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Gadama, Richard Gracious, and Johannes Wynand Hofmeyr. "THE EARLY FORMATION OF CHARISMATIC CHURCHES IN MALAWI AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE MAKING OF MALAWIAN SOCIETY." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 42, no. 2 (November 30, 2016): 117–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1232.

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In this article, we look at the history of charismatic churches in Malawi with a particular focus on some of the early charismatic churches. We first define what charismatic churches are. Secondly, we explore and explain the tremendous charismatic revival, tracing it from the time of its penetration in Malawi, its spread and also its survival on Malawian soil. The article also briefly focuses on the decisive role of women in the establishment of some of the early charismatic churches in Malawi. These include the Living Waters Church, Calvary Family Church, Glad Tidings Church and the Agape Church, among others, before some conclusions for the making of Malawian society are drawn.

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Mkandawire-Valhmu, Lucy, Wendy S. Bauer, Patricia E. Stevens, Loren W. Galvao, Katarina M. Grande, April Yerges, Lindsay Emer, Thokozani Mwenyekonde, and Lance Weinhardt. "Rural Malawian Women’s Resistance to Systematic Oppression, Violence, and Abuse by Their Husbands." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no. 1-2 (December 1, 2016): 268–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516682518.

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In Malawi, 41% of women aged 15 to 49 report ever experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Although there is evidence of the pervasiveness of IPV in Malawian society, the context in which it occurs and how women respond is not well described. The purpose of this study was to describe experiences of IPV of rural Malawian women. In-depth interviews were conducted with 55 rural Malawian women aged 21 to 75 years ( M = 39) as part of a larger, mixed-methods study. This qualitative thematic analysis highlights husbands’ IPV against wives and women’s actions to protect themselves and their children, and to thrive despite the violence. Our use of a postcolonial feminist perspective led us to acknowledge Malawian women’s acts of resistance in the midst of the harsh realities of IPV and gender inequality. We contend women’s resilience and resistance against oppression within intimate relationships are critical tools in the process of reducing IPV. Structural interventions that (a) address the multiple distal and proximal factors affecting IPV, (b) are tailored to and owned by local populations, and (c) involve both men and women as architects and active participants, we believe, hold the greatest promise for reducing IPV in Malawi.

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Mthatiwa, Syned. "Allusiveness, Language and Imagery in Francis Moto's Gazing at The Setting Sun." Journal of Law and Social Sciences 3, no. 1 (September 30, 2020): 52–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.53974/unza.jlss.3.1.451.

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Francis Moto is a Malawian writer who has published poetry both in vernacular (Chichewa) and in English. His poetry in English appears in a collection titled Gazing at the Setting Sun published in 1994, the year Malawians voted Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) out of power. Besides recording the suffering of Malawians during the autocratic leadership of the first post-independence president, Dr Banda, and remembering the author's childhood experiences, the poetry also celebrates Malawi's political transformation from one party rule to multiparty democracy in the early 1990s. In the poems, Moto also looks to the future with a sense of hope for a better society where human rights and the rule of law will be respected. This article analyses Moto's poems with the aim of celebrating his successes as a poet. This is done by focusing on his more successful poems in terms of style. It is argued in this article that the success of some of Moto's poems in Gazing at the Setting Sun depends on his allusions to and evocations of dictatorship and political change in Malawi. These evocations and allusions depend on his imagery and choice of words and expressions. In the analysis of the poems, close reading with a particular focus on style is done. The discussion is in two parts. The first part discusses Moto's poems that allude to the dictatorial reign of Dr Banda in Malawi and the second part provides a discussion of Moto's imagery in relation to his evocation of political change.

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Nkhata, Mwiza Jo. "Safeguarding the Integrity of Judicial Appointments in Malawi: A Proposed Reform Agenda." Journal of African Law 62, no. 3 (May 29, 2018): 377–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021855318000153.

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AbstractThis article focuses on the appointment of judges in Malawi. It explores the constitutional provisions governing judicial appointments and finds that the system established by Malawi's Constitution has manifest weaknesses. For example, the composition of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is narrow and not representative of Malawian society; there are also no procedures for the JSC to follow in its operations. The article argues that the system for appointing judges has a bearing on the eventual character and integrity of the judiciary itself, hence it is important to align it with the constitution's ideals. In conclusion, the article makes recommendations for improving the system, including by broadening the JSC's composition, adopting a law to stipulate clear and transparent procedures for the JSC and also curbing presidential powers in relation to judicial appointments.

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Anderson, Norma J. "Ephemeral Development Agendas and the Process of Priority Shifts in Malawi." Journal of Asian and African Studies 52, no. 7 (February 18, 2016): 915–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909616630567.

