“…The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, has released US$5.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to assist people affected by the Tropical Cyclone Freddy weather system in Malawi, as the devastating toll of floods and mudslides in the country’s Southern Region continues to rise.…”
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“…The results also showed that most women had never used FC's before. Hindrances that were identified in regards to FC's use were; scarcity of FC's, and also that they are sold at a high price. …”
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“…At 12 months post-intervention, 26(100%) in the FB-PST arm maintained VL <1000 copies/ml versus vii 18(69.2%) in the SOC-treated arm. 18 months post-intervention, 18 (69.2%) women in the FB-PST arm had VL<1000copies/ml compared to 8 (30.7%) in the SOC arm (p=0.062). 14 (53.8%) treated with FB-PST had CMD resolution (SRQ score <8) 6 months post- intervention versus 16 (61.5%) in the SOC arm (p=0.804). …”
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“…The HFA was conceived to give further impetus to the global work under the International Framework for Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction of 1989, and the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World : Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, adopted in 1994 and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of 1999. …”
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“…Only 74 (48%) used the condom consistently and 103 (49%) used dual methods. …”
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“…This qualitative study explored tutors’ perspectives concerning leading factors to non-usage of formative assessment (FA) at St Joseph College of Nursing in Chiradzulu District in Malawi. …”
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“…There were multiple factors that influenced their use of Jadelle as a family planning method; they accepted the use of Jadelle as a FP method because of its long lasting effectiveness and freedom it brought to them; the common side effect of Jadelle implant that affected its acceptability was the disruption of the menstrual cycle; and that both men and women made decisions on the issue of child spacing. …”
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“…The study will also compare use of I TN's in the two areas, Mgubo a squatter area and Mayadi an affluent area, to establish whether social status affects its use. …”
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“…On choice of treatment, participants were asked if they previously had children with tinea capitis before the current ones and their actions to that condition. Ten out thirty respondents had previously had children with tinea capitis and 70% of those visited the hospital and all of these were satisfied with the treatment option they went for citing their children got better. 20% of the respondents sought help from herbalists and reported to regret their choice because the infection was still there actually it was the one that led them to report to the clinic. 10% of the respondents were prohibited by their local churches/faith to access any type of medical help. …”
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“…The study was descriptive qualitative. It recruited a sample size of 12 males from Kawale 1. Data was collected using an interview guide and a recorder, data analysis was done manually. …”
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“…Malaria accounts for about 48% of all causes of morbidity followed by Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) and diarrheal diseases at 17% and 8.7% respectively (HMIS08). …”
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“…In this context, this 5-year plan provides an outline of what the Ministry of Health & Population (MoHP) and its stakeholders would like to see implemented during the period 2021- 2025 in order to reduce the burden of TB in Malawi. …”
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“…Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and the analysis of the quantitative data was done using SPSS 16.0. …”
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“…In synergistic antimycobacterial analysis, the synergistic drug action showed Betulinic acid (EM8), 1,2,3,6 – tetra(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl) acetyl ester - β-Dglucopyranose (FV8) and Cyclanoline (C5) exhibited synergistic antimycobacterial activity at a final concentration of 18 ug/ml. …”
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“…For example, maternal mortality ratio was at 349 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 against the HSSP II target of 350 deaths per 100,000 live births; under-5 mortality rate was 39 per 1,000 live births in 2020 against the HSSP II target of 48 deaths per 1,000 live births; infant mortality rate was 29 per 1,000 live births in 2020 against the HSSP II target of 34 deaths per 1,000 live births; and the neonatal mortality rate was 19 per 1,000 live births in 2020 against the HSSP II target of 22 deaths per 1,000 live births. …”
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“…In total, fifteen districts and 2 cities have been impacted. While Machinga and Zomba districts have been most affected, accounting for more than 29,000 affected households per district, Nsanje (18,000 households), Chikwawa (16,000 households) and Phalombe (22,848 households) recorded the highest number of displaced persons. …”
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