Caesarean section, an obstetric abdominal operation which allows for the delivery of an infant from the uterus poses a risk of infection to women. Most of these cases have been reported in developing countries such as Zambia. Patient records at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka show a...
Download PDF ↓Malaria illness places a severe burden on Zambia’s health sector and the country’s economic development. Despite being curable when treatment is sought appropriately, utilization of professional health care services amongst people suffering from malaria illness generally continues to be low in...
Download PDF ↓This paper investigates the determinants of labour productivity at firm level in Zambia’s manufacturing sector, using panel data for the period 2006 to 2010 for 324 firms.The study is worth undertaking because labour productivity (LP) is a determinant of firm competitiveness and profitability....
Download PDF ↓Background:Late initiation of ANC in Zambia is still a big challenge. The 2007 Zambia Demographic Health survey (ZDHS) indicates that, only 19% of mothers have had their ANC visit in the first trimester of pregnancy. The study aimed at determining factors that contribute to the delay in...
Download PDF ↓Net interest margins (NIM) have been an interesting issue and of great debate. In Zambia, NIM has generally been high thus, having low savings rate and high lending rates. This is not good for the economy because on one hand, it discourages savings thereby, reducing the levels of monies available...
Download PDF ↓Background: The consumption of tobacco is of major public health concern globally. Its use has over the past 25 years grown in popularity in Africa too. As Zambia is a country battling with the high burden of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, the projected increase...
Download PDF ↓The global rise in wage income inequality has been an important topic in labour economics over the past few decades. Many studies have been undertaken to ascertain the factors affecting wage inequality. However, little research exists for Zambia on this topic in spite of the importance that is...
Groundnuts, one of the most susceptible crops to aflatoxin (AF) contamination, are widely produced and consumed in Zambia. Previous studies have reported high levels of AFs in groundnuts produced in Zambia. However, there has been no study on the levels of AFs in groundnuts sold in different...
Download PDF ↓INTRODUCTION: Chibombo district is situated in rural Zambia and HIV/AIDS was established as the district’s leading cause of mortality, which accounted for 20% of all deaths (Goma et al., 2013) and it was one of the major health challenges experienced in the district, according to the Chibombo...
Download PDF ↓INTRODUCTION :Ionizing radiation is the largest contributor to human exposure from manmade sources of radiation. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are routinely carried out in Zambia and patients are allowed home without measurement of the remaining amount of tracer in the body....