Chikhungu, Lana Clara Bradley, Tamsin Jamali, Monica Mubaiwa, Ottis
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Journal of biosocial science
Nearly 42% of ever-married women in Malawi have experienced some form of physical, sexual or emotional violence perpetrated by their current or most recent spouse - higher than the global estimate of 35%. This study used national-level data for ever-married women aged 15-49 years from the 2015 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to explore the ass...
Antabe, Roger Sano, Yujiro Anfaara, Florence Wullo Luginaah, Isaac
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AIDS care
Policy response to endemic HIV prevalence rates in Malawi has prioritised reducing HIV misconceptions through dissemination of factual information about HIV transmission. Yet, over three decades after the implementation of these strategies, we know little about how effective they have been in dispelling misconceptions that may be associated with ne...
Walters, Christine N. Rakotomanana, Hasina Komakech, Joel J. Stoecker, Barbara J.
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International Breastfeeding Journal
Background Despite widespread suboptimal breastfeeding practices and maternal experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), the association of IPV and breastfeeding practices remains unclear. This study investigated the associations between maternal experience of physical, sexual, emotional violence, and controlling behaviors with suboptimal brea...
Matsimbe, Jabulani
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Open Geosciences
With increasing awareness of geotechnical risks in civil and mining structures, taking advantage of smartphone technology to study rocky slopes can play a key role in the development of safe and economical structures for human welfare. In Malawi, there is a research gap on application of portable devices to collect geotechnical data. Geological eng...
Ntenda, Peter A. M. Mussa, Razak Gowelo, Steve Sixpence, Alick Bauleni, Andy Simbeye, Atusayi Matengeni, Alfred Matola, Ernest Banda, Godfrey Stanley, Christopher C.
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundCorrect knowledge about transmission of tuberculosis (TB) can influence better health-seeking behaviors, and in turn, it can aid TB prevention in society. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence and predictors of self-reported correct knowledge about TB transmission among adults in Malawi.MethodsWe conducted a secondary anal...
Merriel, Abi Dembo, Zione Hussein, Julia Larkin, Michael Mchenga, Allan Tobias, Aurelio Lough, Mark Malata, Address Makwenda, Charles Coomarasamy, Arri
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies
BackgroundGlobally too many mothers and babies die during childbirth; 98% of maternal deaths are avoidable. Skilled clinicians can reduce these deaths; however, there is a world-wide shortage of maternity healthcare workers. Malawi has enough to deliver 20% of its maternity care. A motivating work environment is important for healthcare worker rete...
Orlando, Stefano Palla, Ilaria Ciccacci, Fausto Triulzi, Isotta Thole, Darlington Sangaré, Hawa Mamary Marazzi, Maria Cristina Nielsen-Saines, Karin Turchetti, Giuseppe Palombi, Leonardo
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JMIR Research Protocols
Background According to the World Health Organization, in 2018, 37.9 million people were living with HIV globally. More than two-thirds were residing in sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV prevalence in the adult population (aged 15-49 years) was 3.9%. This population included 1.3 million pregnant women, of whom 82% had received antiretroviral therap...
Twizelimana, Donatien Muula, Adamson S.
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Reproductive Health
BackgroundResearch has paid limited attention to understanding factors that are associated with unmet contraceptive needs among female sex workers. In order to fill this knowledge gap, we estimated the prevalence of unmet contraceptive needs and examined associated factors among FSWs in semi urban Blantyre, Malawi.MethodsWe used systematic sampling...
Muula, Adamson S. Hosseinipour, Mina C. Makwero, Martha Kumwenda, Johnstone Lutala, Prosper Mbeba, Mary Rylance, Sarah Mitambo, Collins Nyirenda, Moffat
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Trials
The Malawi College of Medicine and its partners are building non-communicable diseases’ (NCDs’) research capacity through a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Several strategies are being implemented including research mentorship for junior researchers interested to build careers in...
Mazeri, Stella Burdon Bailey, Jordana L. Mayer, Dagmar Chikungwa, Patrick Chulu, Julius Grossman, Paul Orion Lohr, Frederic Gibson, Andrew D. Handel, Ian G. Bronsvoort, Barend M. deC.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Rabies kills ∼60,000 people per year. Annual vaccination of at least 70% of dogs has been shown to eliminate rabies in both human and canine populations. However, delivery of large-scale mass dog vaccination campaigns remains a challenge in many rabies-endemic countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the vast majority of dogs are owned, mass vaccina...
