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The health policy response to COVID-19 in Malawi

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Malawi declared a state of national disaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 20th March 2020 and registered its first confirmed coronavirus case on the 2 April 2020.
G. Mzumara, Marlen Chawani, Melody Sakala, Lily Mwandira, E. Phiri, Edith B. Milanzi, M. Phiri, Isabel Kazanga, T. O’byrne, E. Zulu, Titus Divala, P. Iroh Tam, C. Mitambo, B. Squire   +13 more
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Does household participation in food markets increase dietary diversity? Evidence from rural Malawi

Global Food Security, 2021
Food markets have been found to be, in many settings, important in shaping diets and nutritional outcomes. However, more evidence and improved metrics are needed to understand these relationships.
M. Matita, E. Chirwa, D. Johnston, Jacob Mazalale, Richard D. Smith, Helen Walls   +5 more
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Parental involvement in children’s primary education: A case study from a rural district in Malawi

South African Journal of Education, 2022
In the study reported on here, we analysed parents’ involvement in their children’s primary education in 4 primary schools in rural Malawi, focusing on the home and the school. Through interviews and focus-group discussions, information was obtained from
Guðlaug Erlendsdóttir, M. Allyson Macdonald, Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir, Peter Mtika   +3 more
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An urban-to-rural continuum of malaria risk: new analytic approaches characterize patterns in Malawi

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background The urban–rural designation has been an important risk factor in infectious disease epidemiology. Many studies rely on a politically determined dichotomization of rural versus urban spaces, which fails to capture the complex mosaic of ...
Peter S. Larson, J. Eisenberg, V. Berrocal, D. Mathanga, M. Wilson   +4 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Politics and implications on the COVID-19 health systems preparedness: the Malawian experience

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
The spread of the COVID-19 disease to Africa has raised concerns around the resultant effects on the fragile and non-resilient health systems. Malawi reported its first COVID-19 cases in early April 2020 at the time of the country’s political turmoil, as
Juliet Nyasulu, A.L. Nyondo-Mipando
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Emergency and critical care services in Malawi: Findings from a nationwide survey of health facilities. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Globally, critical illness causes up to 45 million deaths every year. The burden is highest in low-income countries such as Malawi. Critically ill patients require good quality, essential care in emergency departments and in hospital wards to
Baker, T,, Umar, Eric, Kayambankadzanja, Raphael Kazidule, Umar, E, Kayambankadzanja, RK, Chatsika, Grace Mayamiko, Likaka, A, Chatsika, GM, Likaka, Andrew, Mndolo, Samson Kwazizira, Baker, Tim, Mndolo, SK   +11 more
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Decentralized Heart Failure Management in Neno, Malawi

Global Heart, 2023
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in Malawi. In rural districts, heart failure (HF) care is limited and provided by non-physicians. The causes and patient outcomes of HF in rural Africa are largely unknown.
Bright G. D. Mailosi, Todd Ruderman, Sheila L. Klassen, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Moses Banda Aron, Medson Boti, Kenwood Kumwenda, Gene Bukhman, Adamson S. Muula, Ndaziona P. K. Banda, Gene F. Kwan   +10 more
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High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Health Care Workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi

medRxiv, 2020
Background In low-income countries, like Malawi, important public health measures including social distancing or a lockdown, have been challenging to implement owing to socioeconomic constraints, leading to predictions that the COVID-19 pandemic would ...
M. Chibwana, K. Jere, R. Kamng'ona, J. Mandolo, Vincent Katunga-Phiri, D. Tembo, N. Mitole, Samantha Musasa, S. Sichone, A. Lakudzala, L. Sibale, Prisca Matambo, Innocent Kadwala, R. Byrne, Alice Mbewe, B. Morton, C. Phiri, J. Mallewa, H. Mwandumba, E. Adams, S. Gordon, K. Jambo   +21 more
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Marital dissolutions and changes in mental health: Evidence from rural Malawi

Demographic Research, 2021
Background: Advancing efforts to unpack the complex relationship between marital dissolutions and health outcomes increasingly requires assessing the marital histories and health of individuals who have lived long enough to experience divorce or ...
Tyler W. Myroniuk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Iliana Kohler   +2 more
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