Age-disparate and intergenerational sex partnerships and HIV: the role of gender norms among adolescent girls and young women in Malawi by Domonique M. Reed, Elizabeth Radin, Evelyn Kim, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo, Danielle Payne, Myrline Gillot, Andreas Jahn, George Bello, Thokozani Kalua, Jessica E. Justman

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Simulation models predict that school-age children are responsible for most human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission in southern Malawi by Jenna E. Coalson, Lauren M. Cohee, Andrea G. Buchwald, Andrew Nyambalo, John Kubale, Karl B. Seydel, Don Mathanga, Terrie E. Taylor, Miriam K. Laufer, Mark L. Wilson

“…Conclusions These results suggest that U5 children play a small role compared to SAC in maintaining P. falciparum transmission in southern Malawi. Models that assume biting homogeneity overestimate the importance of U5s. …”
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Treatment initiation, program attrition and patient treatment outcomes associated with scale-up and decentralization of HIV care in rural Malawi. by Megan McGuire, Loretxu Pinoges, Rupa Kanapathipillai, Tamika Munyenyembe, Martha Huckabee, Simon Makombe, Elisabeth Szumilin, Annette Heinzelmann, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez

“…OBJECTIVE: To describe patient antiretroviral therapy (cART) outcomes associated with intensive decentralization of services in a rural HIV program in Malawi. METHODS: Longitudinal analysis of data from HIV-infected patients starting cART between August 2001 and December 2008 and of a cross-sectional immunovirological assessment conducted 12 (±2) months after therapy start. …”
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Using Network and Complexity Theories to Understand the Functionality of Referral Systems for Surgical Patients in Resource-Limited Settings, the Case of Malawi by Chiara Pittalis, Ruairí Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers, Frances Cunningham, Gerald Mwapasa, Morgane Clarke, Henk Broekhuizen, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Eric Borgstein, Jakub Gajewski

“…This research aimed to investigate the functionality of the referral system for surgical patients in Malawi, a low-income country.Methods  This study, conducted in 2017-2019, integrated principles from two theories. …”
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Seasonally Variant Stable Isotope Baseline Characterisation of Malawi’s Shire River Basin to Support Integrated Water Resources Management by Limbikani C. Banda, Michael O. Rivett, Robert M. Kalin, Anold S. K. Zavison, Peaches Phiri, Geoffrey Chavula, Charles Kapachika, Sydney Kamtukule, Christina Fraser, Muthi Nhlema

“…The SRB drains much of Southern Malawi and receives the sole outflow of Lake Malawi whose catchment extends over much of Central and Northern Malawi (and Tanzania and Mozambique). …”
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Addressing the challenges of establishing quality wastewater or non-sewered sanitation-based surveillance, including laboratory and epidemiological considerations, in Malawi by Rochelle H Holm, Ruth Nyirenda, Ted Smith, Petros Chigwechokha

“…This report aims to describe the challenges encountered when setting up a wastewater or environmental laboratory for multipathogen surveillance in Malawi, a resource-limited setting, as well as the lessons learnt. …”
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Carriage Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacterales in Outpatients Attending Community Health Centers in Blantyre, Malawi by Onduru Gervas Onduru, Rajhab Sawasawa Mkakosya, Susan Fred Rumisha, Said Aboud

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Effectiveness of the Asset Price Channel as a Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Malawi: Evidence from Time Series Data by Betchani H. M. Tchereni, Ahmad Makawa, Fredrick Banda

“… This paper first, investigates the responsiveness of stock prices to changes in interest rates in Malawi, a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Addressing Challenges in Delivering Sustainable Rural Water Provision Using Solar Water Pumping in Malawi: A Stakeholder Analysis by Esther Phiri, Paul N. Rowley, Richard E. Blanchard

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First Molecular Identification of <i>Bulinus africanus</i> in Lake Malawi Implicated in Transmitting <i>Schistosoma</i> Parasites by Mohammad H. Alharbi, Cynthia Iravoga, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Lucas Cunningham, E. James LaCourse, Peter Makaula, J. Russell Stothard

