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Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economic policy can be a powerful instrument to influence food environments and support improved diets and health. Over the past 20 years, the use of fiscal policy to improve diets has increased dramatically. This paper reviews the trajectory of policy change, and explores the ways in which research has informed three different dimensions of ...
Anne Marie Thow
wiley   +1 more source

In search of identity: Being a Rastafarian in Democratic Malawi [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2020
Although the Rastafari movement continues to attract a growing number of people around the world, not much is known in relation to how they have managed to sustain their identity despite the persecution and discrimination that most encounter.
Luvuyo Ntombana, Stewart Maganga
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Assessing climate change projections and impacts on Central Malawi's maize yield: The risk of maladaptation.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Malawi is listed as a Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) by the United Nations (UN), with high levels of poverty, malnutrition, and undernutrition.
Erika A. Warnatzsch, D. Reay
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Exploring the Socio‐Economic Toll of Non‐Communicable Diseases in Low‐Resource Settings: Novel Evidence From Mozambique

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The socio‐economic burden of increasingly prevalent non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) in low‐income countries is substantial and widely recognised. This study aimed to fill the remaining evidence gap for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and hypertension (HTN) patients in selected health facilities across two provinces in Mozambique.
Maria Verykiou, Paolo Belardi, Sandra Loureiro, Paolo Massaro, Fernando Chenene, Celina Mate, Celeste Amado, Armindo Daniel Tiago, Giovanni Putoto, Aleksandra Torbica   +9 more
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Engaging Councillors to Address Structural and Social Drivers of HIV Infections in Blantyre City: A Formative Study [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Background  Blantyre city is among the jurisdictions in Malawi with the highest rates of people living with HIV and new HIV infections, driven by numerous structural factors.
Edna N. Bosire, Victor Mwapasa, Emily Mendenhall, Sara Allinder, Deborah Hoege, Pilira Chirambo, Emmanuel Kanjunjunju, Gift Kawalazira, Yohane Kamwigira, Tione Chilambe, Charles B. Holmes   +10 more
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High self-reported non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy amongst adolescents living with HIV in Malawi: barriers and associated factors

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2017
Introduction: Globally adolescents and young adults account for more than 40% of new HIV infections, and HIV‐related deaths amongst adolescents increased by 50% from 2005 to 2012.
Maria H. Kim, Alick C Mazenga, Xiaoying Yu, Saeed Ahmed, M. Paul, P. Kazembe, E. Abrams   +6 more
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Availability of Cancer Screening Across HIV Treatment Sites in the IeDEA Consortium

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
In recent years, incorporating comprehensive cancer screening strategies into routine HIV care has gained growing attention. This survey of 220 sites providing HIV care across 41 countries shows that cervical cancer screening has increased in availability over time.
Rachael A. Pellegrino, Bryan E. Shepherd, Sanjay Pujari, Valeria Fink, Gad Murenzi, Miriam Nakalembe, Sally B. Coburn, Eliane Rohner, Antoine Jaquet, Caroline Lade, Brenda Crabtree Ramirez, Kathryn Anastos, Aggrey Semeere, Lesley S. Park, Limpho Mokone, Simon Boni, I Ketut Agus Somia, Emilia M. Jalil, Adebola Adedimeji, Omenge Orang'o, Michael J. Silverberg, Kumbirai Pise Quarter, Eugène Messou, Jeremy Ross, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Patricia Lelo, Helen Byakwaga, Oliver Ezechi, Jonathan Euvrard, Fernanda Maruri, Chad J. Achenbach, Jessica L. Castilho, on behalf of International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA)   +32 more
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Malawi /

, 1957
Geological map series of Malawi. Relief shown by contours and spot heights on some sheets.; Geographic coverage complete in 40 sheets.; Earlier sheets published by the Nyasaland Geological Survey and Great Britain Directorate of Overseas Surveys.; Each ...
Great Britain. Directorate of Overseas Surveys.
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Factors influencing adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adults accessing care from private health facilities in Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2019
Private health facilities are increasingly being recognized as the neglected partner in the provision of HIV services. The non-adherence rate in the study sites ranged from 19 to 22%.
Lusungu Chirambo, M.-F. Valeta, Tifiness Mary Banda Kamanga, A. Nyondo-Mipando   +3 more
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The Malawi Orthopaedic Association/AO Alliance guidelines and standards for open fracture management in Malawi: a national consensus statement

Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi, 2020
Background Open fractures are common injuries in Malawi that pose a large burden on the healthcare system and result in long-term disability. Aim Establishing a multiprofessional agreement on the management of open fractures in Malawi from a consensus ...
A. Schade, Master H Yesaya, J. Bates, Claude D Martin, W. Harrison   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source