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“…The Baccalaureate program has been in operation since 1995. Lewin's force-field model (1951) has been used to guide this study. …”
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“…This resulted in the development of editions of guidelines for the management of malaria in ; vS5, 1936, 1994 and 1997. In the absence of a policy to guide activities, efforts and resources by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and partners nationwide, malaria control and prevention strategies and activities have been uncoordinated and incomplete. …”
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“…The nature and pattern of weather related hazards is changing as a result of climate change - becoming more frequent, intense and unpredictable. For example between 1970 and 2006 Malawi experienced 40 weather related disasters, but 16 of these occurred after 1990. …”
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“…We identified the following risk factors for HAI; length-of-stay between 8 and 14 days (OR=14.4, 95% CI: 1.65-124.7, p=0.0143), presence of indwelling urinary catheter (OR=8.3, 95% CI: 2.24-30.70, p=0.003) and the history of surgery in the vii past 30 days (OR=5.11, 95% CI: 1.46-17.83, p=0.011). 29/105 patients (27.6%) were prescribed antimicrobials, most commonly the 3rd-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone (n=15). …”
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“…The HFA was conceived to give further impetus to the global work under the International Framework for Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction of 1989, and the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World : Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, adopted in 1994 and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of 1999. …”
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“…On the other hand, about 19.63% had anxiety, with 24.53% (n=171) having mild anxiety, 5.16% (n=36) moderate anxiety, and 1.43% (n=10), a severe form of anxiety. …”
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“…The main study was conducted from 6th to 18th December 1999. The subjects were requested to answer and fill the structured questionnaire with open and close-ended questions after gaining their consent Furthermore, a checklist was used to find more on the documentation practices in the files of January and February 1999. …”
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“…For example, the Malawi government and the Word Bank (1997) stated that population was 9.5 million and they estimated that it might double within 20 years. …”
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“…Out of these 5 factors, 3 were found to be independent determinants of AL using a logistic regression model: intraperitoneal local sepsis (Relative risk [RR] 7.2, 95%confidence interval [CI] 2.81- 17.5), Haemoglobin level ([<10g/dl] RR 4 ,95% CI 2.167 – 7.5) and Surgeons experience( Trainee/ expert) ( RR 1.4 , 95% CI 1.143-1.957) The knowledge of factors associated with anastomotic leakage after intestinal anastomosis can be modified to reduce AL and improve AL outcomes in our setting…”
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“…The policy has been developed in line with international declarations which Malawi is a signatory and these are: Libreville Declaration on Health and Environment, held in Libreville in 2008, Ethekwini Declaration on Hygiene and Sanitation, 2008, Africa Health Strategy (of the African Union), 2007-2015, UN Millennium Declaration and subsequent Millennium Development Goals, 2000, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992 and the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care, 1972. …”
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“…Having support groups was also found to be 4 times likely to facilitate adherence compared to situations where there were no support groups (OR = 4.043, 95% CI: 1.496, 10.926). The study also revealed that poor provider-client relationships were also found to be nearly 5 times more likely to hinder adherence as compared to cases where provider-client relationship was good (OR = 4.653, CI: 1.633, 13.256). …”
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“…Only 59.8% (n = 115) women started using the contraceptives when their children were six (6) months old yet 82.3% (n = 159) respondents were sexually active during the same period. …”
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“…The Ministry of Health through the Re productive Health Unit has since 1997 coordinated the integration, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of SRHR services at all levels. …”
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“…Their ages ranged from 19_60. Out of these women 58.2% were married and 35.7% were not married. …”
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“…The study has revealed that perception that SMS is a useful tool in communication between the patient and provider (AOR=3.26, 95% CI 1.66 to 6.39), perception that SMS improves quality of care (AOR=5.12, 95% CI 1.57 to 16.71), perception that SMS is easy to use (AOR=4.28, 95% CI 1.35 to 13.50) and perception that the hospital supports the use SMS (AOR=4.11, 95% CI 1.22 to 13.86) were significantly associated with the use of SMS mobile technology. …”
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“…Delivery through vacuum extraction (VE) (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR): 11.18; 95% CI: 1.37–95.98), diagnoses of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (AHR: 2.12; 95% CI: 1.05–4.27) and asphyxia (AHR: 2.40; 95% CI: 1.44–4.01) increased the risk of mortality. …”
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“…The health belief model developed in 1950's by social psychologists was used to guide this study. …”
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