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Since the early 1990s, the government of the Republic of Zambia, civil society and other Non Governmental organizations have embarked on anti HIV/AIDS campaign programmes aimed at informing the nation about the negative consequences of HIV/AIDS. Undoubtedly, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has affected all...

It is known that Zambia's population has high food poverty and about 82% of the population in most parts of the country are said to be vulnerable to food insecurity (MoFNP, 2006). The extent of food poverty is particularly more prevalent in rural areas and among the poor people. The high food...

In the post war years, the colonial state in Zambia sought to improve African housing in urban areas. The object of this policy was to boost the morale of the African workers so that they could work harder and, therefore, produce more for the capitalist economy which the state wanted to help...

This thesis, with its focus on the Gwembe Valley, an area that has a long history of drought conditions in the country and one of those that was severely affected during the recent three year running drought (.1981-84) , attempts to find out about peoples' responses and adjustments to the drought...

HTLV-1 is a retro-virus responsible for pathological disorders such as Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (TSP) and Adult T cell Leukaemia/Lymphoma (ATL). The main characteristic of HTLV-1 infection is its long period of latency and the age related sero-prelavence, especially in endemic areas. A...

This dissertation reconstructs a history of hunger in the Gwembe Valley Chieftaincy of Mweemba. It covers the period between 19O5 and 1987. Since 1991 - 92, the period in which the study was being worked on, was a drought and hunger year a postscript was written to append to the main text.The...

The central theme of this study is to highlight the failure of game laws in both the colonial and post-colonial governments in conserving game in Kasempa District from 1934 to 1994. The study shows that because the Kaonde area had no cattle and lacked sufficient fish resources, hunting of game...

Hypertension has been reported as one of the most important etiologic factors in cardiovascular disease. Hypertension has serious social, physical and health consequences.The physical consequences of hypertension have been well researched. However the effect of hypertension on neurocognitive...

This study sought to determine the impact of drug and alcohol abuse school-based preventive strategies on pupils in Livingstone district of Zambia. The study was carried out in eight schools (Hillcrest, St Raphael’s, Linda, David Livingstone, Nalituwe, Linda West, Zambezi and Shungu). The Social...

Postnatal depression (PND), a major depressive episode during the puerperium that affects 10% to 22% of adult women before the infant’s first birthday. Being HIV positive has been known to be associated with increased risk of mental disease. Its influence on postnatal depression has not been...