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Drawing on 70 interviews with civil society staff in Malawi, I argue that when development trends and issues in the country change, at donors’ wishes, organizations proactively strategize to vie for donor funds. Collected over three research trips, my data show that between 2008 and 2010 there was a widespread belief among civil society in Malawi that climate change was becoming the “it” issue, surpassing HIV/AIDS in predominance. Alongside this belief, there was a dynamic, if invisible, process of organizational repositioning. Comparing the earlier interviews with those conducted in 2014, I contend that the issues of focus, while interesting, are less telling than the ways Malawian organizations endeavor to adapt and respond to them. This paper adds a critical dimension to development literature, investigating a process that occurs when development agendas change.

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Emmanuel, Nikolas G. "Democratization in Malawi: Responding to International and Domestic Pressures." African and Asian Studies 12, no. 4 (2013): 415–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341275.

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Abstract Donors hope that their foreign aid can be influential, far beyond the development projects that they fund. Frequently, aid providers attach political conditions to their monies in the hope that these demands can serve as catalysts to improve the governance in the recipient. This is called a political conditionality approach. Few countries have felt the weight of conditionality as much as Malawi did in the 1990s. Here, donors were able to use aid sanctions to successfully encourage democratization, while strengthening the demands of domestic opposition forces. This paper argues that three factors were critical in this process: 1) aid dependency, 2) donor coordination, and 3) a strong and persistent domestic opposition. With their combined weight, foreign donors and Malawian civil society were able to change the tide in this once highly authoritarian country.

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Sharra, Albert. "Eyes of the Society: How Malawian Journalists Utilise Question Time During Political Press Briefings." African Journalism Studies 41, no. 3 (July 2, 2020): 49–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2020.1834425.

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Dzimbiri, George Lewis, and Alex Molefi Molefakgotla. "Talent management practices: perception of registered nurses in Malawian public hospitals." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 12, no. 3 (July 8, 2021): 423–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-11-2020-0570.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate nurses’ perception towards the current application of talent management practices in Malawian public hospitals. It further explores whether significant differences exist between the registered nurses’ perceptions of the current application of talent management practices based on their demographic factors.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a quantitative research approach, using a cross-sectional survey strategy. An adapted version of Human Capital Index (HCI) questionnaire with 45-items was administered amongst 947 registered nurses in four public hospitals. Eventually, 580 responses, representing 61.2 per cent were found to be acceptable for analysis. Stata version-16 software programme was used to analyse the data.FindingsFindings of the study demonstrated that talent management practices are currently poorly applied amongst the nurses. Substantial gaps existed between the current applications versus the importance of talent management practices. Significant differences exist between the nurses perceptions of talent management practices based on their marital status.Research limitations/implicationsThe study only focused on a single perspective (registered nurses) and a single area (Malawian public hospitals) – an issue that disregarded different views (e.g. doctors, hospital administrators, hospital directors and other hospital staff). Furthermore, the results of this study cannot be generalised to other public and private hospitals settings because the data were collected from central hospitals only.Practical implicationsPractically, this study highlights the problematic areas of talent management practices hence the need for effective talent management for nurses.Social implicationsThe study has huge social implications in that the results will inform best practices for public hospitals thereby improving welfare of the patients and society at large.Originality/valueThe study contributes to new knowledge on nurses’ perception towards the application of talent management practices within the Malawian health sector and presents a valid and reliable measure to assess their perception.

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Namangale, J. J., J. S. Simbeye, E. Selemani-Meke, and J. P. Chimombo. "Primary and secondary school teachers' HIV/AIDS information needs, sources and its diffusion into Malawian society." International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 48, no. 3 (January 2010): 94–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2010.10708189.

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Kaler, Amy, and John R. Parkins. "Food, Donors, and Dependency Syndrome(s) in South Sudan." Sociology of Development 1, no. 3 (2015): 400–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sod.2015.1.3.400.

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This article investigates the deployment of dependency as a keyword in discussions of food security in South Sudan, on the basis of interviews and observations carried out in December 2012. Our initial intent was to estimate challenges to rural food security as the country emerged from decades of violent conflict. However, the notion of a “culture of dependency” arose persistently from our data, alongside more conventional information about food. We contextualize this discursive deployment of dependency within ongoing scholarly debates about the existence of “dependency syndromes” in humanitarian relief operations in central Africa and within academic discussions of the power of buzzwords and keywords in development discourse, with particular reference to Swidler and Watkins's 2009 article “‘Teach a Man to Fish’: The Doctrine of Sustainability and Its Effects on Three Strata of Malawian Society.” We argue that dependency in the South Sudanese context incorporates four facets: the near-total economic dependency of South Sudan on oil revenues; the social-structural dependency of rural communities on international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) for basic foodstuffs; a so-called “culture of dependency” that our informants claimed had taken root in rural areas, so that local people had lost old habits of autonomy and self-reliance; and the reliance of INGOs on the populations they serve. We do not empirically validate these “dependencies” but treat them as discursive constructs with potentially major implications for rural development.

