While there are many (very many) development problems that need to be solved, the notion that the majority of the countries in Africa are barely developed, poor backwaters is just very far from the current reality. “Africa is Full of Diseases” The Ebola scare a couple of years ago promp...
Like many other parents, Denis mentioned a perceived “lack of follow-up” by CPS of the development of children placed in OoHC, which arguably contributed to maladaptive behaviours and overall poor OoHC outcomes. This partly explains why many parents repeated the phrase “this is not why we ...
resourced facilities, poor functioning health systems and negative staff attitudes. In contrast the reasons given for being adherent related to the level of illness, support received at home and healthcare facilities, a belief in the health system and positive experiences in the health service includi...
(Cunha and Cunha 2008). Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease; however, it remains one of the most devastating global health problems of our time. An estimated 207 million cases of malaria occurred in 2012, of which 627,000 resulted in fatalities—most of them being children under ...
storage and value-adding infrastructure; and introducing appropriate technologies. As a result, Africa is the only region in the world where increased export production caused a decline in per capita food production. African nations should be extracted from the debt accrued due to poor colonial ...
The tropical conifer Widdringtonia whytei Rendle is an endangered species endemic to Mulanje Mountain in Malawi. A study was conducted for the first time under controlled conditions in order to assess the effects of temperature and light on germination and viability of W. whytei seeds. Seeds inc...
Using concept mapping to explore why patients become lost to follow up from an antiretroviral therapy program in the Zomba District of Malawi. BMC Health Serv Res 2013; 13: 210.Rachlis B, Ahmad F, van Lettow M, Muula AS, Semba M, Cole DC. Using concept mapping to explore why patients...
Child undernutrition is the result of the interplay between multiple causal and contextual factors including poor complementary feeding which results in both macro and micronutrient deficiencies [1,2,3]. Diets of infants and young children in developing countries are usually cereal based, lacking adequat...
they are. A three-year-old with advanced pneumonia in 1740 would probably have been doomed, while the same child with the same condition today might be fully treatable. The same story could be said of the fate of someone who falls badly ill in a remote village in Malawi compared with the...
(MMR) shows a wide gap between rich and poor countries. Among developing regions South Asia has the second highest MMR at 280 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in the global context [2]. The place of delivery is a crucial factor which affects the health and well-being of mother ...