“…Not only does such violence impede women's ability to live to live full and productive lives, it also hampers their contributions to family, society and economic development. …”
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“…The study aimed at investigating the reasons women in Mzimba District specifically at catchment areas of Mkoma and Manyamula Health Centres and Mzimba District Hospital still prefer giving birth with the assistance of TBAs. A descriptive and exploratory qualitative method was used in this study to explore reasons women were still giving births at TBAs. …”
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“…Background: Severe malaria, the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa and Asia causes imminent death in an under-five child if left unattended to. As such provision of timely, quality care to this age-group helps save lives and it also results in 46% reduction of all neurological impairments. …”
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“…The study revealed that most nurses/midwives were more than willing to teach student nurses. It also revealed that nurses/midwives do quite a number of activities in clinical teaching such as orienting students in the ward, demonstrate different procedures to students, and teach them how to manage the wards and subordinates, supervise their procedures and managerial tasks like staff allocations, writing rosters, delegating duties to subordinates among several others. …”
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“…Physicians were the most aware of risks for children under the age of five years to have DDs while nurse-midwives were the least to be aware of risks for children under the age of five years to have DDs. …”
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“…Without treatment, 50% of the children living with HIV die before 2 years of age. Hence, HIV exposed infants are recommended to have an Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) at 4-6 weeks of age. …”
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“…This exploratory study investigated the factors leading to readmission of severe malnourished under-five children in the Out Therapeutic Care Program (OTP) at Salima District Hospital. …”
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“…All participants expressed their willingness to live positively since they know the importance. The participants practice positive living by eating nutritious diet, taking ARVs everyday and practicing safe sex. …”
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“…Women living with HIV (WLHIV) are at higher risk of developing cervical cancer than those who are HIV negative. …”
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“…Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 238 enrolled participants while 21 participants were involved in an in-depth interview. …”
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“…Some of the People Living with HIV use the herbal medicines separately from ARVs while some use them concomitantly with ARVs. …”
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“…Some of the People Living with HIV use the herbal medicines separately from ARVs while some use them concomitantly with ARVs. …”
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“…There were mixed practices following an illness of their children. Some participants rushed to the hospital while others treated their children at home with left over and over the counter drugs while providing warmth. …”
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“…Men need support from both the hospital and community settings as this enables them to make wise and timely decisions when labor starts or when complications arise. …”
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“…A phenomenological qualitative study was implemented to inquire the living experiences of MSM in relation to access and use of condoms and lubricants. …”
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“…The study used a structured questionnaire which involved prospectively reviewing and recording information from files of under-five patients admitted in peaditric ward. …”
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“…This study seeks to determine the factors predisposing to AL among adult bowel surgery patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) • To determine the risk factors for AL among adult bowel surgery patients at QECH Specific objectives • To determine the incidence of bowel AL among adult patients at QECH • To determine the difference in outcomes of bowel surgery performed by surgical trainees and consultant surgeons • To determine the 30-day mortality post bowel AL The study was a retrospective cohort study of the risk factors involved in the occurrence of AL within 30 days post-surgery. Patient’s files were retrieved from the QECH health information management systems for the period January 2008 to December 2016. …”
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“…Key data quality dimensions influenced by HMIS trainings were completeness, correctness while timeliness and consistency had some gaps which warrant for further investigations. …”
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“…Adolescents who reported having exposed to physical abuse were 1.5771 times likely to have multiple sexual partners as compared to those who were not exposed to reported physical abuse (OR=1.5771, Cl = 0.7879 – 3.1566 at 95%) and AOR was 1.4245 among the exposed. …”
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“…Adolescents who reported having exposed to physical abuse were 1.5771 times likely to have multiple sexual partners as compared to those who were not exposed to reported physical abuse (OR=1.5771, Cl = 0.7879 – 3.1566 at 95%) and AOR was 1.4245 among the exposed. …”
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