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The objective of this study was to examine access to media in Zambia: the special case of Persons Living With Perception Disability (PWPD) - the blind and deaf in Lusaka. The specific objectives of the study included to establish the depth and extent of media access for PWPD in Lusaka, to...

This study comparatively investigated the implementation of the re-entry policy between selected government and mission or grant aided schools. The main interest was to explore and compare the way government and mission schools implemented the re-entry policy and to find out if the implementation...

This study attempts to look at comparative literary analysis of the cattle praise poetry between the people of Bweengwa and those of Chivuna. It utilizes four literary theories to arrive at findings and these include: social constructionism, ethnopoetics, literary onomastics and the main approach...

Rail transport plays a critical role in the development of any country. With its inherent advantage of being bulk carrier, safer and cheaper, rail transport is an important cog in intermodal transportation. It is also more environmentally friendly, has less congestion and has a better fuel...

Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, including Zambia, especially among the HIV infected. Both renal dysfunction and tuberculosis have been shown to be highly prevalent among hospitalised HIV infected patients. Little is known about how TB and...

The purpose of this study was to compare the status of teachers in selected urban and rural secondary schools in Southern Province of Zambia and to establish factors that affected the status of these teachers. The target population was all head teachers, teachers and grades ten to twelve pupils...

The study was influenced by increased concern by the Head teachers and other stakeholders of the increased myriad administrative challenges encountered in management of the school organisation. The study sought to establish the following study objectives; establish the characteristics perceived...

Studies on single sex and coeducation schooling provide a variety of interesting intricacies on effectiveness of their programmes. This paper compares the academic performance of single sex education and coeducation schooling at secondary school with special bias to examination classes, thus...

Background Many HIV-infected patients are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia. This has enabled them to live longer. However, it is necessary to determine whether such improvements are accompanied with parallel improvements in quality of life. The purpose of this research was to...

Introduction Delayed-healing in abdominal surgical wounds may be detrimental to patients and the health care. The author set out to investigate the effects of CD4+ count, serum albumin and haemoglobin (HB) levels on wound strength in HIV positive patients. Wound strength in this study is used to...