Khumbo Kalua, Tobias Chirwa, Linda Kalilani, Sam Abbenyi, Mavuto Mukaka, Robin L. Bailey,
... Chikwawa district (population 438,895), southern Malawi and Mchinji district (population 456,558), central Malawi. Children aged ... 1010 households in Chikwawa and 1016 households in Mchinji districts were enumerated within 108 clusters (54 clusters ... 21.7% (CI 19.5–23.9) in Mchinji districts respectively. The prevalence of trachoma trichiasis (TT) ... 0.3% (CI 0.04–0.6) in Mchinji respectively. The presence of a dirty face was ... with trachoma follicular (TF) in both Chikwawa and Mchinji districts (P 10%), and warrants the trachoma SAFE ...
Tópico(s): Reproductive System and Pregnancy
2010 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Catherine Stewart, Jennifer Hall,
... with the utilisation of maternal healthcare, in the Mchinji District of Malawi. Methods 4,244 pregnant women from the Mchinji District of Malawi were interviewed between March and ... healthcare. Results Utilisation of maternal healthcare in the Mchinji District was inadequate; only 24% of women received ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Systems and Reforms
2022 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
... districts of Blantyre in the Southern Region and Mchinji in the Central Region of Malawi. A total ... under irrigation conditions. Similar results were found in Mchinji with MK51,858 (US$425) and MK16,090 ( ... US$152) and MK3344 (US$27), whereas in Mchinji the respective values were MK16,896 (US$138) ...
Tópico(s): Water resources management and optimization
2008 - Taylor & Francis | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Harold L. W. Chisale, Paxie W. Chirwa, F.D. Babalola,
... on climate change and variability around Phirilongwe and Mchinji forest reserves in Malawi. Empirical data was collected ... 8). Results suggest that 60% of respondents in Mchinji were aware of climate change as compared to ...
Tópico(s): Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
2022 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Sustainable Forestry
Harold L. W. Chisale, Paxie W. Chirwa, F.D. Babalola, Samuel Manda,
... livelihood among the forest-dependent communities around the Mchinji and Phirilongwe Forest Reserves in the Mchinji and Mangochi districts in Malawi. Content analysis was ... forest in both Phirilongwe in Mangochi (43%) and Mchinji (61%). Climate change was found to be associated ...
Tópico(s): Climate change impacts on agriculture
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sustainability
Jennifer Hall, Geraldine Barrett, Tambosi Phiri, Andrew Copas, Address Malata, Judith Stephenson,
... preventative policies. Methods 4,244 pregnant women from Mchinji District, Malawi were interviewed at home between March ... in the model. This suggests that women in Mchinji District who are either young, unmarried women having ...
Tópico(s): Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
2016 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Olivia Bayley, Hilda Chapota, Esther Kainja, Tambosi Phiri, Chelmsford Gondwe, Carina King, Bejoy Nambiar, Charles Mwansambo, Peter N. Kazembe, Anthony Costello, Mikey Rosato, Tim Colbourn,
... community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) process in Mchinji District, Malawi, which partnered community and health facility ... research-driven surveillance system at identifying deaths in Mchinji District (population 456,500 in 2008). 52 maternal ...
Tópico(s): Health disparities and outcomes
2015 - BMJ | BMJ Open
... and Education. A Case Study of Kasungu and Mchinji Districts in Central Malawi. Africa Research Series, 12: ... Taifour, H., 2002. Nutrition Survey Report, Salima and Mchinji Districts, Malawi. Lilongwe: Save the Children Fund (UK). ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural risk and resilience
2011 - Wiley | Journal of Agrarian Change
Mikey Rosato, Charles Mwansambo, Peter N. Kazembe, Tambosi Phiri, Queen S Soko, Sonia Lewycka, Beata E Kunyenge, Stefania Vergnano, David Osrin, Marie‐Louise Newell, Anthony Costello,
... s groups to such issues in the rural Mchinji district of Malawi.Participatory women's groups in the Mchinji district identified maternal health problems (172 groups, 3171 ...
