Avoidable factors associated with maternal death from postpartum haemorrhage: a national Malawian surveillance study by Arri Coomarasamy, Maria Lisa Odland, Luis Gadama, David Lissauer, Fannie Kachale, Chifundo Ndamala, Abi Merriel, Catriona Waitt, Hussein H Twabi, Annie Kuyere, Marthe Onrust, Jennifer Riches, Yamikani Chimwaza, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Regina Makuluni, Laura Munthali, Owen Musopole, Deborah A Phiri, James Jafali

“…We conducted a detailed review of all maternal deaths from 33 facilities in Malawi to identify health system weaknesses leading to deaths from PPH.Methods Data were collected regarding every maternal death occurring across all district and central hospitals in Malawi. …”
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Assessing the resilience of child immunisation programmes using geospatial modelling and interrupted time series analysis in Ethiopia and Kenya amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: tracki... by McEwen Khundi, Themba Mzembe, Michael Give Chipeta, Chimwemwe Chifungo, Nyovani Janet Madise, Chifuniro Somanje Mankhwala, Tabitha Ngwira, Maame B Peterson

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Challenges in the Management of HIV-Infected Malnourished Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Indi Trehan, Bernadette A. O'Hare, Ajib Phiri, Geert Tom Heikens

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Characteristics of TPT initiation and completion among people living with HIV by L. Gunde, A. Wang, D. Payne, S. O'Connor, A. Kabaghe, N. Kalata, A. Maida, D. Kayira, V. Buie, L. Tauzi, A. Sankhani, A. Thawani, E. Rambiki, A. Ahimbisibwe, T. Maphosa, K. Kudiabor, R. Nyirenda, J. Mpunga, K. Mbendera, P. Nyasulu, F. Kayigamba, M. Farahani, A. C. Voetsch, K. Brown, A. Jahn, B. Girma, K. Mirkovic, the MPHIA Survey Team

“…Despite the successful scale-up of TPT in Malawi, monitoring and evaluation have been suboptimal. …”
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Time to invest in cholera by Rebecca C. Stout, Nicholas Feasey, Marion Péchayre, Nicholas Thomson, Benson Z. Chilima

“…We review the history of cholera in Malawi and compare previous outbreaks to the 2022/23 outbreak. …”
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Pelvic Ultrasound Findings in Women with Obstetric Fistula: A Cross-Sectional Study of Cases and Controls by Jeffrey P. Wilkinson, Angela M. Bengtson, Ennet Chipungu, Rachel J. Pope, Bonus Makanani, Margaret Moyo, Mwawi Mwale, Jennifer H. Tang

“…This cross-sectional study enrolled women evaluated at the Fistula Care Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi. Eligibility criteria included age 18–45, prior pregnancy, and a uterus on ultrasound. …”
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Improving access to suicide prevention services through the National Suicide Prevention Framework implementation: The community level evidence-based recommendations by J C Y Nyasulu, D A Siddiqi, S Seedat, J Bantjies, M Udedi, S Gondwe, S Kambale, M Mkandawire, N Silungwe, L A Hendricks, I Maposa, J Vumu, D Skinner

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Phenotypic Variation in Fruit Morphology among Provenances of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. by Idah Mkwezalamba, Chimuleke R. Y. Munthali, Edward Missanjo

“…This study was conducted to assess eighteen provenances of Sclerocarya birrea planted in Mangochi, Malawi. The trial was assessed for fruit traits at fifteen years of age. …”
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Effect of Seed Size of Afzelia quanzensis on Germination and Seedling Growth by Kupatsa Mtambalika, Chimuleke Munthali, Dominic Gondwe, Edward Missanjo

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Site Specific Stem Volume Models for Pinus patula and Pinus oocarpa by Herbert Malata, Elisha S. Ngulube, Edward Missanjo

“…This study was conducted to develop site specific models for estimating individual total tree stem volume of Pinus patula and Pinus oocarpa at Chongoni Timber Plantation in Central Malawi. A total of 32 trees from Pinus patula compartment and 48 trees from Pinus oocarpa compartment were destructively sampled. …”
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The Heidelberg Catechism: a hidden creedal text and catechetical manual in the Malawian Reformed Church 1889-2012 by W. S. D. Zeze

