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People are influenced by what they read, see, and hear, mainly from the mass media. It was from this that the Beijing Conference of 1995 realised and resolved that the mass media was one of the key areas that could be used to promote gender equality. For some time now, the mass media has been...

Zambia, like many other countries, has embraced Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a project delivery method. The country faces budgetary constraints which have made maintenance and provision of new infrastructure a challenge. PPPs seem to create opportunities which can stimulate investment in...

Previous studies have highlighted the role of ambient fine particulate matter as an important cause of both mortality and morbidity for many respiratory illnesses. When inhaled, PM2.5 causes to the airways and lungs obstructive, restrictive or both types of functional impairment through...

Background: Hypertensive disease in pregnancy continues to be one of the leading cause of maternal death. Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is said to be accompanied by several cardiovascular pathophysiological changes including increases in arterial stiffness. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the...

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish pupils’ perceptions towards grade retention and its effects on academic performance in selected grant-aided secondary schools in Central province of Zambia. The study used a case study research design which combined qualitative and quantitative...

There are various ways of treating acute fissure in ano, broadly categorized as conservative and surgical methods. At The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Lusaka Zambia, acute fissure in ano is mainly treated by maual dilatation of the anus (MDA) while various studies elsewhere in other...

Like many developing countries, Zambia faces challenges of disappearing intangible cultural heritage such as languages and, therefore, the country’s education system needs to devise deliberate measures to deal with such a challenge. Linked to the disappearing indigenous languages are stories or...

After Zambia’s independence from the British Colonialists in 1964, the then Zambia Police Force sped up the recruitment exercise of police officers to match the growing population and high crime rate, especially in the urban areas of the Republic of Zambia. However, currently, the rate of...

The post-independence political landscape of Zambia has been characterised by incidences of ethnicity and regionalism in party politics. However, ethnicity has not been the main defining factor in party preferences. Accordingly, there has been an important debate on whether some political parties...

School bullying and aggression among children and adolescents have been a source of concern for many researchers globally in the past few decades. Limited research exists regarding relational aggression, largely because research has focused historically on direct verbal and physical aggression,...