“…The Malawi Government is committed to providing comprehensive and integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) services in line with the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt, 1994. Malawi is also a signatory of the AU Maputo Plan of Action which advocates for integrated SRHR Plan. …”
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“…The purpose of the study was to explore factors influencing retention of government seconded nurse educators in CHAM Nursing/Midwifery colleges. The study used a qualitative approach. An exploratory research design was used to obtain data from 13 nurse educators working at St Luke’s, Nkhoma Colleges of Nursing/Midwifery and Kamuzu Central Hospital. …”
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“…Target population was the entire third year undergraduate nursing student (40) doing clinical practice at MCH. Purposive sampling method was used to recruit 13 participants for the study upon reaching data saturation. …”
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“…(b) The higher %age of adolescents and community leaders 51% and 43% respectively had positive perception towards YFHS. …”
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“…This was followed up by three focus group discussions made up of at least six (6) nurses in each group and a two (2) case file review. …”
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“…However, limited time for practice 81.3% (n=74), inadequate learning resources 42.9% (n=39), overcrowding of students during skills laboratory sessions 36.3% (n=33) and inadequate supervision 26.4% (n=24) were some of the challenges faced during learning. …”
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“…Mothers of children admitted in the paediatric general wards at Kamuzu Central Hospital are allowed to stay with their children in the ward and take part in caring for their children. When a child is very sick and requires high level of care, is transferred to paediatric high dependency unit where the mothers are not allowed to stay with their children all the time. …”
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“…Factors associated with non compliance included; lack of adequate knowledge, denial of being pregnant (OR 2.1, 95% CI 0.62, 7.11), cost of starting antenatal care (OR 1.6, 95% CI 0.38,0.68), long distance to health facility (OR 1.5, 95% CI 0.80, 2.84), value attached to Focused Antenatal Care (OR 7.5, 95% CI 0.73, 7.77), in adequate health workers (OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.69, 1.87) and having age above 35 years (OR 1.38, 95% CI 0.66, 2.85). …”
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“…The office of the Inspector General of Police, Hospital Directors of Kamuzu, and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospitals granted written authorizations to collect data from their institutions. 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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“…Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the demographic data using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The demographic data showed that the majority of the participants were 18-24 years old; all were Christians and married; had primary level of education and their main source of income was peasant farming; and on average the participants had given birth to 3 children. …”
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“…Further, l ensured that HIV and AIDS is a priority area in the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II. …”
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“…I am honoured that the Ministry of Health through the National Malaria Control Program recognized the need for consistency and coordination among partners implementing malaria behaviour change communication programs and involved them in the process of review and re-writing of this communication strategy. …”
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“…Recognizing that addressing these weaknesses in the information age required a comprehensive computerization process, the HIS strategy recommended, as one of its strategies, to have an eHealth Strategy developed. …”
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“…The main strategic areas that have been identified for the scale-up of malaria control activities, include, among others, Malaria Case Management, Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) of pregnant women with SP and malaria prevention with special emphasis on the use of Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs). …”
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“…-iity NGOs, FBOs, Civil society and communities to get involved and • • i ate in providing care and support to indiv iduais, families and communities i I ne - ith this policy. …”
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“…The policy will also be used as a lens of continuous learning and an integral part of change in the Ministry particularly now when the Ministry is going through a number of reforms under the Sector Wide Approach. …”
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“…These estimations were validated either by important HRH peers in the HRTWG or from key personnel from the MoH and the health sector fraternity in the country.…”
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“…This is in line with what US Secretary of State said recently Oslo Conference on “Charting a New Path in Global Health” that the stability of any nation is tied up to the well-being of its people. …”
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“…It is well known that health care provision in Malawi is highly dependent on external financing. The HSSP II has, therefore, focussed on strengthening governance of the health sector in order to improve efficiency and get the maximum out of existing resources i.e. human, financial and material. …”
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