“… This article focuses on the reception and the status of the Heidelberg Catechism in the Church of the Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Nkhoma Synod in Malawi between 1889 and 2012. The constitution, the church order and the liturgical formularies of the CCAP Nkhoma Synod equally mention that the Heidelberg Catechism is one of the church’s doctrinal standards. …”
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Protocol for the development and multisite validation of the Quality of Dying and Death-Revised Global Version scale by Camilla Zimmermann, Ekaterina An, Sarah Hales, Gary Rodin, Eve Namisango, Kenneth Mah, Lameck Thambo, Christian Ntizimira, Alyssa Tilly, Warren Lewin, Mano Chandrakumar, Arnell Baguio, Nazira Jaffer, Maria Chikasema, Kayla Wolofsky, Mary Goombs

“…Ethics approval for the Malawi arm is being obtained from the University of North Carolina Institutional Review Board and the Malawian National Health Science Research Committee. …”
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Description of global innovative methods in developing the WHO Community Engagement Package by Jackeline Alger, Don Mathanga, Semeeh Akinwale Omoleke, Noel Juban, Meredith Labarda, Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Obioma Nwaorgu, Allan Ulitin, Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño, María Isabel Echavarría, Yolanda Vargas Bayugo, Jose Rene Bagani Cruz, Pauline Marie Padilla Tiangco, Ukam Ebe Oyene, Alberto Ong Jr, Marvinson See Fajardo, Barwani Khaura Msiska, Lorena Abella Lizcano, Natalia Gomez Quenguan, Claudia Ivette Nieto Anderson, Briana Yasmin Beltran, Elsy Denia Carcamo Rodriguez, Eduardo Salomón Núñez, Vera Nkosi-Kholimeliwa, Glory Mwafulirwa-Kabaghe

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Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa: SUCCEED Africa’s four-country situation analysis by Olubukola Omobowale, Rachel Greenley, Grace Ryan, Olusegun Ogunmola, Lloyd Dzapasi, Abraham Jimmy, Anthony Sefasi, Mayowa Olusanmi, Rebecca Esliker, Alhaji Koroma, Adeola Afolayan, Rita Tamambang, Epiphania Munetsi, Janet Mambulasa, Ritsuko Kakuma, Dixon Chibanda, Olayinka Omigbodun, Julian Eaton

“…As part of the formative work of the SUCCEED Africa consortium, we followed a participatory process to identify existing gaps and resources needed for the development and implementation of a rights-based intervention for people with lived experience of psychosis in Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.…”
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What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional polic... by Angela Obasi, Rachel Tolhurst, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kevin Mortimer, Louis Niessen, Maia Lesosky, Jahangir Khan, William Worodria, Jamie Rylance, Lindsay Zurba, Imelda Bates, Stellah G Mpagama, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Rose Oronje, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Brian Allwood, Hastings Banda, Amsalu Binegdie, Adegoke Falade, Bertrand Mbatchou, Beatrice Mutayoba, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Heather Zar, Eliya Zulu, Helen Meme, Uzochukwu Egere, Asma Elsony, Martha Chinouya, S Bertel Squire, Stephen Mulupi, Irene Ayakaka, Nicole Kozak, Elhafiz Abdalla, Rashid Osman

“…This study aimed to explore the perspectives of healthcare workers and other health policy stakeholders on the barriers to effective diagnosis and management of CRD in Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.Study design Qualitative descriptive study.Settings Primary, secondary and tertiary health facilities, government agencies and civil society organisations in five sub-Saharan African countries.Participants We purposively selected 60 national and district-level policy stakeholders, and 49 healthcare workers, based on their roles in policy decision-making or health provision, and conducted key informant interviews and in-depth interviews, respectively, between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa by John Okoth Omondi, Mazvita Sheila Chiduwa, Stephen Kyei-Boahen, Patricia Masikati, Isaiah Nyagumbo

“…This study showed that besides soil nutrients and plant nutrition, soybean variety is the most limiting factor in Malawi and Zambia, whereas, in Mozambique, seed rate is significant. …”
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