“…The target group was postnatal women who had delivered normally and had stayed at the health facility for not more than 48 hours. …”
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“…These were delay in making a decision to go to the hospital after labor had started, poverty, poor transportation system and inefficient health services at the health facility visited at fist when labor began.…”
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“…Health is also an important area for investment by development partners, private institutions and other organisations due to its catalytic effect to the economic sector. HSSP II development started at an opportune time when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) had just ended and the Sustainable Development Goals were launched. …”
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“…Lubricants are not available in the mainstream health system and there is need to consider starting stocking at different levels to enhance and localize accessibility and use.…”
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“…Two components emerged from Principal component analysis (PCA) and these were stress related to child situation and stress related to healthcare workers. …”
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“…Data collection will be done using a well structured interview guide that will comprise of open ended questions and some few closed questions in order for the researcher to get a clear picture of the situation understudy. the study will be done to explore the factors that contribute to low acceptance of Vasectomy utilization by married men here in Malawi. …”
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“…Permission for data collection from the setting of the data collection will be sought and the subjects will be handled having all ethical considerations in mind like explanation of the study and its aim, seeking consent, maintenance of confidentiality, anonymity and privacy.…”
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“…A number of studies have helped to throw light on the maternal mortality situation in the country. These studies have suggested an urgent need to further strengthen the Ministry of Health for the provision of quality health care services in order to reduce the high maternal and newborn mortality. …”
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“…METHODOLOGY The research design will be a qualitative study design in order to get more of the participants' interpretation of the situation. An interview guide containing both open and close ended questions will be used for data collection. …”
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“…Out of these Depo Provera users, more women have some menstrual problems, including irregular and unpredictable bleeding or spotting, an increase or decrease in menstrual bleeding or no bleeding at all. …”
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“…Malawian children admitted with cerebral malaria (CM) between 2010 and 2019 in a long-standing pathogenesis study at Blantyre’s main referral hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) were retrospectively sampled at admission and every six hours until two consecutive malaria smears were negative. …”
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“…Malawian children admitted with cerebral malaria (CM) between 2010 and 2019 in a long-standing pathogenesis study at Blantyre’s main referral hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) were retrospectively sampled at admission and every six hours until two consecutive malaria smears were negative. …”
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“…Of 10 respondents in the study, 20% ever used the NFP methods then later stopped and 80% never attempted to use such methods even though all respondents ever heard about NFP methods. …”
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“…This method of contraception may be used when regular contraception fails such as when a condom breaks during intercourse, when a woman has been raped and in situations when contraceptives were used incorrectly or not used at all. …”
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“…While this remains the case, the Government of Malawi is scaling up interventions aimed at controlling this situation through increasing access to malaria control intervention that include: the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide treated Nets (LLINs), scaling up indoor residual house spraying (IRS) in selected districts, promoting the prevention of malaria during pregnancy through Intermittent Presumptive Treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) and increasing access to prompt diagnosis and effective malaria treatment at facility level. …”
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“…On the effects of pregnancy related stigma, pregnant adolescents face rejection, social isolation, mockery, have feelings of shame and fear, thoughts of abortion and often drop out of school because of pregnancy. Accepting their situation, praying, isolation, use of media and social support are the strategies pregnant adolescent used to cope with the experiences of stigma. …”
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“…Socio cultural factors were found to be a main barrier as it is considered a taboo for parents to talk openly SRH issues in their cultures Common triggers of SRH discussions were; Physiological changes occurring in the children’s life, child’s behavior and negative events/ situations happening in the family and community. The study also established that parents focused on less sensitive SRH topics sensitive SRH topics. …”
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“…Thematic data analysis using six steps of Braun and Clarke was employed to analyze data. …”
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“…Lack of PCC has resulted in continued occurrence of preterm birth, small for gestation babies, abortions, stillbirths and other pregnancy related complications despite prenatal care. …”
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