It was estimated that 1.2 million people live with HIV/AIDS in Zambia by 2015. Zambia has developed and implemented diverse programs to reduce the prevalence in the country. HIV-testing is a critical step in HIV treatment and prevention, especially among all the key populations. However, there is no systematic review so far to demonstrate the trend of HIV-testing studies in Zambia since 1990s o...

Eco-tourism depending on wildlife is becoming increasingly profitable and landowners are beginning to favor game farming and ecotourism. In these areas, large-scale translocation of wildlife involves a diversity of species and large populations. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is one of the major tourist attractions in Zambia. It accounts for 8.7% and 12.4% of the total animal species hun...

doi:10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.728 http://www.ojvr.org Authors: Christopher J. Kasanga1 Rahana Dwarka2 Gaothlele Thobokwe3 Jemma Wadsworth4 Nick J. Knowles4 Misheck Mulumba5 Ezekia Ranga6 Jimis Deve11 Cornelius Mundia10 Patrick Chikungwa8 Laureta Joao9 Raphael Sallu7 Mmeta Yongolo7 Philemon N. Wambura1 Mark M. Rweyemamu1 Donald P. King4 Affiliations: 1Southern African Centre for Infectious Diseases Sur...

Zambia is confronted with one of the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world which had a tremendous effect on Zambian health and economy. As of June 2005, ARV drugs officially have been made available free of charge through public health institutions in the country. However, shortage of trained medical stuff, distance of ART centers from people’s community, and lack of transportation, represent m...

The world food and financial crises threaten to undermine the real incomes of urban consumers in eastern and southern Africa. This study investigates patterns in staple food prices, wage rates, and marketing margins for urban consumers in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia between 1993 and 2009. There is high correlation among wage rate series for various government and private sector catego...

Background Access to appropriate and affordable healthcare is needed to achieve better health outcomes in Africa. However, access to healthcare remains low, especially among the poor. In Zambia, poor access exists despite the policy by the government to remove user fees in all primary healthcare facilities in the public sector. The paper has two main objectives: (i) to examine the factors assoc...

This article tries to review and analyze that how the scholars who presented at the Zambian Education Forum (ZEF) catch actual condition of teacher profession in African and Asian countries. Before into analyzing, it is necessary to explain about ZEF and its back ground. The purpose was that to provide an opportunity for the people interested in education to share some knowledge and experiences...

The 'watch dog' role of the media, the impact of migration processes, health care access for children in developing countries, mitigation of the effects of Global Warming are typical examples of governance issues – issues to be tackled at the base; issues to be solved by creating and implementing effective policy. students to pave the road for innovative policy developments in Europe and the wo...

Zambia, and Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) generally, is lagging behind in the area of sustainable construction due to several barriers implementation construction. This study therefore explored drivers adoption practices Zambia. The could inform stakeholders on measures which improve used an online quantitative questionnaire survey professionals clients. A total 112 responses were received representi...

In this report, Jubilee Zambia presents a proposal of a set of guides on the development of a human-needs based Debt Sustainability Analysis Framework (DSA.). This proposal is formulated with a view to stimulate dialogue at national and international levels on the need to develop a human-need based framework on Debt Sustainability Analysis for Zambia. Jubilee Zambia believes that a better and e...