In support, the Government of Malawi emphasises the need to conduct health research on child health [25]. The Malawi National Health Policy II points to insufficient capacity in research, among others, as a serious challenge that affects service delivery [26, 27]. However, to our knowledge, ...
Governance of research for health (R4H) has improved with the promulgation of the Malawi Science and Technology Act in 2003. However, lack of an explicit R4H policy, a strategic plan and a national R4H management forum undermines the government’s effectiveness in overseeing the operation of ...
Healthcare worker HIC: High-income country HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus H: Hours ICU: Intensive care unit IM: Intramuscular INR: International normalised ratio IQR: Interquartile range IV: Intravenous LIC: Low-income country LMIC: Low- and middle-income country MECC: Malawi ...
On child health and malnutrition, we found that CHWs spent only a median of 3 and 2 min, respectively, with few touches for both health areas. This finding could be explained in part due to a “no-touch” policy introduced for COVID-19 infection control with a lack of personal protective...
Section 2 of the Domestic Violence Act of 2010 defines domestic violence as, Any act or omission of a perpetrator which (a) harms, injures or endangers the health, safety, life, limb, or well-being, whether mental or physical, of the victim or tends 6 PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | 2:16069 ...
The hospital policy also encourages male involvement in maternal health care. Blantyre Adventist Hospital is located at the centre of Blantyre city. The American missionary doctors of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church established the hospital in 1957. It is a forty bedded private-for-profit hospital....
15. Miranda JJ, Kinra S, Casas JP, Davey Smith G, Ebrahim S: Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: context, determinants and health policy. Trop Med Int Health 2008, 13(10):1225–1234. 16. Hilawe EH, Yatsuya H, Kawaguchi L, Aoyama A: Differences by sex in...
which has a deleterious effect on women. A number of policies such as National Action Plan on Women, the Gender Policy, and the National Action Plan on Sexual and GBV have provisions promoting women’s equality and aimed at reducing GBV. Yet the laws and policies amounted to mere rhetoric ...
which has a deleterious effect on women. A number of policies such as National Action Plan on Women, the Gender Policy, and the National Action Plan on Sexual and GBV have provisions promoting women’s equality and aimed at reducing GBV. Yet the laws and policies amounted to mere rhetoric ...
The World Health Organisation has recommended that healthcare workers, teachers and community leaders work with parents to support children living with HIV. The aim of this study was to assess the perceptions and experiences of primary caregivers and other care providers such as healthcare workers, ...