Tópico(s): Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
2006 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet
J. M. Haresnape, Philip Wilkinson, P. S. Mellor,
... pig sties and houses in certain villages in Mchinji district where ASF outbreaks had recently occurred. Mchinji district is in the centre of a large ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
1988 - Cambridge University Press | Epidemiology and Infection
Masford Banda, Lawrence Kazembe, Sonia Lewycka, Carina King, Tambosi Phiri, Gibson Masache, Peter N. Kazembe, Charles Mwasambo,
... estimate risk factors associated with perinatal mortality in Mchinji district. Methods: As part of the 2005–2010 randomised controlled trial conducted in Mchinji district, prospective data from the control arm of ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2016 - Elsevier BV | Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology
Donnie Mategula, Collins Mitambo, William Sheahan, Nyanyiwe Mbeye, Austin Gumbo, Collins Kwizombe, Jacob Kawonga, Benard Banda, Gracious Hamuza, Alinafe Kalanga, Dina Kamowa, Jacob Kafulafula, Akuzike Banda, Halima Twaibi, Esloyn Musa, Atupele Kapito-Tembo, Tapiwa Ntwere, James Chirombo, Patrick Ken Kalonde, Maclear Masambuka, Lumbani Munthali, Melody Sakala, Abdoulaye Bangoura, Judy Gichuki, Michael G. Chipeta, Beatriz Galatas Adrade, Michael Kayange, Dianne J. Terlouw,
... districts in the highest-burden stratum (Nkhotakota, Salima, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Mwanza, Likoma, Lilongwe, Kasungu and Mangochi) ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2023 - Wellcome | Wellcome Open Research
Sylvester William Chisale, Patrick Mangani,
... audit was conducted for a commercial building in Mchinji, Malawi, in order to identify energy-saving opportunities. ...
Tópico(s): Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
2021 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Energy
Kim Kilov, Helena Hildenwall, Albert Dube, Beatiwel Zadutsa, Lumbani Banda, Josephine Langton, Nicola Desmond, Norman Lufesi, Charles Makwenda, Carina King,
... was conducted between January and April 2019 in Mchinji (central region) and Zomba (southern region) districts. Quantitative ...
Tópico(s): Child and Adolescent Health
2021 - BMJ | BMJ Paediatrics Open
Carina King, Albert Dube, Beatiwel Zadutsa, Lumbani Banda, Josephine Langton, Nicola Desmond, Norman Lufesi, Charles Makwenda, Helena Hildenwall,
... conducted in two districts in Malawi, Zomba and Mchinji, between January and May 2019. We included all ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Global Health Action
Tim Colbourn, Carina King, James Beard, Tambosi Phiri, Malizani Mdala, Beatiwel Zadutsa, Charles Makwenda, Anthony Costello, Norman Lufesi, Charles Mwansambo, Bejoy Nambiar, Shubhada Hooli, Neil French, Naor Bar‐Zeev, Shamim Qazi, Yasir Bin Nisar, Eric D. McCollum,
... old. All data were collected in Lilongwe and Mchinji districts, Malawi, from January 2012 to June 2014. ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2020 - Public Library of Science | PLoS Medicine
Carina King, Masford Banda, Naor Bar‐Zeev, James Beard, Neil French, Charles Makwenda, Eric D. McCollum, Malizani Mdala, Yasir Bin Nisar, Tambosi Phiri, Shamim Qazi, Tim Colbourn,
... months from 10/2011 to 06/2016 in Mchinji district, Malawi. Suspected pneumonia deaths were defined as: ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2020 - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Gates Open Research
Molly Scott, Bansi Malde, Carina King, Tambosi Phiri, Hilda Chapota, Esther Kainja, Florida Banda, Marcos Vera‐Hernández,
... a peer-led home-education intervention conducted in Mchinji District, Malawi. We used linear multivariate regression to ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2018 - BMJ | BMJ Open
Jennifer Hall, Geraldine Barrett, Andrew Copas, Tambosi Phiri, Address Malata, Judith Stephenson,
... pregnancy intention of 4,244 pregnant women in Mchinji District, Malawi, was measured using the validated Chichewa ...
