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A Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation in Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus from Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe
(2013-06-04)
Lake Chivero’s catchment covers the urban areas of Harare and Chitungwiza, which contribute immensely to the pollution of the lake through urban runoff, sediments, sewage effluents, industrial effluents and leachate from ...
MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: An Examination of the Strategies of Urban Women in the Informal Sector‟s Livelihoods: A Case Study of Harare.
(2013-06-04)
Despite that a number of central government ministries and local authorities and non-state sector agencies have adopted a number of policies and strategies to address urban poverty, women prevalently continue to dominate ...
The relationship between knowledge of breast self-examination and practices regarding breast self-examination among women aged 25 – 49 years at Mbare family services clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe
(2014-03-17)
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and it is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women (Jemal, Ward, Center, Siegel and Thun). In Zimbabwe, the proportion of women dying from ...
Morbidity changes between HIV unexposed uninfected and HIV exposed uninfected children in Harare –a secondary data analysis
(2012-08-31)
Background: Optimising the survival of HIV exposed uninfected (HEU) infants is a major challenge. There is a significant swift increase in the HEU population due to the introduction of the highly active antiretroviral ...
Factors associated with 1st line ART failure among patients at Newlands Clinic, Harare
(2014-03-13)
First line ART treatment failure occurs when drugs being administered for the treatment of HIV are no longer able to kill the virus i.e. virus would have developed resistance to the drugs. This study sought to determine ...
State witnesses and their experiences at the criminal courts of Harare, Zimbabwe
(2016)
This study explores the experiences of state witnesses at the criminal courts of Harare, Zimbabwe. The study is premised on a qualitative research methodology which traces the subjective experiences of state witnesses. A ...
An investigation into the nature and extent of economic exploitation of street children in Zimbabwe: A case study of Harare Central Business District
(2013-06-04)
The exploitation of street is among the social problems in Zimbabwe. This study had five objectives, these were: to determine the basic characteristics of working street children in Harare Central Business District (CBD), ...
Factors associated with lactic acidosis in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in Harare city- 2012
(2013-08)
Introduction: Antiretroviral medicines have side effects that can be life threatening. An unpublished study by Malunga in Harare City, showed a high incidence of hyperlactatemia in patients on stalanev. This research ...
The role of city twinning in fostering diplomacy: A case of city of Harare and city of Munich twinning arrangement (2000 -2015)
(2016)
City twinning arrangements have been viewed by quite a number of scholars as a way to
go in the 21st Century in fostering diplomacy of the states. as such the study sought to
unearth the role that city twinning arrangements ...