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  A study identifying factors affecting retention of midwives in Malawi

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2003

  This study, from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, examines the retention of midwives in Malawi. The study looks specifically at the Safe Motherhood Project (SMP) in southern Malawi, whose aim is to lower the maternal mortality rate. However, one of the main barriers for the project to achieve its aim has been attrition of skilled attendants, such as midwives.
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  Health workforce issues and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: an analytical review

  Human Resources for Health, 2006

  This article, from Human Resources for Health, explores how the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) addresses the challenges of a health workforce bottleneck to the successful implementation of priority disease programmes.
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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  Health system capacities in developing countries and global health initiatives on communicable diseases

  Uma Lele, Personal Website, 2005

  The paper assesses seven international health programs addressing communicable diseases, primarily focusing on the focus on the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) and its interactions with other organisations. It argues that global health programmes need to shift away from a tendency for crisis management to a greater focus on longer-term strategic planning and implementati
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  Responding to HIV/AIDS in Africa: a comparative analysis of responses to the Abuja Declaration in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This ActionAid publication compares the achievements and challenges of four African countries – Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe – in relation to the 2001 Abuja Declaration. The primary goal of the Abuja Declaration was to reverse the rate of HIV infection, TB and other related infectious diseases.
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  A survey of policy and practice on the use of access to medicines-related TRIPs flexibilities in Malawi

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study surveys Malawian policy and practice on the use of access to medicines-related TRIPs (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) flexibilities, as Malawian patent legislation will need to become compliant with TRIPs by January 2006.
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  Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming.
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  HIV/AIDS, equity and health sector personnel in southern Africa

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  In the health sector, HIV/AIDS increases the demand for care, the level and complexity of work and the risk of infection, whilst also placing a strain on resources. These burdens exacerbate problems of sickness, absenteeism and workload, increasing losses of health workers.
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  Equity in health sector responses to HIV/AIDS in Malawi

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  In Malawi, HIV/AIDS has created an increasing demand for healthcare, exacerbated by population pressure, chronic poverty and food insecurity. This demand is set against a reduced capacity to supply healthcare.
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  Surmounting challenges: procurement of antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  As the price of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in low- and middle-income countries has fallen in recent years, governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations have been able to start developing treatment programmes for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).

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