“…The Government of Malawi has over the years provided sexual and reproductive health services including maternal and newborn health care to its people. The Government with the support from various development partners has implemented several safe motherhood programmes in various districts of the country. …”
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“…The study was done in Lilongwe city in the areas of Biwi, Mchesi and Kawale in the month of November 2008. …”
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“…A minimum of 10 women within the childbearing age were recruited using convenience sampling. …”
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“…Participants will include all mothers of under five children with ARI at special care and nursery wards of pediatric department of QECH.…”
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Subjects: “…Patient Safety 2. Delivery of Health Care 3. Hospital-Patient Relations 4. Resource Guides…”
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“…We therefore recommend that CCS should be offered to all WCBA in this era of HIV infection, that community based screening services should be encouraged to reach out to more women residing in rural areas, that health education should be offered in all strategic areas in health facilities to give out information to clients accessing other health services and that the integration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and CCS clinics should be rolled out to most health facilities to offer CCS to HIV positive women.…”
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“…Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. This thesis explores the perceptions of heterosexual men on HIV related stigma in HIV testing and ART services. …”
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“…The main factors for short birth intervals were women who lived in rural settings, women being religious, and women age at first marriage. …”
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“…The study objectives were to assess reproductive women's knowledge on female condoms, to assess the attitude of reproductive age women towards female condoms, to establish utilization of female condoms by reproductive age women in Lilongwe and to identify factors that hinder reproductive age women from utilizing female condoms. …”
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“…Findings of the study indicated that all the teenagers at Baylor clinic of Excellence had full knowledge on ART adherence and that about 14 % of these teenagers were taking care of themselves, a factor that led to their in adherence to ART as they quite often forgot to take their medications as they forgot or did not take this seriously. …”
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“…This study proposes to explore the factors barring progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS among the youths at Msonkhamanja Secondary School in Lilongwe City. …”
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“…In 2015, Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) population in Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 25% of new HIV infections, which is 6 times their male peers. AGYW are characterized by high risk sexual behavior and lack of engagement with health care providers that can affect adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). …”
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“…The aim of the study is to find out the knowledge and perception of mothers on factors contributing to the prevalence of diarrhea in children under the age of 1 year. According to the Malawi Demographic Health Survey (2004) there was a high prevalence of diarrhea in children under the age of I year in Malawi. …”
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“…Nsanje district was purposively selected based on the reason that it is second district in Malawi with highest rate of adolescent childbearing of girls aged 15-19 years. …”
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“…Age, ART adherence, marital status, occupation and duration on ART were identified as some of the factors associated with VF. …”
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“…This might lead to under-detecting significant DDs. The study also agrees that screening instruments developed and used so far have had limitations in terms of key issues relevant to LAMI countries which may pose a challenge regarding compliance on the use of screening instruments and detection of DDs. …”
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“…Based on the study findings, the following recommendations are made: It is recommended that the hospital should provide supplementary food to people living with HIV and AIDS that have problems finding food and the government should consider establishment of ART clinics in distant areas of more than 5km away from the hospital among others.…”
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“…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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