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    Effective HIV/AIDS and reproduction health information to people with disabilities

    Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2004
    Since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in 1985, the prevalence of HIV and deaths from HIV/AIDS and related illnesses in Malawi have been rising steadily. In the early 1980s, HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics was at 2 percent and this rose an estimated 35 percent in 2000.
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    Politics of Poverty Reduction in Malawi: A Local Governance Perspective

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
    This paper seeks to demonstrate that local governance reforms are not merely a technically neutral process but rather a deeply imbued political process with particular reference to Malawi’s experience since the momentous return to democracy in May 1994.
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    Policy and Institutional Framework Review of the fisheries sector in Malawi

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
    This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for the fisheries sector in Malawi. It is based on consultations with officials from the Department of Fisheries (DoF), donor agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), district level officials and fishing communities in Mangochi district.
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    Transport and mobility issues and concerns for people with disabilities in Malawi

    Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2002
    People living with disabilities in Malawi as in other developing nations generally do not have access to suitable means of transport and mobility. The modes of transport existing in Malawi are buses, mini-buses, taxis and private vehicles. Rail is very limited and in most areas a non-existent mode of transport.
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    Multiple and concurrent sexual partnership in Malawi: a formative qualitative study

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2009
    The premise that multiple concurrent sexual partnerships (MCP), coupled with inconsistent use of condoms, has been linked with increased risk of HIV infection. In places where HIV infection has shown significant signs of decline, such as in Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Thailand, evidence strongly suggests that partner reduction has played a crucial role in infection reduction.
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    Long walk to participation: civil society’s participation in Malawi’s PRSP formulation

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2002
    Malawi is not simply government-owned, but developed in cooperation with other stakeholders, and particularly those directly affected by or working to address poverty. In this way, policy and planning processes would be open to extensive participation by ordinary people and civil society groups.
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    Establishment of distance education for secondary school teachers in Malawi

    Mzuzu University, 2003
    During the summer of 2001, five staff members from Mzuzu University in Malawi, Africa carried out a needs assessment plan that they had developed during their first semester as graduate students in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's instructional technology master's degree program.
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    Agricultural Technologies Released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security-2000-2005

    2006
    One of the major challenges facing the Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS) in Malawi is the low adoption of new agricultural technologies by farming communities, especially smallholder farmers. There are many reasons for this, including lack of knowledge, know-how, skills and awareness and poverty.
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    HIV/AIDS and food security in Malawi Report

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
    Research in Malawi and elsewhere has shown that poverty exacerbates ill-health, and that ill-health can result in even deeper poverty. Morbidity and mortality from HIV/AIDS contributes to lost productivity, indebtedness, and severe social disruptions of families and communities.
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    Agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Malawi: past performance and recent trends

    2008
    The agricultural sector continues to be the most important sector in the Malawian economy. It accounts for 39 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), 85 per cent of the labour force and generates about 83 per cent of foreign exchange earnings. National surveys estimate that crop production accounts for 74 per cent of all rural incomes.

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