Tópico(s): Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
2018 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
S. Anitha, E. S. Monyo, Takuji W. Tsusaka, Harry Msere, Frank Madinda, Tiyamika Chilunjika, Ethel Sichone, Dickson Mbughi, Benson Chilima, Limbikani Matumba,
... individuals living in three districts of Malawi (Kasungu, Mchinji, and Nkhotakota) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) levels in ...
Tópico(s): Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
2018 - Springer Science+Business Media | Mycotoxin Research
Collins Zamawe, Carina King, Hannah Jennings, Edward Fottrell,
... births that occurred between 2005 and 2010 in Mchinji district, Malawi. The data were collected as part ...
Tópico(s): Child Nutrition and Water Access
2018 - BioMed Central | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Dyson Mwandama, Chawanangwa Mwale, Andrew Bauleni, Themba B. Phiri, Joseph Chisaka, Humphreys Nsona, Don P. Mathanga,
BackgroundMalawi malaria treatment guidelines recommend a definitive diagnosis, using a malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT), for all patients with fever or history of fever. Improving the management and outcomes of febrile children with negative mRDT results should be a priority.MethodsThrough a prospective cohort study designed to investigate clinical outcomes of children treated at the community level, we followed, for 7 days, children aged 2 to 59 months, who had negative mRDT results and were ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2017 - University of Malawi College of Medicine | Malawi Medical Journal
D. van Vugt, A.C. Franke, K.E. Giller,
... plots under different varieties and inputs in Dowa, Mchinji and Salima districts of Malawi. Soybean yielded on ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2017 - Elsevier BV | Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
Ward Anseeuw, Thomas S. Jayne, R. Kachule, John Kotsopoulos,
... farmers undertaken in 2014 in the districts of Mchinji, Kasungu and Lilongwe. The area of land acquired ...
Tópico(s): Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
2016 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Land
Maryse Kok, Ireen Namakhoma, Lot Nyirenda, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Marjolein Dieleman, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Sally Theobald,
... with HSAs, different community members and managers in Mchinji and Salima districts. Data were recorded, transcribed, translated, ...
Tópico(s): Emergency and Acute Care Studies
2016 - BioMed Central | BMC Health Services Research
Fiammetta Bozzani, Matthias Arnold, Tim Colbourn, Norman Lufesi, Bejoy Nambiar, Gibson Masache, Jolene Skordis,
... paediatric ward staff using self-administered timesheets at Mchinji District Hospital between June and August 2012. All ...
Tópico(s): Emergency and Acute Care Studies
2016 - BioMed Central | BMC Health Services Research
Kingsley Chikaphupha, Maryse Kok, Lot Nyirenda, Ireen Namakhoma, Sally Theobald,
... participants was conducted in two districts: Salima and Mchinji. Participants included HSAs, health managers, and various community ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction
2016 - University of Malawi College of Medicine | Malawi Medical Journal
Collins Zamawe, Chrispin Mandiwa,
... through a community-based cross-sectional study in Mchinji, Malawi. The study involved 3,435 women of ...
Tópico(s): Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
2016 - Taylor & Francis | Global Health Action
Carina King, Collins Zamawe, Masford Banda, Naor Bar‐Zeev, James Beard, Jon Bird, Anthony Costello, Peter N. Kazembe, David Osrin, Edward Fottrell,
... collection, as part of a larger study in Mchinji district, Malawi, we conducted partner interviews whereby two ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 epidemiological studies
2016 - BioMed Central | BMC Medical Research Methodology
Themba B. Phiri, Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, Andrew Bauleni, Tiyese Chimuna, David Melody, Humphreys Kalengamaliro, John Sande, Humphreys Nsona, Don P. Mathanga,
The World Health Organization recommends that persons of all ages suspected of malaria should receive a parasitological confirmation of malaria by use of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) at community level, and that rectal artesunate should be used as a pre-referral treatment for severe malaria to rapidly reduce parasitaemia. This paper reports on findings from a pilot study that assessed the feasibility, acceptability and effects of integrating RDTs and pre-referral rectal artesunate into the ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2016 - BioMed Central | Malaria Journal