Malawi and Health systems
- Capital:
Lilongwe - Population:
15447500 - Size:
118480.0 Km2
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- Valuing Health Workers- Implementing sustainable interventions to improve health worker motivation
- R. Dearnley / Voluntary Service Overseas, 2011
- A useful collation of existing research on responses to Malawi’s health worker crisis, with recommendations on non-financial incentives to address recruitment, retention and quality of care issues. There is a particular focus on ...
- Valuing Health Workers Research and Advocacy
- S. Nock / Voluntary Service Overseas, 2011
- A clear, concise 2 page publication to introduce the research and advocacy programme designed to provide evidence for governments on how best to change policy and implementation to address health worker shortages. A clear summary of a...
- How ICTs can be used in Africa to develop and deliver continuing medical education to rural healthcare workers
- S. Ntiro; J. Mrema / International Institute for Communication and Development, 2003
- This report presents some of the background materials prepare for the meeting held in April 2003 and coorganised jointly by IICD, Cordaid and CEDHA jto explore ways in which ICTs can be used to develop and deliver continuing medical e...
- Trends in private sector financing, management and resource consumption related to HIV/AIDS: sub-Saharan Africa
- S. Sulzbach; S. De; W. Wang / Oxford Journals, 2011
- A relatively unexamined aspect of the global HIV response is the role of the private sector in financing HIV/AIDS services. This paper examines trends in private sector financing, management and resource consumption related to HIV/AID...
- When should patients co-infected with TB and HIV start ART in Malawi?
- M.V. Lettow; A.K. Chan; A.S. Ginsburg / Ingenta, 2011
- Malawian policy to invite patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2 months after initiating TB treatment changed recently; the new policy shortened the period to 2 weeks instead of 2 m...
- To what extent has the Global Fund helped in health service delivery?
- V. Mwapasa; J. Kadzandira / Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2009
- This study aims at assessing the impact of Global Fund-supported activities on the delivery of non-HIV services, health worker availability, workload, incentives and motivation and drug management, focussing on Malawi. Two...
- The effectiveness of the Malawi National HIV/Aids policy
- Malawi National AIDS Commission, 2003
- Malawi has been severely affected by HIV/AIDS. The first case of AIDS in the country was diagnosed in 1985. Since then, epidemiological data show an escalating epidemic. In a sample of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in urb...
- Is there equality in the distribution process of ARV drugs in Malawi?
- P. Ntata / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007
- This paper discusses the issue of equity in the distribution of ARV drugs in the Malawi health system. Malawi is one of the countries most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. It is also one of the poorest countries in th...
- Obstacles to safe abortion in Malawi
- G. Kangaude / Reproductive Health Matters, 2011
- As part of efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 – to reduce maternal mortality by 75% and achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015 – the Malawi Ministry of Health conducted a strategic assessment...
- HIV and fertility in Africa
- Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011
- This "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'", which was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network, includes findings and recommendations around the topic of fertility in African communities aff...
- Malawi Medical Journal (MMJ)
- The Malawi Medical Journal is a peer reviewed, open access, quarterly, general medical journal published by the College of Medicine, University of Malawi and Medical Association of Malawi.