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VonDoepp, Peter. "Resisting Democratic Backsliding: Malawi’s Experience in Comparative Perspective." African Studies Review 63, no. 4 (December 23, 2019): 858–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2019.62.

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AbstractWhy does collective resistance to democratic backsliding emerge in some contexts and not others? The experience of Malawi in 2011–2012 offers an opportunity to explore this question. In the face of attacks on democratic rights and institutions, large-scale popular and civil society mobilization challenged the government’s authoritarian tendencies. Drawing on collective action theories and comparing Malawi’s experience to that of Zambia, VonDoepp argues that Malawi’s resistance arose in an environment that was favorable to its emergence. Economic conditions had generated grievances against government, polarization remained modest, and civil society organizations benefitted from credibility and the presence of allies that facilitated activism.

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MTAWALI, Grace. "A perspective on utilizing legal frameworks to obligate service providers to protect human rights in Malawi: A Case of the Mandatory Provision on Pro Bono Services under the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act, 2018." KAS African Law Study Library - Librairie Africaine d’Etudes Juridiques 7, no. 3 (2020): 483–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/2363-6262-2020-3-483.

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Malawi's Constitution of 1994 changed the law in a pro-human rights direction. It provides for safe guarding measures aimed at protecting human rights. Malawi also has progressive pro-human rights legislations which emulate provisions of international and regional human rights instruments. However, enforcement of legal frameworks remains a challenge, partly due to poverty hence a large percentage of the population is unable to meet legal costs; lack of legal literacy and distance hinders access justice. A culture of silence continues to perpetuate human rights violations, so too uncoordinated efforts by service providers in protecting human rights. The majority of legal practitioners practice commercial law hence over burdening the Legal Aid Bureau with under privileged clients, whose cases mostly border on human rights violations. This paper will look at the opportunities government has in utilizing the legal frameworks to obligate duty bearers to provide services that aim to promote human rights including access to justice for under privileged Malawians. Legal practitioners are now, under the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act of 2018, obligated to provide pro bono legal services in order to have their licenses renewed. This has seen a rise in the number of under privileged people, particularly women, able to access justice at various levels. This can also be attributed to human rights awareness done by the Human Rights Commission, human rights lawyers and civil society organizations. This paper will therefore examine the positive impact such an initiative has had in protecting human rights and upholding the rule of law in Malawi.

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Chunga, Joseph J., and Arne Tostensen. "Clergy in Politics: The Opportunistic Engagement of Faith-Based Organisations in Malawi’s Politics." Journal of Religion in Africa 49, no. 1 (December 22, 2020): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340156.

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Abstract Malawi is a profoundly religious society and faith-based organisations (FBO s) play a significant role in politics, addressing social concerns and governance. This article investigates their role in Malawi’s political realm when engaging with the state and argues that the FBO s are opportunistic in their engagement. They seize upon opportunities for exerting influence when political and social issues dictate that action be taken in accordance with religious tenets of social responsibility, in tandem with fluctuating levels of political tension. Typical high points of tension are elections, but other controversial issues may also feature prominently. FBO s consider suitable entry points and tools of advocacy at their disposal within existing opportunity structures. As organised religion, we find that faith communities have engaged and continue to engage with the political establishment through various means, predominantly by issuing pastoral letters and statements.

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Nowack, Daniel. "Process Tracing the Term Limit Struggle in Malawi: The Role of International Democracy Promotion in Muluzi’s Bid for a Third Term." Africa Spectrum 55, no. 3 (December 2020): 291–320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002039720962119.

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Attempts to circumvent presidential term limits in African countries show a puzzling variation of success or failure. This variation is due to both international and domestic factors. However, how these interact is not yet well understood. This article analyses how international donors and organisations intervened in the attempted term limit circumvention in Malawi from 1999 to 2003. It differentiates between different types of instruments used by donors in democracy promotion, and, by doing so, contributes to the question whether donors in term limit struggles can contribute to genuine democratic consolidation. It employs deductive process-tracing based on an analysis of primary media sources and interviews conducted during field research. The results show that erosion of party support as a proximate and a strong civil society response as a mediate factor were important in saving Malawi’s term limit. Aid conditionality and democracy promotion by donors and international organisations exerted influence on both factors.

