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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Zambia: a glimpse at the possible challenges ahead for COVID-19 vaccination rollout in sub-Saharan Africa

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
With unprecedented speed, multiple vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are available 1 year after the COVID-19 pandemic was first identified. As we push to achieve global control through these new vaccines, old challenges present themselves, including cold-chain
Andrea C. Carcelen, Christine Prosperi, Simon Mutembo, Gershom Chongwe, Francis D. Mwansa, Phillimon Ndubani, Edgar Simulundu, Innocent Chilumba, Gloria Musukwa, Phil Thuma, Kelvin Kapungu, Mutinta Hamahuwa, Irene Mutale, Amy Winter, William J. Moss, Shaun A. Truelove   +15 more
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The Impact of Industrialisation on Zambia’s Economic Growth

JDE (Journal of Developing Economies), 2023
This research study examines the impact of industrialisation on economic growth in Zambia. The study utilised secondary data from Zambian Central Bank and Word-Bank data statistics.
Tryson Yangailo, Taonga Chambani
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Relationships between undergraduate medical students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning and demographics in Zambia: a survey-based descriptive study [PDF]

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2023
Purpose This study aimed to detect relationships between undergraduate students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning and demographic variables (such as age, academic year, and gender).
Mercy Ijeoma Okwudili Ezeala, John Volk
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Urinary tract infections and associated factors in HIV infected pregnant women at a tertiary hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain among significant causes of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. Zambia shares this burden disproportionately compared to other countries and it is unknown to what extent ...
Moses Mukosha, Lukundo Nambela, Chiluba Mwila, Micheal Chigunta, Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia, Mwansa Ketty Lubeya, Bellington Vwalika   +6 more
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Investment Incentives and The Implementation of the Framework Convention On Tobacco Control: Evidence from Zambia [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose: Policy misalignment across different sectors of government serves as one of the pivotal barriers to WHO Framework convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) implementation.
Drope, Jeffrey, Goma, Fastone, Labonte, Ronald, Lencucha, Raphael, Zulu, Richard   +4 more
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreak in Chiengi District, Zambia, September 2019

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Africa has seen a significant rise in circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks following the switch to the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) in 2016.
Chipoya Musole, Kapina Muzala, Ngomah Albertina, Mwansa Dien Francis, Matapo Belem, Liwewe Maziyanga, Monze Mwaka, Zulu Paul, Kayeyi Nkomba, Situmbeko Mwangala, Simwaba Davis, Gama Angela, Sinyange Nyambe, Mukonka Victor   +13 more
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Lease Price Differentiation and its Influence on the Attraction of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMES) to Major Shopping Malls in Zambia

Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne, 2021
Subject and purpose of work: Based on community-wide charges that shopping malls discriminate against small business tenants, this paper seeks: firstly to identify the principal determinants of shopping mall rentals, and secondly to understand if there ...
Jain Niraj, Chileshe Roy A., Munshifwa Ephraim K., Mushinge Anthony, Chisha Amos   +4 more
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Government debt, government debt service and economic growth nexus in Zambia: a multivariate analysis

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2019
This paper explores the causal relationships between public debt and economic growth, and between public debt service and economic growth in Zambia for the period from 1970 to 2017.
Talknice Saungweme, Nicholas M. Odhiambo
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A foodborne disease outbreak investigation experience in a College in Lusaka, Zambia, 2017

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: On 19 March 2017, an outbreak of unknown etiology was reported among students at a college in Lusaka, Zambia. We investigated to confirm the outbreak, identify exposures, determine the aetiological agent, and implement preventive measures ...
Fred Kapaya, Francis Dien Mwansa, Patrick Sakubita, Angela Gama, Nelia Langa, Orbrie Chewe, Lwito Mutale, Francis Nanzaluka, Chongwe Gershom, Mumbi Chola, Nathan Kapata, Nyambe Sinyange, Sylvia Chibuye, Ellen Yard   +13 more
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Service Learning and International Internships in Journalism Courses: A Pedagogy of Transformative Citizenship [PDF]

Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2015
This study explores the concept of transformative citizenship using student data collected over a 3-year timeframe. Students enrolled in two reporting and writing courses and an international journalism course were post-evaluated.
Twange Kasoma
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