“…The development of NSP could not have happened at a more opportune time than this: Malawi has just successfully made significant achievements towards achieving the global 90:90:90 Fast-Track Targets set out in the predecessor NSP; there are a lot of new products and new evidence on strategies that can be used for the elimination of AIDS as a public health threat; and there has never been more commitment to end AIDS both nationally and globally. …”
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“…Results from the study will be disseminated to Kamuzu College of nursing (KCN) library, St. John of God research centre and Save Our Soul rehabilitation centre. …”
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“…Data collection was done from 22nd October to 20th November, 2020. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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“…The study was aimed at identifying gaps in adolescents' knowledge and perception on causes and prevention of mental illness so that appropriate interventions can be developed for them. …”
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“…Water extraction yielded 5.1 % (10.2 g/200 g) of the crude extract material versus 12.1 % (24.3 g/200 g) from methanol. …”
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“…Respondents who had not received health education on CC were less likely to undergo CCS than those who had received (AOR=0.20, 95% CI 0.10-0.41, P=0.000). HIV positive respondents were more likely to screen than their HIV negative counterparts (AOR= 2.41, 95% CI 1.22-4.78, P=0.012). …”
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“…Teachers reported that they promote mental health through good teacher – child relationship and encouraging child participation during physical activities (22.0%, n = 66), provision of positive feedback during classroom activities; 20.3% (n = 61), fostering anti-bullying behavioral activities 4.0% (n = 12); conducting other mental health activities; 1.3% (n = 4) while 30.3% (n = 91) did not respond to the question. …”
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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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“…Hypothermia on admission to the NU was significantly associated with mortality (100% v.72%, p=0.02) but not hypothermia at 5 minutes nor at 24 hours. …”
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“…The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. The study was conducted from October 2016 to April 2017. …”
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“…The proportion of the type of HDP chronic hypertension in pregnant women (preeclampsia, Eclampsia, super imposed preeclampsia, and gestational hypertension) were 42.00%, 25.3%, 7.30%, 12.0% and 13.30% respectively. …”
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“…In univariate analysis, age at ART initiation, occupation (OR 0.203, 95% CI 0.11, 0.39; p<0.003), marital status, duration on ART (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.33, 0.92; p=0.023) and ART adherence (OR 5.125, 95% CI 3.01, 8.74; p<0.0001) were associated with VF. …”
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“…The mothers with tertiary level of education (OR 27.5, 95% CI: 1.88-402.9, p = 0.015) and those with poor wealth quintile(OR 0.40, 95% CI: 0.21 – 0.77, p= 0.006. …”
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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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“…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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“…Deaths numbers was higher among HIV positive children as 6.6% HIV positive children died comparing to 4.1 HIV negative patients who died with a P-value of 0.194. For the KAP study, parents/guardians had poor knowledge, attitudes and practices towards TB disease as of 150 participants interviewed in the primary data, 54.7% scored poor in knowledge, 68.7% had poor attitude and 22.0% displayed poor practices towards TB disease. …”
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“…Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. SERVQUAL (Service Quality) model developed by Parasuraman, Berry, and Zeithaml (1985) was used to guide the study. …”
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“…The mean Body Mass Index for the drivers was 5.39 kg/m2 (95% CI 24.2-26.6). Raised blood pressure was observed in 19 drivers (20.2%). …”
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“…The selectivity index (SI) values of plants understudy ranged from <0.082 – 2.20 and considerably good SI were observed in F. virosa, E. whyteana crude extracts and E. whyteana W1 fraction at 2.20, 0.625 viii and 0.985 respectively. …”
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