“…The children who present with a low BCS, delayed CRT and dehydration were more likely to die. …”
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“…Stiff punishment should also be given to clients who deliver on the way and reinforce pregnant mothers to go for waiting in hospitals before labour starts by village headsmen. …”
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“…A purposive sampling was done in which 10 nurse educators, the college principal and 4 nurse educators who left CHAM nursing colleges and are working in government hospitals were recruited making a total of 15 participants. The study relied on descriptive quantitative method in which data was collected through self administered questionnaire, analysed using frequencies and percentage and presented using tables, graphs and charts. …”
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“…A purposive sampling was done in which 10 nurse educators, the college principal and 4 nurse educators who left CHAM nursing colleges and are working in government hospitals were recruited making a total of 15 participants. The study relied on descriptive quantitative method in which data was collected through self administered questionnaire, analysed using frequencies and percentage and presented using tables, Bar graphs and charts. …”
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“…Evidence shows that nurses’ experiences about family involvement are key factors in the way care is delivered. Little is known about nurses’ experiences on family involvement in the care of hospitalised children at QECH in Malawi. …”
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“…Malawi, like many southern African countries, is facing a critical human resources for health (HRH) crisis, preventing it from delivering acceptable quality health care services to its population. …”
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“…This forces some women to deliver in their homes. This cross-sectional, descriptive quantitative study was conducted at Chikhwawa District Hospital, St Montfort Hospital and Mfera Health Centre in Chikhwawa District. …”
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“…Unlike the Program of Work, this Plan has taken further measures to address the burden of disease by delivering an expanded EHP through public health interventions including but not limited to health promotion, disease prevention and increasing community participation. …”
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“…The study also showed that clients perceived the management to be very important because it prolongs life, furthermore the study has revealed that clients are always given not enough drugs for the month and they are always delayed to be reviewed. The researcher therefore recommends that health workers should be teaching diabetics the whole management of diabetes. …”
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“…A self-administered questionnaire was hand delivered to a total of 462 HSAs with a response rate of 93.5%. …”
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“…Maternal near miss is an event in which a pregnant or recently delivered woman comes close to maternal death but does not die, due to either timely intervention or by pure chance. …”
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“…Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. This thesis explores the perceptions of heterosexual men on HIV related stigma in HIV testing and ART services. …”
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“…Such complications were previously associated with delayed diagnosis and poor HIV control. However, there is growing evidence that prolonged disease by itself predisposes to cardiac disease (6,7). …”
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“…In prisons, where convicts are incarcerated the practice has since been overlooked and are being denied of health services that target the prevention of HIV and AIDS. …”
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“…Seventy-eight percent of the mothers indicated long-walking distance to a health facility compounded by lack of transport; 31% of the mothers mentioned traditional beliefs such as trusting in the experience of elderly women, and 31% reported deep rooted beliefs in herbs; 52% indicated lack of financial support while in hospital and poor attitudes of health workers whereby 40% of the women indicated hostile behavior of health personnel towards patients in labor and 38% of the women indicated that women are left to deliver on their own without supervision. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the government and non-government organizations should provide bicycle ambulances to each group village headman for easy transportation to health facilities; Awareness campaigns on birth preparedness and complication readiness should be conducted. …”
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“…A total of 240 pregnant adolescents and adolescents who delivered within the previous 6 months, aged between 13 and 19 years were selected using Purposive sampling. …”
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