Southern Zambia
Livelihood Activities and the Role of Livestock in Smallholder Farming Communities of Southern Zambia
... This study uses qualitative research techniques to identify the livelihood activities and to determine the position of livestock in the hierarchy of those activities among households in livestock-rearing communities of ...
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Indigenous practices of environmental sustainability in the Tonga community of southern Zambia
... As Lancaster and Vickery (2007) stated, the Tongas are believed to be the first Bantu-speaking people to live in Zambia; they have been living in southern Zambia since AD 1100. In addition, O’Brien ...
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Changing individual level risk factors for malaria with declining transmission in southern Zambia: a cross sectional study
... In an area with high malaria prevalence, several estab- lished, individual-level characteristics were correlated with RDT positivity. With lower malaria prevalence, however, few individual-level characteristics were ...
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Comparison of a PfHRP2 based rapid diagnostic test and PCR for malaria in a low prevalence setting in rural southern Zambia: implications for elimination
... [2]. Southern Province, Zambia reported a para- site prevalence of less than 10% and is considered a po- tential area for malaria ...in Zambia since their national introduction in 2009 ...in ...
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En route to the ‘elimination’ of genotypic chloroquine resistance in Western and Southern Zambia, 14 years after chloroquine withdrawal
... and Southern Provinces using samples taken from an all age household cross-sectional ...of Zambia during the peak malaria transmission season in April and May ...in Southern Province along Lake ...
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A qualitative study of perceptions of a mass test and treat campaign in Southern Zambia and potential barriers to effectiveness
... At the community level, misunderstandings about the rationale for the intervention due to previous interventions and cultural norms were the primary factors limiting ac- ceptability and adherence, which may have ...
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Evidence for histidine rich protein 2 immune complex formation in symptomatic patients in Southern Zambia
... roughly 30,000 individuals live [30]. In this region, there is a single rainy season from November through April in which malaria transmission peaks, though the preva- lence of malaria has declined steadily over the last ...
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Early detection of malaria foci for targeted interventions in endemic southern Zambia
... Background: Zambia has achieved significant reductions in the burden of malaria through a strategy of “ scaling- up ” effective ...Zambia’s Southern Province has begun to implement such an ...
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Understanding Sedimentation Process in the Makoye Reservoir of Southern Zambia
... Such levels of turbidity in water were far beyond the acceptable standards of <1000 NTU (FAO, 1978) for livestock watering. High turbidity levels have health implications on livestock, which MLF (2016) already ...
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Witchcraft and the reproduction of wealth in southern Zambia
... status of African doctors has been commented on in a number of contexts in Africa 35. Perhaps in an attempt to distance themselves from witchcraft by associating themselves with Europeans, many African Doctors are ...
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An Assessment of Quality Assurance in HIV and AIDS Related Services in Chivuna Rural Health Facility of Southern Zambia
... With many countries experiencing high prevalence rates of HIV scaling up ART, it is vital to assess quality assurance in health facilities accredited to pro- vide these HIV and AIDS-related services. Reviewed literature ...
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Selection for chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium falciparum by wild Anopheles arabiensis in Southern Zambia
... falciparum antifolate drug resistance polymorphisms were found in human and mosquito hosts that seemed to suggest strong selection against pyrimethamine resistance mutants by the Anophel[r] ...
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Skin, thermal and umbilical cord care practices for neonates in southern, rural Zambia: a qualitative study
... In this region of southern Zambia, thermal care practices for newborns are revealed to be largely beneficial, with some significant exceptions. Newborns were generally kept warm with hats and layers of ...
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Nutritive value of some selected indigenous livestock browse species in the drylands of Southern Province, Zambia
... in the dry season This study investigated the nutritive values of four important browse species in dry region of southern Zambia. Samples of fresh leaves were collected during the dry e trees in the ...
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Costs and cost effectiveness of a large scale mass testing and treatment intervention for malaria in Southern Province, Zambia
... in southern Zambia as well as possibly interrupting transmission ...in Southern Province, Zambia in 2012, which was con- ducted alongside a large-scale trial of the intervention ...in ...
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Social-ecological typologies to climate variability among pastoralists in Namwala District - Zambia
... in Zambia has the potential to enhance economic growth and reduce ...in Southern Zambia illustrates how pastoralists have developed multiple resilience strategies to climate variability, livestock ...
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Country Level Evaluation: Zambia. Final Report. Volume 2: Annexes I-X. September 2012
... The results of the 2001 presidential elections were contested by a range of election observ- ers, including the EU. The 2006 elections were generally considered transparent and well- administered by international ...
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Sources of stress experienced by secondary school teachers in Choma District Southern Province of Zambia
... The purpose of the study was to find out sources of stress experienced by secondary school teachers in Choma District, Southern Province, Zambia. The descriptive or survey research design was adopted for ...
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Patient Related Factors Influencing Adherence to ART, A Case of Chivuna, Southern Province of Zambia
... For the purpose of quality control, all focus group discussions were moderated by the principal investigator who is fluent in the local language. With permission from the study participants, interviews were also tape ...
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Tourism as a Poverty Reduction Tool: The Case of Mukuni Village in the Southern Province of Zambia
... in Zambia is mostly based on safari tours, notably Kafue National park, (the second largest safari park in Africa), visits to the Victoria Falls, Lake Tanganyika, lake Kariba, (the second largest artifi cial lake ...
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