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The overarching focus of this study was to “Investigate the Status Quo Regarding Women and Political Participation in Kitwe District of Zambia”. The study sought to explore the nature of women participation in politics and to find out the factors that hindered women from participating in active...

The concept of hyperconvexity in metric spaces was introduced by Aronszajn and Panichpakdi in 1956. This concept was then generalised to the framework of quasi-metric spaces by John Isbell in 1964, which he called Isbell convexity. In 2019, Yi git and Efe generalised this concept of...

Cervical cancer remains the fourth most prevalent cancer among women with an estimated incidence of 570,000 in 2018, representing 6.6 percent of all cancers among women globally. About 90% of deaths are due to cervical cancer occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Men have a critical role...

Marriage is a fundamental social institution that exists throughout the world. However, marriage mate selection is one of the most important decisions of people’s social life as the possibility of happiness is low in marriage if people do not consider the related significant factors. This study...

ackground: The prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) in any population reflects its socio-economic development and it is a good proxy to gauge the developmental status of the country. This study aimed at examining the association between Maternal Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status and Birth...

Background: Zambia has been battling the spread of HIV/AIDS using different interventions such as abstinence campaigns, messages of being faithful to one faithful partner, correct and consistent condom use. The Zambian government endorsed Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) as an...

This study sought to investigate variations in the use of metadiscourse (MD) markers between females and males in Post newspaper opinion articles on political matters. Specifically, the study compared the frequencies of interactive MD markers as well as interactional MD markers used by females...

Open tibia fractures are common injuries which are a major cause of morbidity and of great public health concern in Zambia and globally. They are considered contaminated and therefore are at greater risk of soft tissue and bone infection. In an environment of high infection and morbidity rates,...

Raw milk provides a good environment for the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms including Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and can be a vehicle to transmit such pathogens to humans. The study aimed to investigate milk hygiene practices and characterize S. aureus/MRSA associated with the...

This study sought to understand the premium remittance challenges faced by the Zambian general insurance industry, and suggest realistic solutions. The research used an embedded mixed methods design. Structured questionnaires were distributed to 319 respondents, via email and also by hand....