Robert Tembo

Research Experience       

• Principal Researcher, Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Zambian Workplaces, funded by ILO and Drug Enforcement Commission, 1994.
• Co-Researcher, An Evaluation of the Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust (WLSA), funded by WLSA and SIDA, 1994.
• Principal Researcher, Human Resource Development and Training in relation to HIV/AIDS in the formal sector, funded by Morehouse School of Medicine/USAID, 1994.
• Co-Researcher, Environmentally-related diseases in Zambian Schools funded by World Bank/Zambia Educational Rehabilitation Project (ZERP), 1995.
• Co-Researcher, Evaluation of the Zambia Red Cross Street Kids Drop-in-Centre, funded by Zambia Red Cross Society, 1995.
• Co-Researcher, Integrating Health and Family Life Education and Income Generation for Out-of-School Youth, funded by UNFPA, 1996.
• Co-Researcher, An analysis of the state and nature of social policy and social policy research in Zambia, funded by IDRC, Canada, 1996.
• Principal Researcher, Changing Institutional arrangements under Social Policy Reform in Zambia: the case of Health Reforms, funded by IDRC, Canada, 1998.
• Co-Researcher, Post-privatization Impact Assessment (Social impact component), funded by World Bank, Ministry of Finance and Zambia Privatization Agency, 1999.
• Principal Researcher, Survey of Street Children in Six Cities of Africa, funded by Commonwealth Youth Programme, Africa Centre, 1999.
• Co-Researcher, An Evaluation of Women Empowerment projects, funded by German Development Agency, GTZ, 1999.
• Co-Researcher, An Evaluation of the UNDP -supported HIV/AIDS Sector programme, funded by UNDP, 2001.
• Principal-Researcher, An Evaluation of the Child Care Upgrading Programme (CCUP), funded by UNICEF, 2002.
• Principal-Researcher, Institutional and Community response to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control among Street Children in Zambia, Funded by the Study Fund Project, ZAMSIF, 2004.
• Co-Researcher, Beneficiary Assessment of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF), funded by World Bank (Malawi), 2003.
• Principal Researcher, Baseline Study of Child Domestic Workers in Zambia, funded by ILO-IPEC, 2004.
• Co-Researcher, Poverty Vulnerability of Rural Households, funded by DFID, 2004.
• Co-Researcher, PLACE(HIV/AIDS) study of Mongu District ,funded by MEASURE evaluation,USA,2004
• Co-Researcher, The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Marriage Patterns, Customs and Practices in Mansa District of Zambia, funded by the Organization for Social science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 2005.
• Co-Researcher, The Qualitative Assessment of the extended Family in the care of Orphans in Zambia, study funded by DFID, UNICEF, and USAID, 2004. ( Part of the studies on the Situational Analysis of OVC in Zambia)
• Principal Researcher, An evaluation of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)–SUCCESS programme, 2005.Funded by CRS.
• Co-Researcher, Understanding the Dynamics Family Planning and HIV/AIDS at Community level  in Zambia, funded by John Hopkins University School of Public Health and Health Communication Partnership(HCP) ,2005
• Co-Researcher, Sustainable Livelihoods and Social Protection in Zambia, funded by Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, 2007.
• Principal-Researcher, Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control among Children Engaged in Child Labour: The Case of  Lusaka, funded by Ministry of  Finance and National Planning under the social funds project, 2007
• Co-Researcher, Measuring Community  Capacity Study, funded by John Hopkins University School of Public Health and Health Communication Partnership(HCP) 2007-2008
• Principal Researcher, Extent and Impact of  Child marriages in Zambia, funded by Plan International Zambia, 2008
• Principal Researcher, Extent and Impact of Child  Cattle heading in Chadiza district, funded by Plan International  Zambia, 2008
• Principal Researcher, Final Evaluation of Medical  Injection Safety Project(MISP),Funded by Chemonics International, JHPIEGO and the MANOFF group,2009
• Principal Researcher, Situational analysis of CD4 behavioral studies and surveys, with UNICEF, 2009
• Principal Researcher, Handbook on Mobile Populations and HIV/AIDS in Zambia, Funded by International Organisation of Migration(IOM) and CHAMP,2010
• Principal Consultant ,Evaluation of training programmes for Judiciary Staff, for Ministry of Justice,2011
• Principal Researcher, Mid-term evaluation of Fifth National Development Plan(Community Engagement Component), Ministry of Finance and NationalPlanning,2014
• Principal Researcher, Evaluation of Male circumcision for Health  policy: A Contextual Interaction Perspective, funded by World Health Organization(WHO)-Geneva, 2013-2015

Articles

• Tembo, R. (1993): Social Services and Urban Poverty in Zambia in Hall Nigel (ed), Social Development and urban Poverty in Southern Africa. (Harare, University of Zimbabwe,).
• Tembo, R.  (1995): An Evaluation of the Practical Subjects project in primary schools in Zambia (Helsinki, Finland).
• Tembo, R. (1998): State and Nature of Social Policy Practice and Research in Journal of Social Development in Africa, vol 1. No.2,
• Tembo, R., and G. Masiye, (1999) Social Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in Zambia (Lusaka, ILO).
• Tembo, R. (1999) :Human Resource Development and Training in relation to HIV/AIDS in the formal sector in K.R. Hope (ed) AIDS and Development in Africa: A Social Science Perspective (New York, Haworth Press,)
• Tembo, R. and G. Masiye, (2000): Changing Institutional Arrangements under Social Policy Reforms in Zambia: the Case of Health Reforms in Makerere University Journal of Social Science (Special edition), June.
• Vered Slonin-Nevo, Lawrence Mukuka, R. Tembo, Anna Abdelgani, AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour among Urban Youths in Zambia: Results from a Pilot Study, in International Social Work Journal, , 44 (4), October 2001,
• Vered Slonin-Nevo, Lawrence Mukuka, Tembo, R.( 2004) Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour among Adolescents in Zambia, in NIRP Research for Policy series (Amsterdam, NIRP)
• Tembo,R and C. Matenga,(2006):A rapid assessment of Child Domestic Workers in Zambia, in report on regional symposium on Child Research in Southern Africa: "Children and youth living in circumstances of poverty and marginalization"(Oslo, Child Watch International).
• Tembo, R. and T. Kalinda : (2007) The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Marriage Patterns, Customs and Practices in Mansa District of Zambia, OSSREA research Series, Addis Ababa.
• Tembo, R., J. Kamwanga, and C. Mulambia, (2007):Systematic Appraisal of the HIV/AIDS response in Zambia-SYSRA ( London, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine )
• Ndubani.P,  R.Tembo, J. Kamwanga, C Mulambia, A .Aisling and R. Bruga:(2007)Tracking Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives and their Impact on the Health System in Zambia(London, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
• Tembo,R., (2007):Institutional Responses to HIV and AIDS prevention and Control Among Children Engaged in Child Labour:The Case of Lusaka, First International Multidisciplinary Conference on recent Advances in research Conference Papers(Lusaka,Unza Press)
• Tembo, R and T. Kalinda:(2008) The HIV/AIDS challenge in Africa: An impact and Response Assessment (Addis Ababa, OSSREA)
• Tembo, R  and T. Kalinda ( 2008)’Marriage Customs and Sexual Practices in The era of HIV and AIDS in Zambia: The case of Mansa District ‘ in OSSREA, Summaries of  the Findings of research projects carried out in Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia(Addis Ababa, OSSREA).