Family involvement has been recognized as the standard of care in caring for children with chronic illnesses. Studies have suggested that family involvement in child’s care increases family understanding of the child’s ...

Admission of a child to Critical Care Unit (CCU) is an unexpected and stressful event for the caregiver which may result in physical and mental exhaustion. If stress in caregivers goes unnoticed, they become emotionally ...

Health service utilization is crucial for the survival of under-five children. Underutilization of health services is associated with increased number of deaths among under-five children. There was a decline in paediatric ...

Child physical abuse is a serious public health problem because of its association with poor child health outcomes. Effective identification and reporting of child physical abuse is critical to break cycles of physical ...

The impairment of cortical connectivity involving the afferent and efferent pathways in hydrocephalus usually leads to cortical pathway dysfunction. Consequently, in most of the affected children the dysfunction is permanent ...

A child’s illness and admission in hospital is stressful and negatively affects the child, caregivers and the family. The stress is further exacerbated when a child is critically ill and has been admitted in an Intensive ...

This is a descriptive cross sectional study done to explore knowledge, attitude and practice of parents or guardians on home management of childhood diarrhoea. A semi structured questionnaire was used to interview parents ...

Malnutrition continues to be a major public health problem worldwide including Malawi as it leads to high morbidity and mortality rate in children less than five years. At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), malnutrition ...

about 93 million children have disabilities. Early identification of developmental disabilities (DDs) and application of measures to habilitate the affected can help such children reach their full prospective. Clinicians ...

Childhood anaemia is a major health burden which contributes to underfive morbidity and mortality in Malawi. It is estimated that 63% of children in Malawi have anaemia, however, anaemia is preventable. The purpose of this ...