“…At 12 months post-intervention, 26(100%) in the FB-PST arm maintained VL <1000 copies/ml versus vii 18(69.2%) in the SOC-treated arm. 18 months post-intervention, 18 (69.2%) women in the FB-PST arm had VL<1000copies/ml compared to 8 (30.7%) in the SOC arm (p=0.062). 14 (53.8%) treated with FB-PST had CMD resolution (SRQ score <8) 6 months post- intervention versus 16 (61.5%) in the SOC arm (p=0.804). …”
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“…Only 74 (48%) used the condom consistently and 103 (49%) used dual methods. …”
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“…This qualitative study explored tutors’ perspectives concerning leading factors to non-usage of formative assessment (FA) at St Joseph College of Nursing in Chiradzulu District in Malawi. …”
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“…There were multiple factors that influenced their use of Jadelle as a family planning method; they accepted the use of Jadelle as a FP method because of its long lasting effectiveness and freedom it brought to them; the common side effect of Jadelle implant that affected its acceptability was the disruption of the menstrual cycle; and that both men and women made decisions on the issue of child spacing. …”
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“…Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and the analysis of the quantitative data was done using SPSS 16.0. …”
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“…In synergistic antimycobacterial analysis, the synergistic drug action showed Betulinic acid (EM8), 1,2,3,6 – tetra(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl) acetyl ester - β-Dglucopyranose (FV8) and Cyclanoline (C5) exhibited synergistic antimycobacterial activity at a final concentration of 18 ug/ml. …”
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“…The HIV prevalence rate in Malawi has resulted in patients with chronic illnesses being discharged for home based care where the family members play a major role in taking care of these patients with the assistance of the Home Based Care Volunteers. …”
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“…Globallythereare2.1millionadolescentslivingwithHIV.1.7millionarein subSaharanAfrica.MalawihasoneofthehighestHIV/AIDSprevalenceratesinthe worldwith12.0%ofthoseaged15-49yearsinfected.AdherencetoARThasprovedto bedifficultforpeoplelivingwithHIVandoftenfallsbelowtherequiredlevelsandthus, youthslivingwithHIVareamongthepopulationgroupswithpoorerARTadherence rates.Fidelityisdefinedasadherence,integrityandqualityofimplementationofan intervention.HoweverhighlevelsofadherencearecrucialtothesuccessofHIV therapiesinordertosustainviralsuppression. …”
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“…Needle prick incidences were high due to improper waste disposal management among workers at Mangochi District Hospital. 427people on ART prophylaxis between 2017 and 2019, 127people were due to needle prick incidences by June 2019 representing 29.7% (Prophylaxis hard cover 2017 to 2019). Therefore, this study’s significance was that cleaners acquired knowledge on care to prevent risks and understand the process of waste disposal management, and the managers were reminded to do on job trainings for cleaners. …”
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“…However, a good number of the respondents do apply research findings in the teaching practice n= 68 (69.4%). …”
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“…Young people aged 15 to 24 years account for 25% of new HIV infections among adults. …”
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“…Increased antimicrobial resistance was the cause of severe infections in the year 2012 in Malawi. Out of a total of 100,000 recorded deaths, 70,200 (70.1%) were attributable to infectious diseases. …”
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“…Results of this study revealed the factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching as: clinical teaching environment (79.9%, n=104), use of innovative clinical teaching methods(18.6%, n=24), adequate clinical teaching resources (10.2%, n=13), small number of nursing students (71.2, n=93), year of study (44.1%, n=57) and learning outcomes for the clinical setting (54.2%, n=70).Among the recommendations is empowering nursing students to actively participate in their own learning and evaluation of own achievement of clinical objectives as these are critical to their development as competent, self-directing professionals, capable of assuming responsibilities inherent in the ever-changing and expanding health care system.…”
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“…Findings revealed multiple psychosocial challenges which older women experience as a result of elder abuse, HIV and AIDS, different forms of loss and finally being the uncertainty of obtaining support. …”
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“…The target group was postnatal women who had delivered normally and had stayed at the health facility for not more than 48 hours. A total of 20 participants were recruited for the study using purposive sampling method. …”
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“…Over the past 5 to10 years, nursing training institutions in Malawi including Kamuzu College of Nursing have been experiencing pressure from a number of societal forces such as increased demand for accessibility to tertiary education and shortage of nurses to increase student enrolment. …”
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“…It also revealed that nurses/midwives do quite a number of activities in clinical teaching such as orienting students in the ward, demonstrate different procedures to students, and teach them how to manage the wards and subordinates, supervise their procedures and managerial tasks like staff allocations, writing rosters, delegating duties to subordinates among several others. …”
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“…The study populations were all case files of women with obstructed labour managed from 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016. Simple random sampling was used to obtain 90 case files of women that experienced obstructed labour. …”
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