“…It was also observed that majority of mothers were not complying with the information on weaning practices despite the knowledge. It is recommended therefore that health workers must give health education that considers education level and socio-economic status when giving health education to improve knowledge and attitude of patients.…”
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“…The findings in this study revealed that the commercial sex workers using the female condoms meet challenges such as problems with insertion and maintenance of the female condom during sex, resistance of the male clients to using the female condom due to lack of knowledge about the female condoms, female condom being expensive, unavailability of the female condoms in the community shops and the female condom being expensive.…”
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“…As such, caregivers may need continuous psychological support and adequate information for them to understand treatment better. …”
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“…Data will be collected through in depth interviews using an interview guide which has been developed in English and translated in Chichewa for easy communication. …”
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“…The study also revealed that they lacked proper orientation in clinical teaching, and no preconference meetings between the hospital and the colleges before sending students to the clinical setting.…”
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“…Other studies conducted to measure ART outcomes among adolescents in urban clinics in Zimbabwe showed that adolescents and young adults had high loss to follow up, unlike adults in the same set up HIV positive adolescents on ART have usually lower viral suppression rates when compared to adults and children, meaning their viral load remains relatively high even though they are on ART. …”
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“…The study will be done on ten young mothers who came for check up after six weeks postpartum at Kawale Health Centre. …”
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“…These family care givers can become exposed to infection like HIV when providing care to patients if they do not apply infection prevention procedures. …”
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“…Episodes of warts and syphilis in a woman who had no history of sex with men suggest that female-female sex can transmit STIs.…”
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“…The study has revealed that 93.42% of the respondents were exposed to biological occupational health hazards. The number one leading factor to predispose respondents to occupational hazards was inadequate personal protective equipment (98%, n = 158), followed by workload (97.5%, n = 156) and poor hand washing practices (93.75%, n = 150). …”
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“…Chitipa District Hospital registers high numbers of drug cases due to pilferage despite the availability of Health Centre Management Committees (HCMC). One of the key responsibilities of HCMCs is to monitor drug and supply chain at both facility and community level. …”
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“…The results showed that 23.3% (n=7) had some knowledge while 76.7% (n=23) lacked knowledge of pressure ulcers. …”
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“…There was a significant decrease of deaths (14.3% to 2%; p< 0.0001), and absconders (5.3% to 0.3%; p=0.0002) post-intervention. Even if results are mixed, most parameters improved following our intervention. …”
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“…And in the next five years ahead, we will distribute millions more of these bed nets with the goal of having one net for every two people, in line with international best practices. …”
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“…But much remains to be done. In 2016 one billion people still practice open defecation and over 600 million do not have access to even a basic level of drinking water. …”
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“…The study has also shown that the level of education and knowledge base is the pre-requisite to the application of new knowledge into practice. It was commended to train all clinicians and nurse/midwives in BEmOC, regular supervision by BEmOC trainers and to provide adequate material resources in order for quality care to be provided hence to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.…”
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“…The development of NSP could not have happened at a more opportune time than this: Malawi has just successfully made significant achievements towards achieving the global 90:90:90 Fast-Track Targets set out in the predecessor NSP; there are a lot of new products and new evidence on strategies that can be used for the elimination of AIDS as a public health threat; and there has never been more commitment to end AIDS both nationally and globally. …”
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“…Guided by the SDGs and the Global Strategy, as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),5 UNICEF envisions a world where no child dies from a preventable disease and all children reach their full potential in health and well-being. For the initial five-year period from 2016-2020, UNICEF’s Strategy for Health (hereafter called “the Strategy”) sets two overarching goals: 1 End preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths 2 Promote the health and development of all children To achieve these goals, the Strategy considers the health needs of the child at all life stages. …”
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“…CHBC provides hope to patients as they receive care in their natural strhngo. maintain independence and achieve the best possible quality of life. T u need for policy and guidelines for CHBC has been urgent; Non vernmental, Community and Faith Based Organization, have been providing CHBC services without any guidelines. …”
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