“…The Government of the Republic of Malawi (GoM) subscribes and reaffirms its commitment to the philosophy and ideals of the internationally agreed development goals that include the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …”
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“…They underwent individual interviews of 30- 45 minutes which were audio recorded. Data were analysed using manifest content analysis in which categories and themes were created. …”
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“…They enjoyed peace of mind because they did not have to worry about how they would get to the hospital if labour started, and they made new friends while in MWHs. …”
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“…It was however clear that the teachers had no confidence in handling such conditions. Fifteen of the 25 parents reported that the school was limited in capacity and expressed concern over their children’s performance. …”
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“…This study used a cross-sectional qualitative in-depth study design where 18 HIV positive clients and 6 KIs from 6 health facilities were purposively sampled: 2 from rural, 2 urban and other 2 from peri urban. …”
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“…Using the adapted World Health Organization Quality of Care Assessment tool, the quality of care offered to women was found to be below standard and this was corroborated by reports from midwives who stated that some patients were not checked blood pressure, emergency care was not performed within 30 minutes of diagnosis, no handovers were made when transferring patients from theatre to postnatal ward. …”
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“…It is estimated that, during the year 2005, 17.5 million women and 2.3 million children worldwide were infected with HIV (UNAIDS, 2006). …”
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“…With regards to knowledge about prevention of MTCT of HIV 40% (n=6) cited avoiding promiscuity while pregnant as the only way to reduce or avoid MTCT of I-W. 66.7% (n=10) of the participants knew that it is possible to prevent MTCT of HIV using drugs. …”
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“…The findings also revealed that 1 60% of the subjects indicated that they know something on life skills. …”
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“…Globally, approximately 50% of people who have been diagnosed with HIV are either not linked to a care provider or not retained in medical care. …”
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“…According to recent WHO reports2, Southern Africa has some of the highest TB/HIV co-infection rates in the world, ranging from 50% to 77% of the estimated burden. …”
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“…While research shows that any one of these domain can reduce diarrhoeal disease in under the age of five by 32% to 45% (Curtis, et. Al., “Saving Lives”, 2004), research has also shown that advocating the use of a combination of these domains increases the likelihood of behaviour change and practices (EHP II, “Changing Hygiene Behaviours”, 2002) However, the idea of the hand washing campaign is as a result of an assessment of benefits of hand washing with soap in reducing various hygiene related diseases. …”
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“…In-depth interviews were conducted with 26 participants. All participants had given birth within six weeks prior to interviews and were discharged from the hospital within 24 hours after delivery. …”
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“…A purposive sampling was used and a total of 23 (13 female and 10 male) adolescents participated in the study. …”
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“…The ages of the participants ranged from 30 to 50 years. The interviews were guided by a semi-structured interview guide. …”
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“…The results show that the majority of clients got the preoperative information from doctors (53 %), intraoperatively most of the information was obtained from anaesthetists (90%) and postoperatively most of the information was obtained from nurses (80%). …”
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