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The liberalized and rapidly growing seed industry has been assumed to have improved awareness and information dissemination about maize seed varieties among the small-scale farm households. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine from the farmer's point of view, the effects of changing the...

This study sought to establish the management practices that affected the provision of quality special education in Central Province of Zambia. Three districts in the province comprising fourteen special education units were purposively sampled according to their ability to provide required data....

The study sought to establish management strategies of interpersonal conflict between teachers and head teachers in selected secondary schools of Lusaka Province. A survey design was adopted which used interviews, focus group discussions and document review to collect data from a sample of 107...

This paper examines the relationship between market structure, conduct, performance (SCP) in the insurance industry specifically focusing on general and long term insurance by employing a simultaneous equations framework. The empirical analysis was based on quarterly data gathered on fifteen...

The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness, which is often fatal. Despite improved control measures, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) remains a public health concern in endemic areas as well as in unaffected areas. Ecological niche-mapping places Zambia within the ecological niche of filovirus...

The emergence of drug resistance tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a significant challenge for TB control and prevention programmes, and the major problem is multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) which can develop to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). This epidemiological scenario of TB...

Introduction:Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. It is believed that malaria is responsible for up to approximately 47% of the overall disease burden for pregnant women. In Zambia it is accountable for 20% of maternal mortality. The effects of malaria in...

Background Male partner participation in antenatal care services is of great importance if pregnant women are to fully utilise and benefit from the services offered to them at antenatal clinics. Male partner participation in antenatal care services is low in Zambia. At Arakan Garrison Hospital in...

Production by pressing in its many forms together with sheet metal working constitutes one of the most absorbing branches of production engineering, and one which plays a vital role in domestic life, being largely responsible for many of the comforts which have been brought within the reach of...

Human resources have been widely recognized as critical assets in every organization. Without human resource an organisation can hardly exist. However, human resources face a number of risks which affect the productivity of organizations. This study looked at the mitigation of human resource risk...