The purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of the guidance and counseling teachers in the implementation of the reentry policy from a management perspective in selected schools in Lusaka district. The study's objectives were to find out the extent to which the school guidance and...
Download PDF ↓SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN ZAMBIA Construction is considered as one of the most accident prone industries across the world. In Zambia, construction is labor intensive and flooded by unskilled workers who migrate within and outside the country. As Zambia modernizes its...
The study was undertaken in order to establish the school managers effects on the quality of pupils educational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey was used as research design for this study. A sample of 230 educators and 144 pupils was the source of the obtained data. The survey utilized...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, the need to conserve water resources through technologies that can easily be managed by the local communities has resulted in the construction of small dams. However, small dams are adversely impacted by sedimentation due to soil erosion in the catchment area. The aim of this study was...
Download PDF ↓This study was conducted in order to assess self-financing of Public Universities in Developing Countries, with a special focus on the University of Zambia (UNZA). The main purpose of the study was to explore the potential for self-financing and future prospects of UNZA. This was done by...
Download PDF ↓Flaviviruses may cause zoonotic or arboviral diseases which are transmitted by arthropods (mosquitoes and ticks). They are capable of spreading by human to human transmission and may result in large outbreaks. In 2010, Zambia was reclassified a low risk zone of yellow fever (YF) by World Health...
Download PDF ↓Background: Toxoplasmosis is a neglected disease and in Africa its seroprevalence ranges from 18.7% - 92.5%. About 3% -10% HIV/AIDS - Toxoplasmosis co-infected patients die from the later. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and determinants of the disease among pregnant women...
Background: Diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes has long been premised on fasting blood glucose and a hemoglobin-dependent biomarker, glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), a variant of hemoglobin A. However, adjuncts to these markers, such as 1,5 anhydroglucitol (1,5AG), have since been introduced as...
Download PDF ↓Sexual and gender-based violence is not only a pervasive and extensive worldwide problem but also a human rights violation. This fact is acknowledged by the UN. This study was conducted from September to November 2013 in Ngombe Compound which is an unplanned settlement in Lusaka City of Zambia....
Rabies is a Zoonotic disease acquired through either bites or scratches from rabies infected animals especially dogs. There is currently no known treatment for rabies infection but rabies post exposure prophylaxis helps prevent rabies in humans when administered to manage dog bites before rabies...
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