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Kaunda, Jonathan Mayuyuka. "The state and society in Malawi." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 36, no. 1 (March 1998): 48–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14662049808447760.

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O’Shea, B. J., M. J. Wigginton, M. A. Bruggeman-Nannenga, N. G. Hodgetts, and R. D. Porley. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 13. New and other unpublished records." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 20, no. 1 (December 31, 2001): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.20.1.3.

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Further results are provided of the 1991 British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mt., Malawi including 168 taxa of bryophyte, comprising 72 taxa of liverwort (38 new to Malawi) and 96 taxa of mosses (45 new to Malawi).

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O'Shea, Brian J. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 2. Checklist of Malawi bryophytes." Journal of Bryology 17, no. 4 (January 1993): 645–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1993.17.4.645.

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Wigginton, M. J. "British Bryological Society expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 15. Lejeuneaceae, and the occurrence and frequency of foliicolous taxa." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 20, no. 1 (December 31, 2001): 83–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.20.1.15.

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Details of habitat and location are given for 64 taxa of Lejeuneaceae collected during the BBS expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi in 1991, of which 47 are new to Malawi. The occurrence and frequency of foliicolous taxa are documented.

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Kangaude, Godfrey D. "Adolescent sex and 'defilement' in Malawi law and society." African Human Rights Law Journal 17, no. 2 (2017): 527–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2017/v17n2a8.

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Chagtai, Nusrat. "Access to Justice and Human Rights in Malawi: The Role of the Malawi Law Society." Judicial Review 11, no. 3 (September 2006): 248–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10854681.2006.11426485.

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Woods, Tony. "Capitaos and Chiefs: Oral Tradition and Colonial Society in Malawi." International Journal of African Historical Studies 23, no. 2 (1990): 259. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/219337.

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Odland, Maria Lisa, Oda Vallner, Marlen Toch-Marquardt, and Elisabeth Darj. "Women Do Not Utilise Family Planning According to Their Needs in Southern Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Survey." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8 (April 13, 2021): 4072. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084072.

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Malawi is a low-income country with a high maternal mortality rate. This study aimed to investigate the use of contraception and factors associated with unmet need of family planning among fertile women in selected health facilities in southern Malawi. A cross-sectional study design was employed using a validated questionnaire to investigate the unmet need. A total of 419 pregnant women, who attended antenatal clinics at a central hospital and two district hospitals, voluntarily participated in the study. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify possible factors associated with unmet needs. Amongst the participants, 15.1% reported unmet need, 27.0% had never used a contraceptive method, and 27.2% had an unwanted pregnancy. Being married, 20–24 years of age, living in a rural area, and high parity were protective factors against having unmet need regarding family planning. Malawi, a country with a young population and a high fertility rate, has a high level of unmet family planning need. Barriers and facilitators need to be identified and addressed at different levels by the health care system, society, and the government of Malawi.

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Pócs, Tamás. "British bryological society expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 19. Metzgeriaceae and other unpublished records." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 29, no. 1 (August 6, 2008): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.29.1.1.

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Localities and habitats are provided of 6 Metzgeria species collected on Mulanje Mountain. Additional records of some other hepatic species are included; four of them, Riccardia amazonica, Riccardia longispica, Drepanolejeunea ternatensis and Drepanolejeunea vandenbeghenii, are new to Malawi.

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Forster, P. "Law and Society under a Democratic Dictatorship: Dr. Banda and Malawi." Journal of Asian and African Studies 36, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 275–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002190960103600302.

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Hodgetts, N. G. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 3. Erpodiaceae (Musci)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 1 (January 1996): 113–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1996.19.1.113.

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Enroth, J., and N. G. Hodgetts. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 5. Neckeraceae (Musci)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 1 (January 1996): 135–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1996.19.1.135.

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Kruijer, J. D. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 6. Hypopterygiaceae (Musci)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 3 (January 1997): 515–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1997.19.3.515.

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Porley, R. D. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 8. Lejeuneaceae:Colura(Hepaticae)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 4 (January 1997): 799–803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1997.19.4.799.

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Hodgetts, N. G., and T. Póes Eszterházy. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 10. Lepidoziaceae (Hepaticae)." Journal of Bryology 21, no. 4 (January 1999): 316–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1999.21.4.316.

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Batura, Rekha, and Tim Colbourn. "A stitch in time: narrative review of interventions to reduce preterm births in Malawi." International Health 12, no. 3 (December 23, 2019): 213–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz101.

