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Over the last decade, young peoples' health has become a subject of increasing concern throughout the World (Senderwitz, 1995). The needs of the young people are complex, diverse and demand urgent attention. This is all due to the changing patterns of behavior, combined with changing living...

A Vegetation survey was carried out within a 300 km area around Gwabi on the Zambian side of the middle Zambezi Valley with emphasis on regenerating fields abandoned after clearing. Information was collected on the previous and present status of such fields. The Braun-Blanquet phytosociological...

Tuberculosis is a debilitating disease caused by the bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium. The disease has been recognized for centuries and its causative agents have continued to be studied to date. Mycobacterium species cause disease in animals, birds and humans. They can cause cross infection...

This study was aimed at investigating views of parents on the inclusion of learners with disabilities in mainstream schools in Lusaka urban district of Zambia with a gender dimension. This aim was achieved by reviewing relevant literature with the purpose of finding out what other authorities...

The practical attachment report (FAR) establishes that violence against refugee women in Meheba Refugee Settlement exists. It is important to state that the \violence recorded in this report, is only a tip of an ice-berg of what transpires in this settlement, flris report, as a result, documents...

Wetland processes are strongly influenced by hydrologic factors such as precipitation, surface runoff, and flooding dynamics. Anthropogenic disturbances to flooding regimes can thus substantially alter wetland habitat and biogeochemistry. The Kafue Flats, a large floodplain (-6,500 Km^) along the...

Lusaka sits on a limestone rock formation which makes recharge as well as pollution of groundwater very easy due to the presence of channels created by solution weathering. Informal/unplanned settlements where waste disposal facilities are non-existent are potential groundwater contamination...

A research study on sorghiun (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) production under small scale farming was conducted in Chiawa, during the 1993/94 cropping season. It consisted of three components, namely the weed flora survey, the socio-economic weed management survey and a field trial. The main...

This research survey intended to identify the problems that affect effective implementation of training and development in the Public Service. With the Ministry of Energy and Water Development (MEWD) as the focal area of study, it was envisaged that the findings of the research would give a...

This study examines Swazi women's role in the development of their country, and focusses specifically on their participation in rural development programmes for women. With regard to their involvement in these programmes, two assumptions, which appear in the literature on women's role in...