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'Report Card' - a FPAM Initiative
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
everal factors increase girls' and young womens' vulnerability to HIV and Aids. This includes a lack of knowledge about prevention methods, early marriages, lack of economic opportunities, multiple and concurrent partnerships and socio-cultural ... more
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Accurate Diagnosis of Malaria
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
alaria poses one of the greatest challenges to the health system in Malawi. Those most affected are young children and pregnant ... more
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Community Participation - A Vital Part of the Reduction of Maternal Mortality
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Given the information; they can make a difference "Health of individuals and communities is largely dependant on their own actions or inactions. People do what they do based on their existing knowledge, beliefs, social norms and expectations.. The key therefore is to build on what people know and provide them... more
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Mainstreaming HIV and Aids
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
essages and information about HIV and Aids have been disseminated very widely, and as of now, almost everybody in Malawi is very aware of the ... more
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Men - Architects of Change in Promoting Maternal Health
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
he day when Nasibeko began her labour pains to deliver her fifth child, her relatives were all helpless, as they were unable to take her to a health facility without the permission of her husband's uncle for fear of ... more
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Window of Hope Opens for People Living With HIV/Aids
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
t is not a hidden fact that Malawi has been badly affected by the HIV/Aids ... more
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CD4 Count Testing More Effective than WHO Staging
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
HO Clinical Staging, one of the criteria used to tell whether an HIV positive person is eligible for Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) may not be sufficient to identify those needing ART if government does not take an initiative to make Cluster of Differentiation CD4 Count testing easily accessible to infected people... more
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Maximising HIV Test Counselling in STI Services
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
ntegrating HIV Testing Counselling (HTC) into Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) service delivery has not been successful thereby calling for the intervention of non-medical HIV Testing Counsellors and the Opt-Out Strategy in the country's STI ... more
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Rescuing Infants From Tuberculosis
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
he call to action in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) aims to reduce the risk of mother to child transmission of HIV through integrated HIV/Aids education, routine counselling and testing as well as administration of a prophylaxis single dose Nevirapine therapy to mother and ... more
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Talking Malaria
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
very important note must be made: "Most fevers are not malaria and most malaria is not malaria" (quote from article by Dr ... more
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A Wake Up Call for Women
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
hat a challenge it is to be a woman in a developing ... more
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Country Names Road After Kagame
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
resident Paul Kagame arrived in Malawi yesterday at the beginning of a three-day state ... more
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They've got the classrooms... Now what about teachers?
Topix - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"But we understand that. It is something to do with finances." LOUISE GRAY MINGA school has a new science laboratory but no Bunsen burners, a new library without books and classrooms with no chairs. via The Scotsman ... more
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History of Malawi
Topix - Monday, September 03, 2007
p> History of Malawi . This is a brief history of the African nation of Malawi. The nation is young despite the rich history of the area. via World History Blog ... more
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Gorillas in the morning & flight from Kigali in the evening?
Topix - Sunday, September 02, 2007
p> Everything would have to work out absolutely perfectly for you to make it. You'll likely be finished with the Gorillas by around lunch time. via Lonely Planet ... more
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Diana's sons kept royals together after her death
Topix - Saturday, September 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Intrusion has come pretty close to breaking up their relationship. The important thing is William knows his own mind and will not be influenced by excessive pressure from anyone" One of the lasting and most poignant scenes from the funeral of Princess Diana was the sight... more
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Helping Small-Scale Farmers Go Commercial
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 31, 2007
joint project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Malawian government is helping small-scale farmers to expand into commercial food ... more
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Uganda: Driving is a Game of Russian Roulette
Topix - Friday, August 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We used to complain that there were too many potholes on our roads. Now you find we have only patches of road in our potholes." I heard a good joke the other day. While in most countries drunk drivers are identifiable by their erratic driving, in... more
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Budget Held Hostage to Squabbling Parliamentarians
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 30, 2007
alawi's national budget, scheduled to pass in June, is in limbo following a parliamentary impasse -- and there are fears that government services may be halted through lack of ... more
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Rwandans still divided 10 years on
Topix - Thursday, August 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I would simply say that a miracle has happened in Rwanda. We have been able to bring back total security and peace" Rwandan rebels prepare to return to their villages At Mutobo camp in Rwanda's northern Ruhengeri province, several hundred former rebels sing about the joy... more
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