“…I am well aware that it has been a long journey, but the pleasing outcome has been our own 'home-grown' national policy on HIV/AIDS. …”
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“…Among women, the major cancers were; uterine, cervix (n=3684), Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS, n=997), esophagus (n=895), breast (n=762); among men, the major ones were KS (n=1810), esophagus (n=1094), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n=695), prostate (n=349) and urinary bladder (n=309). …”
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“…Delay in accessing professional delivery care from the hospital predispose pregnant women to a number of health hazards associated with labor complications (Klein S, 1999). These complications can either be fatal, or can lead to some disabilities to the mother or the new born child or both if not well managed. …”
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“…Thirty participants were enrolled in the study; fifteen males and fifteen females using ten men, using random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used in a face-to-face interview to collect data from the respondents. …”
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“…Globally, young women aged 15-24, have HIV infection rates twice as high as in young men, and account for 22% of ail new HIV infections and 31% of new infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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“…It has also been revealed that the boys are the ones who are more affected than girls. …”
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“…All participants (100%) knew what MC was. When asked if they preferred to get circumcised, all participants denied, 33% mentioning fear of acquiring infections, 27% mentioned lack of knowledge about circumcision and 27% mentioned absence of the practice in their tribe as the major reasons. …”
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“…Some participants were only advised on what to do when feeling severe pain. Their pain was not managed according to their expectations hence ending up not to be satisfied with the pain management. …”
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“…The transmission of HIV from a mother to her child is one of the most tragic aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. …”
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“…Some delayed due to stigma while others were thinking that this condition can't be helped with hospital treatment. There is a need to improve rehabilitative services for children with cerebral palsy by increasing number of outreach clinics in the community so that people are able to access the services, educating parents what this condition is all about and importance of rehabilitative services, follow up of these children as soon as they start rehabilitative services and encourage involvement of both parents in child care.…”
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“…A purposive sample of ten male and ten female students was used. Data was collected using interview guide comprising of open-ended and closed-ended questions and was analyzed manually using content analysis. …”
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“…Proper referral system of pardoned or acquitted prisoners can bee established. METHODOLOGY The research design will be a qualitative study design in order to get more of the participants' interpretation of the situation. …”
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“…Data for the study shall be collected from nurse who will be requested to answer and fill the structured questionnaire with open and close ended questions. Ethical consideration shall involve getting consent from those sampled before getting their views. …”
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“…Basing on the findings, the researcher recommend that health workers need to educate guardians on general danger signs to increase awareness of the general danger signs so that child mortality rate can be reduce to achieve the millennium goal number three…”
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“…Malawi adopted a Package for Essential Non-communicable (PEN) and was incorporated in Malawi Standard Treatment Guidelines (MSTG) for the management of various diseases including hypertension in 2015. …”
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“…This descriptive methodology has been used because it utilizes methods of enquiry that emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of the experience to the individual presented in thoughts, ideas, feelings, attitudes and perceptions. …”
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“…The high levels of TB/HIV co- infection calls for integration of TB and HIV services at all levels of care to ensure widespread implementation of interventions which reduce the burden of TB among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and those which reduce the burden of HIV among notified TB cases. Even though Malawi is one of the countries with low prevalence of MDR-TB, there is a need to put in place measures which prevent the development of drug resistant strains especially through attaining high treatment success rates for both new and previously treated TB cases. …”
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“…Non-communicable diseases have emerged as a major health concern in Developing Countries. …”
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“…Reduced waiting time and perceived health workers attitude were found to be associated with ART adherence. Hence improving on these factors could hold keys in improving AGYW ART adherence…”
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