“…On parental needs, three needs were reported: the need to be with their sick child; information about condition of the child; and a good relationship with nurses and other health workers. …”
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“…A child’s illness and admission in hospital is stressful and negatively affects the child, caregivers and the family. …”
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“…Dehydration is a major cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia child mortality rate from diarrhoea is 68 deaths per 1,000 live births despite implementation of child survival interventions. …”
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“…Pediatric pain is a neglected area in child health, particularly in low resource settings. …”
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“…Findings: the participants’ perceived risks for childhood RTIs were: overpopulated urban areas with poor road infrastructure, permanent buildings within road reserve spaces, as well as role fulfillment challenges particularly by caregivers, drivers, and school teachers that manifest as lack of adult supervision on child road users, exposing children to child labour that involves road usage; lack of teaching on road safety and drunken driving. …”
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“…The transmission of HIV from a mother to her child is one of the most tragic aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. …”
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“…World Health Organization is recommended that individuals and couples should wait for at least 2–3 years between births to reduce the risk of adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Short birth interval also has a negative consequence on perinatal, neonatal, and child health outcomes. …”
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“…HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during antenatal period, child birth and postnatally during breastfeeding. …”
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“…Basing on the findings, the researcher recommend that health workers need to educate guardians on general danger signs to increase awareness of the general danger signs so that child mortality rate can be reduce to achieve the millennium goal number three…”
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“…In conclusion, breastfeeding mothers are retained in HIV care during the breastfeeding period with an aim of improving both maternal and child health.…”
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“…Care givers that had attained complete primary education were 2 times more likely to meet child minimum dietary diversity as compared to caregivers with no education [OR 2.5 (95% CI:0.27,24.8)]. …”
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“…Family involvement entails that care is planned around the family and the hospitalised child. Families need to be involved because they are custodians of valuable information for provision of care. …”
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“…Teachers reported that they promote mental health through good teacher – child relationship and encouraging child participation during physical activities (22.0%, n = 66), provision of positive feedback during classroom activities; 20.3% (n = 61), fostering anti-bullying behavioral activities 4.0% (n = 12); conducting other mental health activities; 1.3% (n = 4) while 30.3% (n = 91) did not respond to the question. …”
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“…It shows how WASH can contribute to key outcomes across the life-course of a child, and how education and health systems can help deliver wider public health outcomes in WASH. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: Worldwide, 2000 infants a day are infected with HIV during child birth or via breastfeeding, (WHO, 2012). In Malawi, about 77 children get infected daily which brings up to 30,000 new infections and 25,000 deaths among children annually. …”
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“…The findings may also add knowledge to child health nursing practice and influence change and policy development in care of exposed infants. …”
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“…In Malawi, where stock-outs are common and consistent access to short-term contraceptives is poor, long-term reversible methods like Jadelle offer an important option for men and women who want to delay, space or end their child-bearing years. It is clear that the use of Jadelle may be influenced by perceptions of women and their spouses. …”
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“…The study found out that majority of mothers had knowledge of weaning practices, however, the majority of them started weaning their child from breast milk before recommended time despite having the knowledge. …”
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“…The study will help to prevent pneumonia in children and hence reduce child mortality rate in Malawi.…”
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“…It has been developed by the Sanitation Core Team (SCT), an inter-departmental group of middle ranking and senior staff from the Ministries of Irrigation and Water Development, Health, Education, Gender, Child Welfare and Community Development, Natural Resources (Dept. of Environmental Affairs), Lands and Housing and Survey, Agriculture and Food Security, and Local Government and Rural Development. …”
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