“…During classes, most teachers were observed to be uncomfortable in teaching SE; they lamented the lack of skills and resources, culture, religion as barriers to effective implementation of SE. …”
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“…In Malawi, it is estimated that depression affects 16.9% of adolescents aged 10 to 16 years old. The objectives of the study were to assess the relationship between wealth index status and depression among adolescents and determine if this relationship is moderated by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the districts of Rumphi, Balaka and Mchinji. …”
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“…Findings of this study have shown that exclusive breastfeeding is not merely just an intuitive biological process based on the natural instinct of both the mother and her baby but rather that successful exclusive breastfeeding is dependent on a complex interplay of factors such as mothers agency, health care worker factors, socio-economic factors and support from significant others. …”
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“…Since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in Malawi, in 1985, more than half a million Malawians have died of AIDS, and daily many more are infected. …”
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“…Faced with a challenge of disease burden verses bed space, End of Life decisions are made often in Intensive Care Units. …”
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“…Ethical clearance to conduct the study was obtained from the College of Medicine Research Ethical Committee (COMREC). Female caregivers were more depressed than male caregivers. The caregivers experienced stigma and discrimination and were isolated in their communities because they cared for the older mentally challenged patients. …”
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“…Purposive sample of 16 participants were involved in face to face in-depth interviews using an interview guide. …”
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“…The HSSP II has also put to the fore exploration of domestic financing mechanisms, although it is still envisaged that development aid to the health sector will be critical to sustain the gains made. …”
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“…A number of innovative strategies to surmount cost, distance, and time barriers to accessing care were identified and evaluated; one of these strategies is the maternity waiting homes (MWHs), but few studies have reported or evaluated the impact of the wide scale implementation of the strategy. …”
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“…The objectives of the study were to: establish perinatally HIV infected adolescents’ knowledge of the importance of family planning, identify sexual and reproductive health services available for perinatally HIV adolescents, determine the support system that is available for perinatally HIV infected adolescents and determine the challenges that the perinatally HIV infected adolescents face during care.This qualitative study was conducted at Chiradzulu District Hospital and Namitambo Health Centre from March to May 2019. …”
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“…In 2015, Malawi was also affected by floods with close to 230,000 people were in IDP centres with an estimated 26,000 IDPs located outside centres/in hard to reach areas. …”
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“…Data was analyzed using content analysis. To make sure that the participant's rights are protected, each participant was interviewed separately and no name was given instead code numbers were used. …”
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“…The study also revealed the big role that health workers or counsellors played in facilitating early cessation for it to be a success in the studied population. Based on the findings, relevant recommendations were made to all stake holders like the community, health workers, spouses and family members, government, MOHP, donors, non-governmental organizations, research organizations and many more, with the aim of improving PMTCT strategies like early cessation.…”
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“…The main. conclusion of the study was that people from Balaka and Ntcheu district have less negative attitude towards epileptic clients because of Sue Ryder Organization which is making a positive impact in the community, where as people from Machinga district have more negative attitude towards the epileptic client. …”
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“…The expected increased number of stake holders in malaria makes a policy essential. The policy covers the main areas of malaria control and prevention, namely effective case management, especially in children under five years of age, use of insecticide-treated nets and other vector control measures as well as operational research and information, educa tion and communication. …”
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“…The results of this study will help to identify some of the factors that prevents people whether married or not from disclosing their HIV infection to their sexual partners so that necessary interventions are made to allow more people to be able to disclose their HIV to their sexual partners. …”
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“…Latent TB screening services are readily available in the health facilities for access by all Health Care Workers who work in high risk areas such as nurses. …”
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“…Data was collected using questionnaires distributed randomly to 30 clients with dental problems who were willing to take part in this study. Among others, the results of this study have shown that most dental problems occur in people between the ages of 21-30 and that there is a general lack of information about dental health among many people. …”
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“…Data was collected using questionnaires distributed randomly to 30 clients with dental problems veil line to take part in this study. Among others, the results of this study have shown that most dental problems occur in people between the ages of 21-30 and that there is a general lack of information about dental health among many people. …”
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