The concept of maternity waiting home (MWH) was introduced at Chiradzulu District Hospital in 2012, in an effort to improve maternal and neonatal health in Chiradzulu District through the promotion of skilled attendance ...

Nursing and midwifery personnel experience a higher rate of workplace hazards exposure than other health care workers because nurses perform more bedside procedures. Not much was known about the extent of exposure to ...

This study explored mothers’ perceptions of one-week and six weeks postnatal care. This information is important in planning better ways of increasing utilization at one-week and six weeks postnatal care services. Postnatal ...

Malawi like many countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa is burdened by chronic and terminal illnesses including AIDS. As more people live with HIV and AIDS, home based care which utilizes community home based care (CHBC) ...

Low adherence to anti retro viral therapy (ART) increases morbidity and mortality rates among AIDS patients and promotes the emergence of ART resistance. Little is known regarding factors associated with adherence to ART ...

Urbanization in the developing countries such as Malawi has brought about a serious environmental degradation due to a rapid and uncontrolled population growth. One of the consequences of such population increase is improper ...

The aim of the study was to establish the extent of knowledge on and the perception of adolescents and community leaders towards Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS) in communities of Traditional Authorities (T/A) Maganga ...

Experiences of psychiatric patients nursed in seclusion have not been adequately explored in Malawi despite that such patients are exposed to painful and traumatic experiences. This study described the experiences of ...