The study established social-cultural factors affecting the distribution of school administrative positions by sex in selected schools in Lundazi District, Eastern province of Zambia. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to investigate district education board office, head...
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Zambia has experienced an unprecedented increase in the number of human anthrax outbreaks in the Western Province where cycles of epidemic outbreaks commonly occur at the onset of rains after prolonged dry periods and frequent outbreaks occur in Chama District of Muchinga Province. Epidemics are...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated the incidence of food insecurity and its determinants among households in luapula province, Zambia. The results are based on a household Living Condition Monetary Survey data of 2015. A random effect Logistic regression model was estimated based on this data with the...
Download PDF ↓404. Socio-cultural determinants of first trimester antenatal care (ANC) visits in Kalabo district Zambia
Globally, more than 50% of pregnant women attend antenatal care in the first trimester in most developed countries. However, in developing countries, less than 50% of pregnant women do so. Timing of the first antenatal care visit in the first trimester is important because it allows for...
Download PDF ↓405. Socio-cultural determinants of first trimester antenatal care(anc) visits in Kalabo district,Zambia
Globally, more than 50% of pregnant women attend antenatal care in the first trimester in most developed countries. However, in developing countries, less than 50% of pregnant women do so. Timing of the first antenatal care visit in the first trimester is important because it allows for...
Download PDF ↓Climate variability and change are likely to continue bringing new weather patterns that pastoralists are unfamiliar with in view of increasing temperatures and prolonged flood or drought conditions. Thus, a study involving one hundred and twenty pastoralists was conducted in Namwala District in...
Download PDF ↓407. Socio-economic impacts of mining on local communities: the case of the Kansanshi mine in Zambia
Mining comes with a lot of impacts. Some of the negative impacts of mining on host communities are water pollution (surface and underground), land degradation, air pollution and displacement of people. Despite all this, mining activities do also have positive impacts. Mining activities may bring...
Download PDF ↓The study assessed the contributions of the curriculum to the socio-economic life of school leavers with visual impairment in Ndola district, Zambia. The objectives that guided this study were: to establish the nature of socio-economic life of school leavers with impairment; to assess factors...
Download PDF ↓Zambia’s electricity is largely from hydro power which has an installed capacity of 2,347 MW representing 96 % of national consumption while the remaining 4 % is from other sources such as fossil fuels. With low level of rainfall recorded in the past few years, Zambia was left grappling with...
Download PDF ↓This study examined some aspects of the phonology and morphology of Senga, a language spoken in Chama district of Muchinga Province of Zambia. The main assumption underlying this study was that natural languages were systematically structured and that this structure was evident at all levels of...
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