“…The main malaria behaviours that need to be adopted and maintained by individuals, families and communities, include, among others, Malaria Case Management, Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) of pregnant women with SP and malaria prevention with special emphasis on Insecticide Treated Nets/ Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs / LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS). I am hopeful that concerted efforts to implement this malaria communication strategy with support of global, regional and national partners will enable Malawi to significantly reduce the health and socioeconomic burden of malaria.…”
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“…The Human Resource Development Policy is aimed at putting in place systems to ensure that training is well organised, transparent, fair and cost effective. …”
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“…A convenient sample of 30 parents who reported at Ofesi Health Centre and some of its outreach clinics with children for immunization were enrolled in the study after signing or thumb printing on a consent form. …”
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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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“…These also regretted the option the made because by the time they were reporting to the clinic the tinea was extensively infected. …”
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“…The problems with regard to data accuracy, timelines of reporting, analysis, and completeness continue to exist. The MOH and its partners have realized that our existing policies related to the management of health information systems are inadequate to address these issues and problems. …”
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“…Purposive sampling technique was employed and a semi-structured questionnaire was used as an instrument to obtain data from 19 responds through face-to-face interviews. …”
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“…An exploratory research design was used to obtain data from 13 nurse educators working at St Luke’s, Nkhoma Colleges of Nursing/Midwifery and Kamuzu Central Hospital. …”
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“…The strategy basically aims at aligning, synchronizing and harmonizing sanitation and hygiene initiatives and interventions towards meeting the goals of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) II. …”
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“…The study aimed at exploring midwives' perception of postnatal care provided in Ntcheu district health facilities. …”
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“…The study was conducted at Dedza District Hospital in Malawi including data from home settings. Data were collected through face to face in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide and a tape recorder. …”
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“…At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), malnutrition remains a big problem with poor treatment response. For instance, the average mortality rate at QECH in 2014-2015 was at 20.8% which is two times higher compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) cut off point of less than 10%. …”
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“…Nurses as managers have to ensure continuous and enough supply of FC's at all times. Nurses as educators should take charge of education on FC's and should ensure that people, in this case women are well informed about FC's. …”
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“…The study has revealed that the birth of an abnormal infant created a crisis situation that gave rise to grief reactions to the mothers. The results have also shown that these mothers have knowledge on what hydrocephalus is and how it is treated at the hospital. …”
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“…This means that, individual consent will be requested from the participant prior to data collection.…”
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“…Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study using mixed methods where quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. …”
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“…Malawi is one of the countries with the highest burden of cervical cancer in the world with less than ten percent of women screened for cervical cancer. The study aimed to investigate the state of cervical cancer screening among incarcerated women at Maula prison. …”
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“…Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire which also included 10 questions adopted from American Heart Association written Basic Life Support exam version 11 of year 2010. …”
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“…Based on the results, it is vii recommended that a multi-sectoral collaborative approach should be used to address the challenges.…”
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“…They suffer social injustices like stigma, discrimination and rejection from parents; peers and community members. Corporal punishment and support withdrawal was part of the social problems. …”
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