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    Regional Evidence Building Agenda (REBA) Thematic Briefs

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa.
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    Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi

    AIDS [journal], 2007
    Surveillance in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires estimates of both HIV prevalence and the proportion of HIV-positive individuals eligible for ART.
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    Tackling Malawi’s human resources crisis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will only be possible if we can successfully strengthen the capacity of health systems in middle and low-income countries.
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    Financing primary health care

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Today, millions of people in low- and middle-income countries do not have access to basic, good quality health services. The Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 defined primary health care as basic health care built on technically sound and socially adequate approaches, universally accessible and affordable to all individuals.
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    Independent evaluation of Oxfam GB Malawi’s emergency cash-transfer programme

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
    In response to the 2004/5 crop failure, Oxfam planned a programme in southern Malawi, which included a ‘pilot’ cash-transfer project in Traditional Authority (TA) Kapichi, Thyolo District. The project was to support 4,000 households with monthly cash transfers to provide for their immediate food needs from November to March.
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    Use of indigenous knowledge and traditional practices in fisheries management: a case of Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa, Zomba

    Malawi Journal of Science and Technology, 2008
    This paper presents results of a study which examined local ecological knowledge and traditional management practices in lake resources management on Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa, Malawi. A combination of household questionnaires, semi structured interviews with key informants and focus group discussions were used to collect the required data for the study.
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    Lessons from water and sanitation mapping in Africa and South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Mapping provides clear information on access to water and sanitation in poor countries. This information can be used by citizens to demand better services and by local governments to improve service delivery. What lessons can be learnt from the use of mapping in WaterAid’s country programmes?
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    Cash transfers boost the local economy in rural Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Cash transfers are increasingly being used, instead of in-kind transfers such as food aid, in response to droughts and other emergencies. As well as allowing poor people to make their own choices about how to improve their situation, cash transfers can bring widespread benefits to the regional economy.
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    Assessment of equity in the uptake of anti-retrovirals in Malawi

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008
    Malawi, like the rest of southern Africa, has a high adult HIV prevalence (estimated at about 12% in 2004) yet the country’s health sector is struggling, largely due to limited investment. This paper reports on a study to assess equity in uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi in 2005, especially according to age (children vs. adults), gender (men vs. women) and income.
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    Assessment of equity in the uptake of anti-retrovirals in Malawi

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008
    Malawi, like the rest of southern Africa, has a high adult HIV prevalence. In 2004, the government of Malawi committed itself to providing free HIV treatment - or antiretroviral therapy (ART) - to all patients. The study presented in this paper was carried out to assess equity in the uptake of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi in 2005 according to age, gender and income levels.

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