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A profile of community based acute poisoning and its associated mortality at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka in 2015
(The University of Zambia, 2017)ABSTRACT Background: Acute poisoning remains a common method employed for suicide worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 0.3 million people die every year worldwide due to various poisoning agents. ... -
Epidemiology of ectopic pregnancy at the university teaching hospital,Lusaka
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background: Ectopic pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy outside the uterine cavity and is a life-threatening emergency in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. It is a most common cause of maternal morbidity and ... -
Neonatal apgar score outcomes in spinal versus general anaesthesia at the university teaching hosipital (UTH) lusaka
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background: The knowledge gap was from the fact that the type of anaesthetic drug administered during caesarean section can have effects on neonatal outcome like low Apgar score with most hospitals in developed countries ... -
A study on the common hydrotheraphy practices and the prevalence of burn wound bacterial colonisation at the university teaching hosipital in lusaka zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)BACKGROUND Hydrotherapy plays an important role in the management of surgical patients, and especially so in those that have sustained burns to their skin. Different centers practice hydrotherapy differently. At the ... -
Common bacteria causes of neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial susceptibility at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia?
(The University of Zambia, 2014)Background: Prescribing effective preventative antibiotics and treating infections in mothers, providing a clean birth environment, and delivering the baby within 24 hours of rupture of membranes, where possible, can all ... -
Factors Affecting Access To and Utilisation of Reproductive Health Services Among Adolescents in Lusaka District: Case Study of Kamanga CompoundBarbara Nkonde-Bwalya
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Sexual and reproductive health is part of physical and emotional well-being of all human beings. Adolescents globally have unique sexual and reproductive health needs and accompanying vulnerabilities. Many adolescents ... -
Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in dogs in Lusaka district, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Cryptosporidium is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals. The parasite has been reported in a variety of domestic animals including ... -
Land conflict resolution mechanisms in Kalikiliki Settlement,Lusaka
(The University of Zambia, 2016)The high density of people living per unit area in Kalikiliki, which is an informal settlement, has created land use conflicts. The prevalence of these unresolved land use conflicts presents a challenge for settlement ... -
Greenhouse solar drying and thin layer drying of fresh Kapenta(Stolothrissa Tanganicae)
(The University of Zambia, 2016)The aim of this study was to carry out an experimental investigation on drying fresh Kapenta (Stolothrissa tanganicae), in a Greenhouse Solar Dryer and to evaluate a suitable thin-layer drying model for fresh Kapenta. ... -
Intergrated risk management in the supply chain of essential medicines in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Access to health care is a human right, which includes having timely access to affordable and quality essential medicines at the right place and in sufficient quantity. However, inefficient public sector supply chain ... -
Nature of Career Guidance Collaboration Between School and Industry: The Case of Selected Secondary Schools in Lundazi District of Eastern Province,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of career guidance collaboration between schools and industry in Lundazi district. The objectives of the study were; to establish the nature of career guidance collaboration ... -
Effects of Phasing out basic Schools on Access and Equity to Secondary Education in Selected Schools of kalabo and Nalolo Districts,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)This study looked at the effects of phasing out Basic Schools on access and equity to Secondary School education in selected schools of Kalabo and Nalolo Districts, Zambia. The study used the following objectives: To ... -
Isolation and molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria of Public Health significance from Humans and water in Namwala Districts of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Globally, opportunistic infections due to environmental Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are increasingly becoming a public health threat due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pandemic. ... -
Risk factors and spatial distribution of urinary schistomiasis among school going children in Ng'ombe township of Lusaka
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background: Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and an estimated 779 million people worldwide, are at risk of schistosomiasis. In Zambia, close to 2 million people are infected with the disease with prevalence ... -
Geotechnical study on the feasibility of using backfill in steep dip areas of Konkola copper mines (Zambia)
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Backfill is described as waste material that is used to refill the underground voids left during mining for technical or safety purposes. Backfilling has several applications underground and the use of backfill has ... -
Modelling of the ventilation system using ventsim considering the full mine mechanization drive at Konkola copper mines
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) is undergoing full mechanization drive aimed at increasing levels of production from the current 2.4 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes per annum. The mechanization of the mines will provide ... -
Optimisation of the froth flotation process of Chingola refractory ores (cro) by release analysis
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Release analyses were done on the Chingola Refractory Ores (CRO), which is a mixture of refractory oxides and sulphide copper minerals with an average grade of 1.37% total copper (TCu) with the goal of optimising the froth ... -
A help leach feasibility study for mimbula refractory copper ore of Nchanga mine
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Studies done on Mimbula ore have been on agitation leaching, high temperature and pressure leaching and treatment of refractory ore (TORCO) process. However these methods attracted significantly high capital investment ... -
Nchanga open pit fleet optimization for productivity improvement
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Nchanga Open Pit (NOP) is facing a critical equipment planning decision after undertaking improvement projects at the processing plant namely Elevated Temperature Leaching, Heap Leaching and Cobalt/Copper separation. ... -
A technical and economic appraisal for optimal exploitation of the H sub-incline complex at Nchanga underground mine
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Nchanga Underground mine uses a block caving variant to extract the lower ore body of the Nchanga syncline. The deepest part of the ore body, the H Sub-Incline complex, is thin with 4.39m average thickness, 5.27% weighted ...
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