A game theory model to explore the role of cooperation and diversity in community food security: the case of Southern Malawi
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01642-5
Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals aim at ending food insecurity by 2030. Therefore, civil society needs to understand the inherent complexities of both socio-economic and ecological dynamics and their interdependencies. In particular, the behavioural dynamics that… read more here.
Keywords: community; food security; community food; southern malawi ... See more keywords
How Do Variably Striking Faults Reactivate During Rifting? Insights From Southern Malawi
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gc008219
Abstract: Crustal extension is commonly thought to be accommodated by faults that strike orthogonal and obliquely to the regional trend of the minimum compressive stress (σ3). Activation of oblique faults can, however, be conceptually problematic as… read more here.
Keywords: faults reactivate; variably striking; stress; southern malawi ... See more keywords
Health worker adherence to malaria treatment guidelines at outpatient health facilities in southern Malawi following implementation of universal access to diagnostic testing
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DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1693-3
Abstract: BackgroundAppropriate diagnosis and treatment are essential for reducing malaria mortality. A cross-sectional outpatient health facility (HF) survey was conducted in southern Malawi from January to March 2015 to determine appropriate malaria testing and treatment practices… read more here.
Keywords: malaria; treatment; malaria treatment; southern malawi ... See more keywords
Simulation models predict that school-age children are responsible for most human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission in southern Malawi
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DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2295-4
Abstract: BackgroundMalaria persists in some high-transmission areas despite extensive control efforts. Progress toward elimination may require effective targeting of specific human populations that act as key transmission reservoirs.MethodsParameterized using molecular-based Plasmodium falciparum infection data from cross-sectional… read more here.
Keywords: human mosquito; transmission; age; plasmodium falciparum ... See more keywords
“Our [Yao people’s] circumcision is of the ‘brain’ not of the ‘penis’”: factors behind the resistance to voluntary medical male circumcision among Yao people of Mangochi in Southern Malawi
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DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v34i4.9
Abstract: AimMalawi officially launched Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC) in 2012 after the 2007 joint WHO /UNAIDSrecommendation that VMMC be a key HIV prevention strategy for Sub-Sahara African region. Malawi data, however, contradicted thefindings of three… read more here.
Keywords: yao people; male circumcision; vmmc; southern malawi ... See more keywords