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The management of Zambia’s national strategic food reserve is done by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), which also ensures that the country’s food market is well facilitated. The FRA also ensures that there is a reliable supply of agricultural commodities to meet local shortfalls during food...

Like in many countries, the provision of quality water has been a major concern of the Zambian government. To this effect, the government has issued a number of policies aimed at addressing water supply and management concerns. Positive outcomes from these policies have however been overshadowed...

This study set out to determine the relationship between health human capital and economic growth for 30 sub Saharan African countries during the period 1995 and 2014. The study did this in two parts. First, we first estimated a model of health production to ascertain the impact of economic...

Many studies from a number of different nations around the world have consistently demonstrated unacceptably high rates of medical injury and preventable deaths. Patient safety has been, and still is, a cause for concern in health care systems all over the world. WHO is providing technical...

Pancytopenia is a hematologic condition characterised by leukopenia, anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia is not a diagnosis and has to be qualified by determination of its cause. The aetiologies of pancytopenia are diverse, and study of bone marrow cytology and histology are key components...

Globally, truckers have been reported to have an important role in the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Evidence on uptake of HIV testing among this key population is not well established. We examined factors associated with HIV testing...

In catchment hydrology, it is practically impossible to measure everything we would like to know about the hydrological system, mainly due to high catchment heterogeneity, the limitations of measurement techniques and the cost involved in collecting and processing the hydrological data, hence...

Battery-charging units are appreciably being used in residential application as power back-up in the face of power shortages. The study investigated the effects of backup battery-charging units on the low voltage distribution network. The investigation focused on examining the supply voltage...

Energy generation mix is an important area that could potentially have a significant impact on the Distribution network to address increase in system losses at distribution level, voltage drops and load growth. The distribution lines in Lusaka area are heavy-load lines with the highest demand...

Operational excellence and innovation have been found to be key factors for proper performance and growth of an organization. This study looked at the performance of the operational model at First National Bank – Zambia (FNBZ) and how the operations model impacted on to the performance of the...