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Management of noma: practice competence and knowledge among healthcare workers in a rural district of Zambia

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection and treatment are important to prevent its development. Objectives: The
Mathilda Ahlgren, Tjede Funk, Clemence Marimo, Charlotte Ndiaye, Tobias Alfvén   +4 more
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Analysis of Long-Term Variations of Drought Characteristics Using Standardized Precipitation Index over Zambia

Atmosphere, 2020
This study examines long-term spatial and temporal trends of drought characteristics based on the Standardized Precipitation Index at three different time scales (3, 6, and 12 months) over Zambia from 1981 to 2017.
Bathsheba Musonda, Y. Jing, Vedaste Iyakaremye, M. Ojara   +3 more
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The role of state- business relations in the performance of Zambia’s food processing sub-sector

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2014
In ensuring growth and development collaborative State-Business relations (SBRs) matters, and with economic growth comes increasing levels of employment, options for poverty reduction and hence more equitable development.
Hampwaye Godfrey, Jeppesen Soeren
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Does Crop Diversification Involve a Trade-Off Between Technical Efficiency and Income Stability for Rural Farmers? Evidence from Zambia

Agronomy, 2020
Crop diversification is a climate-smart agricultural technique which helps to improve resilience for farmers in the face of volatile weather due to climate change. Previous research on its effects on technical efficiency has shown mixed results.
Agness Mzyece, John N. Ng’ombe
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An Investigation Into the Use of “Hybrid” Adjustment Techniques in the Application of the Sales Comparison Method in Residential Valuation

Real Estate Management and Valuation, 2021
The sales comparison is the most common and universally accepted method in valuation. Although the theoretical entry point of the method is the same across most continents, its application in practice is varied and often determined by local circumstances.
Munshifwa Ephraim K.
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Differentiated Service Delivery Models for HIV Treatment in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: A Landscape Analysis

Global Health: Science and Practice Journal, 2020
Observing the diversity of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in use in sub-Saharan Africa can help policy makers and program planners to improve decision making for treatment delivery in the future. This effort can inform decisions
A. Huber, S. Pascoe, B. Nichols, L. Long, S. Kuchukhidze, B. Phiri, Timothy Tchereni, S. Rosen   +7 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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Menstrual hygiene management in rural schools of Zambia: a descriptive study of knowledge, experiences and challenges faced by schoolgirls

BMC Public Health, 2019
IntroductionWhile in school, girls require an environment that is supportive of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in order to ensure regular school attendance and participation.
J. Chinyama, J. Chipungu, Cheryl Rudd, M. Mwale, L. Verstraete, Charity Sikamo, W. Mutale, R. Chilengi, Anjali Sharma   +8 more
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Parasitic Contamination of Common Vegetables Sold in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2021
Background: Consumption of raw or unhygienically prepared vegetables is a potential source of parasitic infection. This study aimed to establish the prevalence and types of intestinal parasites on the freshly sold vegetables at the market.
S.S. Nyirenda, K.M. Bukowa, W.R. Banda, J. Mbewe, F. Hamankolo, F. Banda, G. Kwenda, M. Mumba, E. Zulu   +8 more
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Effectiveness of two doses of Euvichol-plus oral cholera vaccine in response to the 2017/2018 outbreak: a matched case–control study in Lusaka, Zambia

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Zambia experienced a major cholera outbreak in 2017–2018, with more than 5905 cases reported countrywide, predominantly from the peri-urban slums of Lusaka city.
Victor M Mukonka, Modest Mulenga, C Michelo, Khozya Zyambo, Cephas Sialubanje, Muzala Kapina, Orbrie Chewe, Belem Blamwell Matapo, Albertina Moraes Ngomah, Brittany Gianetti, William Ngosa, Mpanga Kasonde, Kunda Musonda, Nyambe Sinyange, Patricia Bobo, Lucy Mazyanga, Nathan Bakyaita   +16 more
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