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Provision of clean water and access to healthy sanitary systems are critical aspects of environmental health. In view of the Current Constitution of Zambia it is clear that these services are viewed as mere policy directives. However Economic Social and Cultural Rights should not be viewed as...

In Zambia, sanitation options are still few and inadequate to effectively serve the urban poor in peri-urban settlements. Continued growth of the settlement now calls for alternatives to pit latrines, which have become difficult to manage given the increasing population. Sanitation is poor hence;...

In 1990, the Education for All EFA movement was launched at the World Conference in Jomtein, Thailand. At this conference, 155 countries and 150 organisations agreed to universalise primary education and massively reduce illiteracy by the end of the decade. The EFA movement focused on the need to...

Like in many counties, the provision of quality water supply and sanitation has been a major concern of the Zambian government and has received significant attention in terms of funding from governments and donor agencies with the aim of improving livelihoods. However, the actual delivery of...

A Study was carried out among male diabetic subjects over a period of six months to determine the prevalences of both autonomic neuropathy and impotence in diabetics in Zambia. The subjects of the study group were from those diabetics attending the diabetic outpatient clinic at the University...

Zambia national guidelines on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) recommend that all pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers must have HIV tests every 3 months. However, less than 10% of pregnant women in Lusaka District get retested. Repeat HIV testing identifies women who...

The AIDS epidemic has affected the lives of more than 40 million people in Afhca since the mid-1980s. Zambia is not an exception of this epidemic. This has lead to significant losses of family income and has created so much strain. It has been caused by prohibitive medical and funeral costs. The...

Africa has, within its vast territory, seen many disputes over boundaries between states. These disputes in Africa usually emanate from conflict between states, which arises, in some cases, from division between different ethnic groups, and more often than not, from different interests with...