“…DNA <i>cox</i>1 sequence analysis, with phylogenetic tree construction, suggested the presence of at least three <i>B. africanus</i> group taxa in Lake Malawi, <i>B. globosus,</i> alongside first reports of <i>B. africanus</i> and <i>B. angolensis,</i> which can be differentiated by PCR-RFLP methods. …”
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“Why take the patient back home?”: Exploring the lived experiences of caregivers of COVID-19-infected individuals in Blantyre, Malawi by Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Deborah Nyirenda, Leticia Suwedi-Kapesa, Marumbo Chirwa, Victor Mwapasa

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Correction: Circulating Soluble Endoglin Levels in Pregnant Women in Cameroon and Malawi—Associations with Placental Malaria and Fetal Growth Restriction. by Karlee L. Silver, Andrea L. Conroy, Rose G. F. Leke, Robert J. I. Leke, Philomina Gwanmesia, Malcolm E. Molyneux, Diane Wallace Taylor, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kevin C. Kain

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Development of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi: A Long Lived Paleo‐Surface or a Contemporary Feature of the East African Rift? by M. F. McMillan, S. C. Boone, B. P. Kohn, A. J. Gleadow, P. R. Chindandali

“…Abstract Northern Malawi's Nyika Plateau is a 3,700 km2 large, highly elevated (∼2,500 m) plateau located at the western margin of the Miocene‐Recent Malawi rift and the confluence of multiple Proterozoic orogenic belts. …”
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Provider-led community antiretroviral therapy distribution in Malawi: Retrospective cohort study of retention, viral load suppression and costs by John Songo, Hannah S. Whitehead, Brooke E. Nichols, Amos Makwaya, Joseph Njala, Sam Phiri, Risa M. Hoffman, Kathryn Dovel, Khumbo Phiri, Joep J. van Oosterhout

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How Did Covid-19 Affect the Structural Relationship between Exchange Rates and Money Supply? Evidence from Malawi by Fredrick M. Banda, Abdi Khalil Edriss

“…Additionally, the results from the Error Correction Model have indicated that the appreciation of the Malawi Kwacha, positively, affected the money supply in Malawi. …”
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Development of a Blended Learning Approach to Delivering HIV-Assisted Contact Tracing in Malawi: Applied Theory and Formative Research by Nora Ellen Rosenberg, Tapiwa A Tembo, Katherine R Simon, Katie Mollan, Sarah E Rutstein, Victor Mwapasa, Steven Masiano, Hanna E Huffstetler, Vivian Go, Maria H Kim

“…Although many countries, including Malawi, began implementing ACT, testing outcomes in routine settings have been worse than those in trial settings. …”
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Co-management brings hope for effective biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development in Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve in Malawi by Leonard Manda, Leonard Manda, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Andrew Kataya, Sèdjro A. T. Affossogbe, Dalo Njera, William O. Mgoola, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Brice Sinsin

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Community-level prevalence of epilepsy and of neurocysticercosis among people with epilepsy in the Balaka district of Malawi: A cross-sectional study by Luise Keller, Dominik Stelzle, Veronika Schmidt, Hélène Carabin, Ann-Kristin Reinhold, Claudius Keller, Tamara M. Welte, Vivien Richter, Action Amos, Lindsay Boeckman, Wendy Harrison, Andrea S. Winkler

“…The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of epileptic seizures and epilepsy in the sampled population, and the proportion of NCC among people with epilepsy (PWE) in a large cross-sectional study in a rural district of southern Malawi. <h4>Methods</h4> We conducted a community-based door-to-door screening study for epileptic seizures in Balaka, Malawi between October and December 2012. …”
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Can Malawi's poor afford free tuberculosis services? Patient and household costs associated with a tuberculosis diagnosis in Lilongwe by Julia R Kemp, Gillian Mann, Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Felix ML Salaniponi, Stephen Bertel Squire

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative costs of accessing a TB diagnosis for the poor and for women in urban Lilongwe, Malawi, a setting where public health services are accessible within 6 kilometres and provided free of charge. …”
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Gendered vulnerability and inequality: understanding drivers of climate-smart agriculture dis- and nonadoption among smallholder farmers in Malawi and Zambia by Sizwile Khoza, Dewald van Niekerk, Livhuwani D Nemakonde

“…We used an exploratory-sequential mixed methods design at the local level in Chikwawa, Malawi, and Gwembe, Zambia, to understand gender-differentiated drivers of CSA disadoption and nonadoption. …”
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