Teachers abroad: collaboration between the Peace Corps, Seed Global Health, and African medical and nursing schools in faculty scale-up by Prof. Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, Dick Day, Jennifer Goldsmith, MPH, Patricia Daoust, Sadath Sayeed, MD, Vanessa B Kerry, MD

“…In 2013, GHSP placed 30 physicians and nurses on faculties at medical and nursing schools in Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi to support educational capacity development aimed at long-term health system strengthening. …”
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Reconstructing the geological provenance and long-distance movement of rectangular, fishtail, and croisette copper ingots in Iron Age Zambia and Zimbabwe. by Jay Stephens, David Killick, Shadreck Chirikure

“…Rectangular, fishtail, and croisette ingots dating between the 5th and 20th centuries CE have been found in many locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, and Zimbabwe, with isolated finds in Malawi and Mozambique. Molds for casting these ingots have been found mostly in the Central African Copperbelt, but also around the Magondi Belt copper deposits in northern Zimbabwe. …”
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The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review by Sylivia Nalubega, Lawrence Obado Osuwat, Poku Brenda Agyeiwaa, Catrin Evans, John Bosco Matovu, Junior

“…A few select countries (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Kenya) comprised more than 70% of all clinical trials that were informed by a pilot/feasibility study, conducted in sub Saharan Africa. …”
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Connectivity of Semiring Valued Graphs by Shyam Sundar Santra, Prabhakaran Victor, Mahadevan Chandramouleeswaran, Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi, Khaled Mohamed Khedher, Vediyappan Govindan

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Systematic review and individual-patient-data meta-analysis of non-invasive fibrosis markers for chronic hepatitis B in Africa by Asgeir Johannessen, Alexander J. Stockdale, Marc Y. R. Henrion, Edith Okeke, Moussa Seydi, Gilles Wandeler, Mark Sonderup, C. Wendy Spearman, Michael Vinikoor, Edford Sinkala, Hailemichael Desalegn, Fatou Fall, Nicholas Riches, Pantong Davwar, Mary Duguru, Tongai Maponga, Jantjie Taljaard, Philippa C. Matthews, Monique Andersson, Souleyman Mboup, Roger Sombie, Yusuke Shimakawa, Maud Lemoine

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How prevalent is COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in low-income and middle-income countries and what are the key drivers of hesitancy? Results from 53 countries by Julia Dayton Eberwein, Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie, David Newhouse, Alexandru Cojocaru, Gildas Deudibe Bopahbe, Jakub Jan Kakietek, Yeon Soo Kim, Jose Montes

“…Between late 2020 and the first half of 2021, there tended to be little change in hesitancy rates in 11 of the 14 countries with available data, while hesitancy increased in Iraq, Malawi and Uzbekistan. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was higher among female, younger adults and less educated respondents, after controlling for selected observable characteristics.Conclusions Country estimates of vaccine hesitancy from the high-frequency phone surveys are correlated with but lower than those from earlier studies, which often relied on less representative survey samples. …”
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Beta-Carotene Retention and Consumer Acceptability of Selected Products Made from Two Provitamin-A Maize Varieties by Victor Munkhuwa, Kingsley Masamba, William Kasapila

“…A study was carried out to determine beta-carotene retention and acceptability of selected products made from two provitamin-A maize varieties grown in Malawi, namely, MH43A and MH44A. Beta-carotene retention in the provitamin-A maize products was determined by using a “completely randomised block design” (CRBD) whereby the maize varieties (replicates) were treated as fixed blocks, and similar treatments (analytical tests) were applied in each block. …”
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Initial Accuracy of HIV Rapid Test Kits Stored in Suboptimal Conditions and Validity of Delayed Reading of Oral Fluid Tests. by Augustine T Choko, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Peter MacPherson, Derek Cocker, McEwen Khundi, Deus Thindwa, Rodrick S Sambakunsi, Moses K Kumwenda, Kondwani Chiumya, Owen Malema, Simon D Makombe, Emily L Webb, Elizabeth L Corbett

