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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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Plasmablastic lymphoma in Malawi

Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2018
Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) clinical descriptions are scarce from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where both HIV and EBV are highly endemic. We identified 12 patients with pathologically confirmed PBL from a prospective cohort in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Takondwa Zuze, Matthew S. Painschab, Ryan Seguin, Evarista Kudowa, Bongani Kaimila, Edwards Kasonkanji, Tamiwe Tomoka, Bal Mukunda Dhungel, Maurice Mulenga, Maria Chikasema, Blessings Tewete, Asekanadziwa Ntangwanika, Sarah Chiyoyola, Fred Chimzimu, Coxcilly Kampani, Robert Krysiak, Nathan D. Montgomery, Yuri Fedoriw, Satish Gopal   +18 more
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Malawi

IMF Staff Country Reports, 2004
This paper examines the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Malawi. The authorities have requested staff monitoring of their macroeconomic program for the 2004/05 fiscal year (June–July) with a view to establishing a performance track record that could lead to a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement.
openaire   +2 more sources

Interrogation of the fertility differentials between the Malawi DHS and the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project survey data [PDF]

, 2011
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-61).Anglewicz, Adams, Obare et al (2009) show that the mean parities for the women who were interviewed in the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) surveys of 1998 and ...
Pashapa, Tapfuma
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Microcosting Analysis of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treatment in Malawi

Journal of Global Oncology, 2019
PURPOSE: To describe the cost of treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in Malawi under the following circumstances: (1) palliation only, (2) first-line cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP), (3) salvage etoposide ...
Matthew S. Painschab, Racquel E. Kohler, Edwards Kasonkanji, Takondwa Zuze, Bongani Kaimila, Richard Nyasosela, Ruth Nyirenda, Robert Krysiak, Satish Gopal   +8 more
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Community-based pulmonary rehabilitation for post-TB lung disease – a programmatic intervention

IJTLD Open
BACKGROUND: Many survivors of pulmonary TB struggle with poor lung health and poor quality of life. METHODS: We designed and implemented a culturally appropriate, low-cost, community-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program, and measured its effect on
B. Stenberg, M. Drage, B. Matewere, V. Alvarez-Manon   +3 more
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Buccal, intranasal or intravenous lorazepam for the treatment of acute convulsions in children in Malawi: An open randomized trial

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Acute convulsions in children are a common emergency worldwide. Benzodiazepines are the recommended first line treatment. Intravenous lorazepam is inexpensive, long acting and the first line drug in resource-rich settings. However, comparable efficacy by
Samantha Lissauer, Julia Kenny, Oliver Jefferis, Tom Wingfield, Anne Miller, George Chagaluka, Linda Kalilani-Phiri, Elizabeth Molyneux   +7 more
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B cell, CD8 + T cell and gamma delta T cell infiltration alters alveolar immune cell homeostasis in HIV-infected Malawian adults [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2017
Background: HIV infection is associated with increased risk to lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI). However, the impact of HIV infection on immune cell populations in the lung is not well defined.
Andrew Mwale, Annemarie Hummel, Leonard Mvaya, Raphael Kamng'ona, Elizabeth Chimbayo, Joseph Phiri, Rose Malamba, Anstead Kankwatira, Henry C Mwandumba, Kondwani C Jambo   +9 more
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A CGE model for Malawi [PDF]

This paper provides a detailed documentation of an applied CGE model of Malawi – the first ever for Malawi – developed in the context of the project “Collaborative Research and Capacity Strengthening for Multi-Sector Policy Analysis in Malawi and ...
Löfgren, Hans
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Growing up in rural Malawi: dilemmas of childhood [PDF]

, 2010
Rural Malawi is a place where families are generally poor socio-economically. In this chapter we discuss childhood development in a typical Malawian rural setting by focusing on the overall challenges facing families with young children, and we consider ...
Ellis, Sue, Kholowa, Foster
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