A comparative study of early-delayed skin grafting and late or non-grafting of deep partial thickness burns at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) was carried out over a period of 18 months. This was after an observation that at U.T.H there is no standard of care for timing of performing a...
Download PDF ↓Background Supracondylar fractures of the humerus are the second most common fracture in children at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). The average age of occurrence being between 5 to 6 years. Gartland type III fractures pose management challenges hence are treated operatively, using either...
Download PDF ↓This study seeks to compare the political themes in Animal Farm and Matigari, and to state the significance of this comparison. Animal Farm and Matigari are two works that faced a lot of criticism both within the societies in which they were produced and outside. For instance, it is recorded by...
BACKGROUND:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme deficiency is the most common enzymopathy in humans and affects over 400 million people worldwide, majority being in Africa. G6PD catalyses the first reaction of the pentose phosphate pathway where it plays a role in generation of NADPH,...
Download PDF ↓The study was aimed to establish a comparative top-down, bottom-up and horizontal profile of communication in government (MoFNP) and civil society (ZCSD) development work in Zambia. It was based on the conceptual model of development communication that has evolved from top-down to participatory...
Download PDF ↓This study was carried out to investigate and compare the levels of knowledge on Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), disease awareness among health personnel and factors affecting the diagnostic capacity of HAT in tsetse infested Chama and Mambwe districts of Eastern Zambia. Structured...
Download PDF ↓Zambia has not been spared from increased school dropout rates among girls due to pregnancies regardless of the re-entry policy. This study therefore set out to compare perceptions and attitude among teachers from public and private secondary schools regarding the re-entry policy. The study...
Background Empyema Thoracis is known to result from the infection of pleural effusions arising from many different causes. The histology of the pleura, and the microbiology of the pus contained is what this study was attempting to uncover. Objectives 1. To determine the pleural histology of...
Download PDF ↓This study examined the discoursal features of the parliamentary debate session of 15th March 2013 in which the immunity of the Fourth Republican President of Zambia was lifted, in order to establish the ideological implications of these features. The study was guided by the critical discourse...
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