“…To evaluate the effect of storing commonly used rapid diagnostic tests above manufacturer-recommended temperature (at 37°C), and the accuracy of delayed reading of oral fluid kits with relevance to HIV self-testing programmes.A quality assurance study of OraQuick (OraSure), Determine HIV 1/2™ (Alere) and Uni-Gold™ (Recombigen®).Consecutive adults (≥18y) attending Ndirande Health Centre in urban Blantyre, Malawi in January to April 2012 underwent HIV testing with two of each of the three rapid diagnostic test kits stored for 28 days at either 18°C (optimally-stored) or at 37°C (pre-incubated). …”
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Multilevel multivariate modeling on the association between undernutrition indices of under-five children in East Africa countries: evidence from recent demographic health survey (... by Abebew Aklog Asmare, Yitateku Adugna Agmas

“…Method The study was carried out in 10 countries in East Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, Comoros, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi. A weighted total sample of 53,322 children under the age of five was included. …”
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Mobility and HIV care engagement: a research agenda by Marguerite Thorp, James Ayieko, Risa M. Hoffman, Kelvin Balakasi, Carol S. Camlin, Kathryn Dovel

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Reconstructing the geological provenance and long-distance movement of rectangular, fishtail, and croisette copper ingots in Iron Age Zambia and Zimbabwe by Jay Stephens, David Killick, Shadreck Chirikure

“…Rectangular, fishtail, and croisette ingots dating between the 5th and 20th centuries CE have been found in many locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, and Zimbabwe, with isolated finds in Malawi and Mozambique. Molds for casting these ingots have been found mostly in the Central African Copperbelt, but also around the Magondi Belt copper deposits in northern Zimbabwe. …”
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Follow-up of post-discharge growth and mortality after treatment for severe acute malnutrition (FuSAM study): a prospective cohort study. by Marko Kerac, James Bunn, George Chagaluka, Paluku Bahwere, Andrew Tomkins, Steve Collins, Andrew Seal

“…Effective treatment programmes are available but little is known about longer term outcomes following programme discharge.From July 2006 to March 2007, 1024 children (median age 21.5 months, IQR 15-32) contributed 1187 admission episodes to an inpatient-based SAM treatment centre in Blantyre, Malawi. Long term outcomes, were determined in a longitudinal cohort study, a year or more after initial programme discharge. …”
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Roll-your-own smoking and quitting behaviour among South African adults during 2007 - 2016 by Takondwa Moyo, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf Ayo-Yusuf

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Global implementation research capacity building to address cardiovascular disease: An assessment of efforts in eight countries. by Mary Beth Weber, Ana A Baumann, Ashlin Rakhra, Constantine Akwanalo, Kezia Gladys Amaning Adjei, Josephine Andesia, Kingsley Apusiga, Duc A Ha, Mina C Hosseinipour, Adamson S Muula, Hoa L Nguyen, LeShawndra N Price, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Meredith P Fort

“…GRIT includes projects in Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, and Vietnam. We collected data from each site on capacity building activities using the Potter and Brough (2004) model, mapping formal and informal activities to develop (a) structures, systems and roles, (b) staff and infrastructure, (c) skills, and (d) tools. …”
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Correlates of uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and motivation to vaccinate among Malawian adults by Hannah S. Whitehead, John Songo, Khumbo Phiri, Pericles Kalande, Eric Lungu, Sam Phiri, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Risa M. Hoffman, Corrina Moucheraud

“…We surveyed adults at 32 healthcare facilities across Malawi, purposively sampled to ensure balanced representation of adults with and without HIV. …”
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Scope of optometry practice in Trinidad and Tobago: A cross‐sectional study by Ngozika E. Ezinne, Michael A. Kwarteng, Selassie Tagoh, Kingsley K. Ekemiri, Grace Ogbonna

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Measuring Global Inequity in Radiation Therapy: Resource Deficits in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Without Radiation Therapy Facilities by Sebastian M. Christ, MD, PhD, Jonas Willmann, MD

“…The largest countries without RT facilities were Afghanistan and Malawi, with a population of 38.0 million and 18.6 million inhabitants, respectively. …”
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Physicochemical, amino acid profile and sensory qualities of biscuit produced from a blend of wheat and velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) flour by Clement Chinedum Ezegbe, Justina Uzoamaka Onyeka, Smith G. Nkhata

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Metrics for maternity unit staffing in low resource settings: Scoping review and proposed core indicator by William Stones, Anjali Nair

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Speed Management Strategy: Designing an IoT-Based Electric Vehicle Speed Control Monitoring System by Gatera Antoine, Chomora Mikeka, Gaurav Bajpai, Kayalvizhi Jayavel

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