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Zambia is among the countries with high prevalence of HIV in the world, estimated at 16% among the adult population (ZDHS 2002). Noting the importance of adherence in HIV/AIDS treatment a case controlled study was conducted to understand factors that make people on Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) not...

The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All the 122 service providers were purposively selected into the study. This...

To evaluate mortality and determine the causes of death in HIV patients initiating HAART in Lusaka District clinics . Mortality was assessed in first patients enrolled between May, 2004 and May, 2005 in the Lusaka District Management clinics. Medical charts and interviews with medical staff, who...

A field experiment was carried out during the 1994/95 growing season at the Zambia Seed Company (ZAMSEED) farm (located at longitude 28" 18' E and latitude 15" 19' S) to evaluate 12 selected sorghum genotypes for forage/silage yield and quality; and to determine the effect of growth stages at...

The research contained in this document was done in order to identify the factors considered in the formula used for allocating financial resources in the Zambian health sector since implementation of the decentralization policy. The identified parameters were then compared to those obtained from...

This study was aimed at evaluating the Performance Management Package (PMP) in the Zambia civil service. More specifically, it examined the key elements of the PMP and its implementation and attempted to determine the extent to which work plans and targets have been established and were adhered...

The problem of counterfeiting of drugs presents an enormous public health challenge. No area of the world is unaffected, but mounting evidence shows that the problem is disproportionately severe in developing and emerging market countries, which also have a high burden of infectious diseases such...

The production of substandard and counterfeit drugs as a result of non-adherence to good manufacturing practices by pharmaceutical companies is a vast and underreported worldwide problem particularly affecting developing countries. Developing countries are not only markets for substandard and...

Wheat is increasing becoming an important staple food crop in Zambia particularly in the urban and per-urban communities where shift in food tastes and preferences to wheat products has occurred. Production and yield are however severely limited by cost of irrigation water and nitrogen...

Every individual needs provision of adequate affordable safe water for a healthy and productive life. The provision of this adequate safe water should be done in a way that ensures protection and enhancing of the natural habitat.This study investigates whether sustainable water supply is...