“…A purposively selected sample of 20 adult patients, who were attending adult orthopaedic clinic at QECH were interviewed. …”
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“…A purposively selected sample of 20 adult patients, who were attending adult orthopaedic clinic at QECH were interviewed. …”
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“…On process measure, only approximately 40% of the cases were well managed. Significantly in-service training improved case management (CI 95%, p=0.000). …”
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“…Convenience sampling was used with a sample of 10 women. Data was collected using an interview guide designed by the researcher where participants were interview for 15-20 minutes. …”
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“…If stress in caregivers goes unnoticed, they become emotionally traumatised and this affects their role in the parenting of a critically ill child. …”
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“…The data was analyzed manually. Of 10 respondents in the study, 20% ever used the NFP methods then later stopped and 80% never attempted to use such methods even though all respondents ever heard about NFP methods. …”
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“…Eight service providers were recruited using purposive sampling to collect qualitative data using in-depth interviews and analyzed using Nvivo 8.0. Quantitative data was collected using a checklist and analyzed using SPSS v 20. …”
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“…The subjects will comprise of 5 women of age between 15-49 years who have had at least one pregnancy and had attended antenatal clinic at the hospital. Furthermore, 10 men of age between 20-50 years will be recruited. …”
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“…Obtaining and submitting the required insurance as described in section 2.0 is a requirement and pre-liquisite to obtaining ethical and regulatory approval of clinical trials, besides the fulfilment of other applicable ethical and regulatory requirements that are existent in Malawi. …”
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“…Results: A total of 63.1% of participants were AGYW aged 15-19 while 36.9% were young women aged 20-24. The study found a high proportion (91.0%) of ART adherence at cut-off point of >80 % pill count but a moderate (63.15%) ART adherence at cut-off point of >95% pill count which is recommended. …”
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“…The study was conducted at Moyo House NRU at Queen Elizabeth in Blantyre. The sample size was 20 women. Data was collected through group discussions using focus group discussions guide. …”
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“…This was a qualitative case study, which purposively selected three schools with registered high school drop-out numbers due to teenage pregnancies in Chowo Education Zone. We conducted 12 Focus Group Discussions with very young adolescents aged between 10-14 years, 20 parents and 8 religious/traditional leaders. …”
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“…Despite having the National HIV and AIDS Strategy (2015 - 2020) with the 90-90-90 2020 target, almost 50% of ALWH do not adhere to their treatment in Malawi. …”
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“…Majority of women (70%; n=537) do not practice PCC while few (22.3%; n=171) have HIV testing to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. …”
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“…Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software Version 20. The study results showed that the 52.8 % of the respondents were using substance and 47.2 % had never used substances. …”
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“…The common problems identified from the participants requiring hysterectomy were cancer of the cervix, uterine fibroids, uterine prolapse representing 40% (n=6), 26.67% (n=4), 20% (n=. 3) respectively. …”
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“…All participants (100%) knew what MC was. When asked if they preferred to get circumcised, all participants denied, 33% mentioning fear of acquiring infections, 27% mentioned lack of knowledge about circumcision and 27% mentioned absence of the practice in their tribe as the major reasons. …”
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“…The study used a qualitative exploratory design. 32 participants were recruited purposively; 20 caregivers of children hospitalized with RTIs at Kamuzu and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospitals, 12 traffic police officers in Lilongwe and Blantyre. …”
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“…Many of these are now antiquated and irrelevant to the future development of the Country and a single policy is now needed to give guidance to all, from Government departments to householders in rural and urban communities, from local government to NGO's and international donors, on just what Malawi feels it needs in the hygiene and sanitation sector to take it forward in the 21st Century to reach its 2020 Vision. Namely: "by the year 2020, Malawi as a God-fearing nation, wilt be secure, democratically mature, environmentally sustainable, self reliant with equal opportunities for active participation by all, having social services, vibrant cultural and religious values and a technologically driven middle-income economy"1 The Policy will enhance the capacity of Malawi to meet its commitments to reach its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving the number of people who do not have access to basic sanitation by 2015, it will also go further by helping to empower the people of Malawi to achieve universal access to improved sanitation by 2020.…”
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“…Primers designed to detect azithromycin, mefA had sensitivity = 97.1% and specificity = 100%, at 95% confidence interval 0.952 to 1.000; while for erythromycin, ermB had sensitivity = 97.1% and specificity = 95.8%, at 95% confidence interval 0.452 to 0.701. …”
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