“…The objectives of the study include assessing the nurses' level of knowledge in the management of HIV exposed children, describing their attitude towards the management of HIV exposed children, identifying the practices nurses render in the management of HIV exposed children and identifying the challenges nurses face in their management of HIV exposed children. This study is going to be a quantitative study, with a sample size of thirty nurses. …”
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“…A sample of 30 participants of 15 years to 30 years old was selected using random sampling method. …”
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“…Rosenstock Health Belief model guided the study. A sample of 20 (n=20) randomly selected street children participated in the study. …”
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“…The study sample was made up of 5 couples, making a sum of 10 respondents. …”
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“…Every year the lives of approximately 1.35 million people globally, are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash. …”
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“…In addition, information on variation of primary ART treatment outcomes by service provider type is not known and probably has not been published The Objective was to examine primary Antiretroviral Therapy outcomes in Blantyre District using ART data from 1st January 2017 to 31st December, 2018 in public, private and Christian Health Association of Malawi ART clinics This was a cross-sectional study and utilized both quantitative and qualitative methods. …”
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“…In Malawi despite having some improvements in early initiation of exclusive breast feeding (EIBF), in the last decade there has been a decline in EBF and EIBF rates. EBF and EIBF rates have declined from 72% and 95 % in 2010 to 61% and 76% in 2016 respectively. …”
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“…All these taken from a different angle can be either facilitators or barriers of uptake. …”
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“…Based on the probit results, compared with the poorest respondents, being in the middle, rich and richest income groups was associated with an increase in the probability of being hypertensive by 6.9%, 5.5%. and 9.8% respectively. …”
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“…Meconium-stained liquor (AOR=2.33; 95% CI =1.51-3.59, p<0.001), vacuum extraction (AOR=4.64; 95% CI= 1.61-13.58, p=0.004), Crossing alert line (AOR=1.70; 95% CI =1.09-2.66, p=0.020)., Male sex (AOR=1.75; 95% CI=1.17-2.62, p=0.006) and Birth Weight (AOR= 0.9992234; 95% CI= 0.9988441 - 0.9995922, p <0.001) were factors associated with birth asphyxia. …”
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“…Among the controls, the most common pathogens isolated were Blastocystis in 87.5% (95% CI 47.35% to 99.68%), Shigella spp. in 75% (95% CI 34.91% to 96.81%), enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in 50 % (95% CI 15.70% to 84.30%) and ETEC in 50%. …”
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“…School attendance among adolescents was at 91%. Adolescents from high wealth index households had lower odds of depression compared with adolescents from low wealth index households (aOR= 0.73, 95% CI: 0.56-0.95). …”
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“…Artesunate and LA were prescribed in malaria negative patients in the final diagnosis of malaria at 49 (38.1%), sepsis 44 (40.7%) and pneumonia 19 (19.9 %). …”
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“…Additionally, a 2019 study by Umar et al in selected six districts of the southern region of Malawi showed that viral load suppression among adolescents aged 13 – 24 was at 61% Interventions aimed at improving optimal ART uptake among adolescents would therefore go a long way in improving ART outcomes among the adolescents, and one such intervention is teen clubs, implemented in selected health facilities in the country. …”
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“…Also, critically needed is access to treatment i.e. antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). If appropriately prescribed, properly taken and supported by a healthy style, ARVs can massively prolong the health and wellbeing of people who are HIV positive. …”
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“…Among others, the results of this study have shown that most dental problems occur in people between the ages of 21-30 and that there is a general lack of information about dental health among many people. …”
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“…The findings indicated that diabetic clients have little knowledge in what diabetes is and its complex management however they comply to what they know and what is available in relation to their economic status i.e. drugs and some food. …”
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“…The HIV prevalence rate in Malawi has resulted in patients with chronic illnesses being discharged for home based care where the family members play a major role in taking care of these patients with the assistance of the Home Based Care Volunteers. …”
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“…C.H.) diabetes clinic. Before data collection, a pilot study will be conducted at Queen Elizabeth central hospital (Q. …”
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