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Despite the highest disease burden of HIV, Sub-Saharan Africa has limited data on HIV related kidney disease in the region. Kidney disease is a recognised complication in HIV infected patients, presenting with either can be acute renal failure (ARF) or chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study...

The problem of readmissions of the mentally ill adults is widespread and it has continued over many years. It occurs in the people of all racial background and social economic groups.Chainama Hills Hospital in Zambia has not been spared from this phenomenon. Readmission of the mentally ill adults...

Using qualitative and quantitative paradigms, this study investigated the extent and prevalence of sexual harassment of women in workplaces in Ndola, Zambia. It also examined the forms and patterns of sexual harassment, and assessed the channels available to lodging complaints related to...

The study investigates whether the struggle for gender equality has in any way affected Christian marriage. Marriage in our society today is facing a lot of challenges despite being a very important social institution upholding family life. Catholic Christian marriage emphasizes submission of the...

Hypertension is a very important public health problem not only in developed countries but in Zambia as well. It is a major risk factor for fatal and non fatal cadiovascular disease including Ischemic heart disease and stroke. A cross sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and...

Apart from struggling with the burden of communicable diseases, developing countries such as Zambia are also faced with the challenge of the availability of counterfeit and substandard medicines on their markets which are an insidious threat to health and the risks they pose have been largely...

The study investigates whether Women Finance Cooperative Zambia (WFCZ) has helped to empower women through provision of loans. In Zambia many women have to bear the major economic responsibility, in addition to domestic chores, to support their families irrespective of their marital status. Since...

I undertook this work because indiscipline struck me, during my day-to-day work as inspector of secondary schools, as a never ending problem. Fortunately, I have lived through both worlds – the pre-independence world and the post-independence world . It is true to say that the years immediately...

Recent developments in the design of variable-speed drives have been aimed at the control of a standard squirrel cage induction motor because of its many attractive features including robustness, reliability and low maintenance requirements. This dissertation demonstrates the design of a drive...

Pupil absenteeism from school has been, and continues to be, a major disciplinary problem amongst pupils in Zambian schools. It was thought that absenteeism from school could toe seen as t/he consequence of an interaction amongst factors lying in the school, the individual and the home. The main...