“…Finally there is a need to encourage couple counselling as this will ensure that more men are tested together with their partners and provide support in preventing mother to child transmission to their partners. This will in turn contribute towards the achievement of the goals of the prevention of mother to child transmission programs and hence assist in the reduction of the maternal and neonatal mortality rates.…”
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“…WHO (2002) estimates show that seeking prompt and appropriate care could reduce child deaths due to ARI by 20%.Health education programs can be effective when designed to take account the prevailing knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers of under five children with ARI. …”
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“…This time every tear that was caused during child birth has healed, the uterus has started to turn to its normal state and the lochia (discharges from the uterus after delivery) has stopped.…”
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“…HIV and AIDS is having an increasing impact on the health and welfare of children and is already ravaging hard-won child survival gains in some of the highly affected countries like Malawi. …”
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“…The results further show that there is little explanation about oxygen therapy to the caretakers when the child needs supplementary oxygen, furthermore nurses do not monitor patients when on oxygen therapy most of the times. …”
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“…These complications can either be fatal, or can lead to some disabilities to the mother or the new born child or both if not well managed. There are several factors that contribute to delay in accessing delivery care from the hospital among pregnant women. …”
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“…A sample of 8 women in the child bearing age will be chosen purposefully. Data will be collected using interview guides where women will be recorded and data will be analysed by transcribing and translating the information.…”
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“…The beneficiaries of the study results will be children who are patients depending on decisions made by their mothers, mothers of children who require Oxygen therapy and health care providers so that child mortality rate due to lack of Oxygen in the body as a complication of severe pneumonia reduces.…”
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“…This will contribute in finding the best method of ensuring ITN's are utilized by the under fives in the communities and also help to improve health of the under fives by reducing incidences of malaria cases thereby reducing child mortality which is very high in Malawi. Utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN's) is the principal strategy for malaria prevention in areas where sustained vector control is required. …”
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“…This study aimed to explore child birth experiences of women who delivered at the health facility in order to develop informed midwifery interventions that will motivate women to give birth at a health facility. …”
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“…About 88,009 caregivers of children aged 0-23 months received counseling on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF). 38,152 children (21,742 girls and 16,410 boys) in safe spaces (children’s corners) were reached with messaging on cholera prevention and Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE) and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).…”
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“…This means that Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, which aims at reducing child mortality rate by 2/3 by the year 2015, cannot be achieved. …”
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“…However, the country continues to face challenges posed by population dynamics such as high fertility and mortality rates, high child dependency burden, unemployment, and environmental degradation. …”
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“…The study findings showed that caregivers view their participation in hospitalised child care as appropriate, important and satisfying. …”
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“…Literature has shown that despite being beneficial to mother and child health outcomes, utilization of family planning among clients on ART is low. …”
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“…Basing on the findings, this study recommends the nurses should advise and encourage mothers to be coming to the hospital as soon as they can whenever the child is sick, for shunt revisit or when they see early signs of shunt complications and that Community health nurses should educate the community members including the leaders and other prominent people about hydrocephalus and its complications to prevent stigmatization.…”
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“…On the other hand the study noted that serodiscordant couples meet challenges like fear of HIV transmission, the need for child bearing and anxiety. This implies that there is need to intensify couple counseling which will solve psychological problems of serodiscordant couples.…”
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“…The results have further revealed that having a child with Spinabifida has an impact on the physical, psychological, spiritual and social well being. …”
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“…Parents play a key role in shaping adolescent behaviors, and parent- child communication, has been identified as an important factor in preventing early and risky sexual behavior. …”
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“…Considerable improvements in the delivery of an Essential Health Package (EHP) have been registered in reducing infant and child mortality rates, pneumonia case fatality and maternal mortality, and in maintaining high immunization coverage, among other areas. …”
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