after newsletter promotion Nyatuwe Emma Phiri, of Malawi’s Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, has seen this in action. When she goes to communities to advocate for sexual health and reproductive rights, people are less inclined to listen to her. She says: “It’s like, ‘Oh no...
Malawi is a landlocked country in south-eastern Africa with a population of close to 20 million people. Topographically it is defined by highlands divided by the Great Rift Valley which runs through the centre of the country and includes the Shire Valley and Lake Malawi. Around 30 per cent of...
1 Malawi Human Rights Commission, Lilongwe, Malawi 2 U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | 2:16069 | DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.69 | www.palgrave-journals.com/palcomms 1 ARTICLE PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.69...
We also estimated the human resource requirements for the provision of HAART to the estimated number of HIV patients eligible for HAART. We used the human resource estimations reported by Hirschhorn et al [7] which indicate that the number of health care professionals required to provide HAART to...
Nearly all countries have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and, therefore, support children having access to their rights. However, only a small minority of children worldwide have access to their environmental, economic,
Universal access to palliative care remains a distant goal in many low resource settings, despite the growing evidence of its benefits. The unmet need for palliative care is evident in Africa, but great strides in palliative care development have occurre
Universal access to palliative care remains a distant goal in many low resource settings, despite the growing evidence of its benefits. The unmet need for palliative care is evident in Africa, but great strides in palliative care development have occurre
These are (i) perceived motivation and challenges for engaging in child health research, (ii) perceptions of resource availability and research opportunities at KCH, and (iii) perceptions of gaps in research training and participation among child HCWs. The themes are discussed below. Perceived ...
Signal function questions—items query the availability of a given resource or ability to perform an intervention—were rated on a scale of 1 to 3 (i.e., one is generally unavailable, 2 is some availability, and 3 is adequate availability). Questions on the frequency of activity were rated...
In 2002, agriculture remained the basis of Malawi's economy, contributing 40 percent of GDP and 90 percent of rural employment, while tobacco, the main cash crop, accounted for more than two-thirds of exports. Malawi's limited natural-resource base, combined with poor physical and financial ...