“…In Malawi, 6.5 million of its population lives in poverty and a further 27% live in extreme poverty. …”
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“…However, the under diagnosis and under medication found in this study warrants deliberate population based awareness programs to raise more awareness on hypertension, importance of its detection, management and control.…”
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“…A birth interval is the length of time between two successive live births. 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. …”
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“…This contributes to the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality in Malawi which is currently 675 per 100, 000 live births and 33 per 1, 000 live births respectively (Malawi EmNOC Needs Assessment Report, 2010). …”
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“…The study revealed that women have knowledge of symptoms and risk factors of cervical cancer. However, they lacked knowledge of the causes of cervical cancer as such they thought the symptoms would stop or that they had been bewitched and first visited the traditional healer. …”
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“…We are very worried about a death from AIDS or TB, but when it comes to malaria, we have become too accepting of its presence in our lives. …”
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“…Neonatal hypothermia is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the first 28 days of life. …”
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“…This was a qualitative study which aimed at investigating women's knowledge and perception on effects of vaginal douching at Kawale. …”
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“…Its control idea is to identify and measure the gaps that can help to plan and implement measures that will help in dealing with the burden. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION This is a proposal to conduct a study aimed at exploring knowledge and perception of guardians towards general danger signs in under-five children at Kamuzu Central Hospital .In this proposal literature review on studies done worldwide, in Africa and Malawi; relating to this study has been included. …”
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“…The number of children with life threatening and limiting illnesses requiring children palliative care is increasing each and every year. In response to the rising number of children requiring palliative care, family involvement in care giving has expanded. …”
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“…This study aimed at exploring contributing factors to maternal complications during labour and delivery at T BAs in Nkhotakota. …”
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“…Substance abuse is on increase among the youth though it has negative effects on health status of an individual. This study aimed at exploring knowledge and perception on the dangers of substance abuse among the youth. …”
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“…This qualitative study is aimed at describing the attitudes and perceptions of hypertensive clients towards treatment non-compliance. …”
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“…This qualitative study is aimed at describing the attitudes and perceptions of hypertensive clients towards treatment non-compliance. …”
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“…General danger signs are non specific signs that do not point out to a particular problem. This study was aimed at finding out knowledge and perception of guardians towards general danger signs in under-five children at Kamuzu Central hospital. …”
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“…In this regard, Government will also ensure effective coordination of the policy implementation process among various stakeholders in population and development, by providing adequate institutional and technical capacity to implementing partners. I wish to thank all those who have given their time, ideas and expertise during the policy revision process. …”
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“…This study aimed at assessing the quality of IEC offered during ANC at Chiradzulu District Hospital. …”
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“…The initial antenatal care visit is the entry point for antenatal care and is the most significant visit since this is the visit where women are categorised into standard care or special care in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. This study aimed at assessing the quality of antenatal care that pregnant women receive during the initial antenatal visit at Kawale Health Centre in Lilongwe District. …”
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“…Meaningful learning requires learner-centred teaching strategies, which focuses on the needs of the learners. The study therefore, aimed to explore factors hindering implementation of learner-centred teaching strategies. …”
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