“…Non-probability quota sampling of 30 HSAs from Kawale and Area 25 Health centres was used to collect data from 27th August to 28th August, 2009.Analysis of quantitative data employed Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 1 1.5 while qualitative data was analysed by content analysis. …”
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“…The study populations were all case files of women with obstructed labour managed from 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016. Simple random sampling was used to obtain 90 case files of women that experienced obstructed labour. …”
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“…Tuberculosis claims the lives of roughly 1.7 million people per year world wide. There is an increase in a number of people on TB retreatment who are developing resistant to tuberculosis treatment, but the factors that are influencing this development are currently not known. …”
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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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“…Revision of the 3rd edition of the MSTG started with a consultative meeting of stakeholders followed by editorial meetings and finally the approval process by members of the National Medicines and Medical Supplies Committee. …”
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“…A majority of participants were male at 79%, while 64% of the participants were within the young and productive age. 57%, had more than 10 years of experience working in government at senior level management while 71% of the participants had graduate level training. …”
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“…Two data collectors administered a questionnaire to respondents at the hospital’s outpatient department from 12th December 2013 to 14th February 2014. …”
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“…Among 126 participants, 37.0% (n=47) of the participants had controlled blood pressure while 63.0% (n=79) did not control. …”
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“…Data was analyzed using thematic analysis method. Eight (8) themes emerged from the study. These include: (i) poor communication approaches, (ii) lack of knowledge of where to access screening services, (iii) fear emanating from negative experiences shared by peers, and fear of a cancer diagnosis itself), (iv) feeling of embarrassment over exposure of private body parts, (v) myths and misconceptions (vi), low perceived vulnerability, (vii) long travelling distances and (viii) long waiting times. …”
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“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of nursing students in providing compassionate care at KCN, Malawi. A qualitative narrative study was conducted among 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students at KCN, a constituent college of the University of Malawi. …”
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“…A total of ten female adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV, aged between 18-19 years were purposively selected and interviewed using a semi structured interview guide. …”
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“…Data were analyzed through constant comparison methods using Atlas.ti 8, applying both deductive and inductive techniques using a modified grounded theory approach. …”
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“…This resulted in the development of editions of guidelines for the management of malaria in ; vS5, 1936, 1994 and 1997. In the absence of a policy to guide activities, efforts and resources by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and partners nationwide, malaria control and prevention strategies and activities have been uncoordinated and incomplete. …”
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“…HSAs tasks of vaccination and growth monitoring were frequently prioritized tasks (vaccination= 77.3%, growth monitoring = 73.7%). Among the three role stressors role ambiguity was the most important predictor (r = -0.34 and P=.01) of job satisfaction while advancement was the most important factor for job satisfaction (r =-0.34 and P= .01). …”
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“…This was an exploratory qualitative study employing a secondary data analysis which was done from the study titled ―Strategies for Early Access to HIV Services by Heterosexual Men in Blantyre, Malawi Version 5.0, dated 8th April 2019.‖ COMREC number P/06/18/2430. …”
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“…The health workers were 8; 3 clinicians and 5 nurses. Data collection was done from 22nd October to 20th November, 2020. …”
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“…The Strategy was adopted by African ministers at the 10th Meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) from 26-30 June 2004 and submitted to the AU Assembly Summit, where the Strategy was positively received by Heads of State at the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6-8 July 2004, with a call to develop a Programme of Action for its implementation.…”
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“…In addition, information on variation of primary ART treatment outcomes by service provider type is not known and probably has not been published The Objective was to examine primary Antiretroviral Therapy outcomes in Blantyre District using ART data from 1st January 2017 to 31st December, 2018 in public, private and Christian Health Association of Malawi ART clinics This was a cross-sectional study and utilized both quantitative and qualitative methods. …”
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“…We are very worried about a death from AIDS or TB, but when it comes to malaria, we have become too accepting of its presence in our lives. …”
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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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