Background Antenatal care (ANC) is a key strategy to improve maternal and infant health.
However, survey data from sub-Saharan Africa indicate that women often only initiate ANC …

Background For years, Malawi remained at the bottom of league tables on maternal, neonatal
and child health. Although maternal mortality ratios have reduced and significant progress …

Controlled human infection model (CHIM) studies have pivotal importance in vaccine
development, being useful for proof of concept, pathogenesis, down-selection and immunogenicity …

Background Current standard interventions are not universally sufficient for malaria elimination.
The effects of community-based house improvement (HI) and larval source management …

Traditional leaders play a prominent role at the community level in Malawi, yet limited research
has been undertaken on their role in relation to policy implementation. This article seeks …

Objective: To evaluate the assumption that moving heightens HIV infection by examining the
time-order between migration and HIV infection and investigate differences in HIV infection …

Malawi now has its first paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). This is the first dedicated unit
in the country for the care of critically ill children and children who have undergone major …

Background The World Health Organization in 2002 recommended a focused antenatal
care model of four visits for women in low‐income countries. Despite the high percentage of …

A multidisciplinary approach is required to understand, address, and recover from pandemics,
and social scientific disciplines are central to this. Specialists in anthropology, human …

Background In post-stroke patients, impairment of quality of life (QOL) has been associated
with functional impairment, age, anxiety, depression, and fatigue. Good social support, …