Malawi - Health Knowledge and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the...
Providing health information is a non-pharmaceutical intervention designed to reduce disease transmission and infection risk by encouraging behavior change. But does knowledge...
View ArticleImproving Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Care for Children with Cancer...
To change pediatric oncology nursing management of peripheral intravenous catheter insertion and care based on current best evidence.
View ArticleSmall-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Do Not Affect Plasma or Milk...
ABSTRACTBackgroundVitamin A deficiency is prevalent in preschool-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa.ObjectivesWe assessed the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient...
View ArticleMalawi - ‘Their kids are coming home': A mother's fight to save her community
SelbaGondoza Luka arrived in Australia from Malawi with her eight-year-old daughter and a basic grasp on the English language. She came in search of hope and opportunity. What...
View ArticleMalawi - Mobile phone app could help curb rabies threat in African cities
A mobile phone app is helping veterinarians to halve the time it takes to complete dog vaccination programmes in Malawi and could help curb rabies threat in African cities, a...
View ArticleVitamin A deficiency has declined in Malawi, but with evidence of elevated...
ABSTRACTBackgroundReduction of vitamin A deficiency in Malawi coincided with introduction of vitamin A-fortified staple foods, alongside continued biannual high-dose vitamin A...
View ArticleMalawi - African cassia tree can be used to relieve pain and inflammation
Cassia singueana, or African cassia, is a small tree that's native to tropical Africa, particularly in countries like Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and...
View ArticleA longitudinal impact evaluation of a comprehensive nutrition program for...
ABSTRACTBackgroundGrowth failure in sub-Saharan Africa leads to a high prevalence of child stunting starting in infancy, and is attributed to dietary inadequacy, poor hygiene...
View ArticleWasting and Stunting in Infants and Young Children as Risk Factors for...
ABSTRACTBackgroundFew studies have had sufficient longitudinal data to track how different malnourished states relate to mortality at different ages and interrelate over...
View ArticleMalawi - My Family's Global Vaccine Journey
We were spread across three continents, at the mercy of vaccine geopolitics. Which of us would be inoculated last?
View ArticleMalawi burns thousands of Covid-19 vaccine doses
Health officials hope the event will increase public confidence in getting the vaccination.
View ArticleMalawi - 'Zipcode lottery' of nutrient intake from crops revealed in new study
The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of 'postcode lottery', according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and...
View ArticleMalawi - Discrepancies between nurses' current and perceived necessary...
This study investigated (1) the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of family-centred care , and (2) the nurses' demographic...
View ArticleMalawi - The World Health Organization Just Endorsed The World's First...
LONDON - The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will...
View ArticleMalawi - Africans Welcome New Malaria Vaccine. But Is It a ‘Game Changer'?
The arsenal of weapons to use against malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, just grew bigger.
View ArticleLow linoleic acid foods with added DHA given to Malawian children with severe...
AbstractBackgroundThere is concern that the polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of ready-to-use therapeutic food for treatment of severe acute malnutrition is suboptimal for...
View ArticleMalawi - Israel detects its first case of new coronavirus variant
The Israeli Health Ministry says it has detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant in a traveler who returned from Malawi
View ArticleMalawi - We Know Almost Nothing About the Omicron Variant
As fall dips into winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the coronavirus has served up the holiday gift that no one, absolutely no one, asked for: a new variant of concern , dubbed...
View ArticleMalawi - Health-Related Quality of Life of Nurses Caring for Hospitalised...
Health-related quality of life continues to be understudied among nurses in developing countries. This study aimed to assess (1) the HRQoL of nurses in Malawi caring for...
View ArticleChest radiography in children aged 2-59 months enrolled in the Innovative...
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children aged under 5 years in low- and middle-income countries. World Health Organization pneumonia diagnosis guidelines...
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