse flies of the genus Glossina. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of HAT in Itezhi-Tezhi (ITT) District of Zambia through active surveillance....

Zambia has over the years relied on both internal and external sources of financing to meet budget deficits. As a result the country has amassed huge amounts of domestic and external public debt. Zambia has outstanding Eurobonds that will be coming due in 2024 and it recently defaulted its debt...

This abstract is based on a study carried out in Misisi; an informal settlement in the city of Lusaka. The settlement experiences perennial floods. However, despite the frequency and devasting effects of flooding in the area, people continue to live in the settlement. In much of urban Africa,...

Since 2002, the Government of Zambia has been funding a farmer input support programme (FISP) in order to increase household food security and incomes. The program specifies that beneficiaries will collect subsidised inputs from the program for three (3) farming seasons only and graduate...

One of the challenges that the Lusaka District Education Board Secretary‟s (DEBS) office has been facing is misplacement of teachers‟ files. Teachers, who went for document verification and processing, complained of time wasting in the location and retrieval of their records. The time that a...

This study aimed at exploring the perspectives of primary school teachers towards reflective practice in primary schools of Lukulu and Mongu districts in the Western province of Zambia. The study was guided by the following questions: i) Where primary school teachers in Lukulu and Mongu district...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between guidance and counselling services offered and learners‟ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Kabwe, Zambia. The study was under taken because learners‟ academic performance in secondary schools in Kabwe, Zambia...

The major concern of the study was that despite having remedial education programmes in junior secondary schools, the performance in social studies by most pupils is undesirable given the persistence of underperformance in social studies by junior secondary school pupils exposed to remediation in...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is an important legume crop, but drought and soil infertility, especially Phosphorus (P) deficiency are primary constraints for its production. Three studies, a field, greenhouse and hydroponics experiments were carried out at the University of Zambia to...