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Abstract Background The rising rate of preterm births (PTBs) is a global concern, and Malawi has a high rate of PTBs (10.5%). The resulting neonatal and under-5 mortality, morbidity and lifelong disability represent a significant loss of human potential affecting individuals, families and society as a whole. This study aims to review the literature to determine the risk factors for PTB in Malawi and to identify effective interventions to prevent PTBs. Methods A literature search yielded 22 studies that were categorized according to risk factors implicated for PTBs and health interventions to reduce the risks. Results The study has shown that maternal pregnancy factors, infections, nutrition, anaemia and young maternal age are the main causes and risk factors of PTBs in Malawi. The literature revealed no evidence of community-based interventions for reducing the rates of PTBs in Malawi. Conclusions Any successful effort to reduce the rate of PTBs will require a multisector, multilevel strategy targeted at the community, homes and individuals as a package to improve the education, nutrition and reproductive health of girls and women as well as focus on improving the delivery of antenatal services in the community.

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Probst, Peter. "Mchape '95, or, the sudden fame of Billy Goodson Chisupe: healing, social memory and the enigma of the public sphere in post-Banda malawi." Africa 69, no. 1 (January 1999): 108–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161079.

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From February to June 1995 approximately 300,000 people attended an anti-AIDS healing cult in Malawi. The name given to the cult was mchape. The article investigates the so-called ‘mchape affair’ and compares it with the anti-witchcraft movements which swept Malawi during the 1930s under the very same name. Against the background of this linguistic identity, the article reflects on the politics of healing, social memory and the public sphere as the national space in which the affair assumed its distinctive shape. Focusing on the perception of AIDS as encoding decay, it is argued that the mchape affair can be understood as a negotiation of the limits of power and the meaning of suffering nourished by the moral imagination of post-Banda society.

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Wigginton, M. J., R. D. Porley, and N. G. Hodgetts. "British Bryological Society expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 18.Cololejeunea lichenyae, a new species of Lejeuneaceae (Jungermanniopsida) from Malawi." Journal of Bryology 29, no. 1 (March 2007): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174328207x160586.

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Chikasanda, Vanwyk Khobidi, Rabson Killion Mgawi, Doris Mtemang’ombe, and Yusuf Alide. "Introducing technology studies in Malawi’s model primary schools: towards building a technologically literate society." International Journal of Technology and Design Education 25, no. 4 (November 13, 2014): 453–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10798-014-9292-x.

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O'Shea, Brian J., and Benito C. Tan. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 17 Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida): Part 1." Journal of Bryology 28, no. 4 (December 2006): 360–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174328206x152315.

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Longton, R. E. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 1. Background, itinerary and procedures." Journal of Bryology 17, no. 4 (January 1993): 633–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1993.17.4.633.

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Hodgetts, N. G. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 7. Adelanthaceae, Porellaceae, Schistochilaceae (Hepaticae)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 3 (January 1997): 521–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1997.19.3.521.

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Vondoepp, P. "Malawi's Local Clergy as Civil Society Activists? The Limiting Impact of Creed, Context and Class." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 40, no. 2 (July 2002): 21–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713999588.

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VonDoepp, Peter. "Liberal visions and actual power in grassroots civil society: local churches and women's empowerment in rural Malawi." Journal of Modern African Studies 40, no. 2 (June 2002): 273–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x02003919.

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Research from a community study in rural Malawi speaks directly to contemporary debates about civil society. Investigating the role of local churches in empowering citizens, the study found that the local Catholic church was more effectively fostering a nascent sense of political efficacy among women than were local Presbyterian churches. Explaining this finding, the article presents two issues that expose problems in the liberal understanding of civil society, and underscore important themes raised in the critical discourse. First, the study reveals that organisations characterised by decentralised authority structures and internal democracy may fail to contribute to the empowerment of marginalised citizens. Such organisations are prone to reproduce and exacerbate local inequalities and conflicts within their structures. Second, corroborating critical views, the study highlights the importance of recognising how power relations affect the character and operation of civil society organisations. The adjusting of power relations within organisations may be a prerequisite to their serving an empowering role with marginalised citizens.

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Bai, Yan, Elena N. Naumova, and William A. Masters. "Seasonality of diet costs reveals food system performance in East Africa." Science Advances 6, no. 49 (December 2020): eabc2162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc2162.

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Seasonal fluctuations in food prices reflect interactions between climate and society, measuring the degree to which predictable patterns of crop growth and harvest are offset by storage and trade. Previous research on seasonality in food systems has focused on specific commodities. This study accounts for substitution between items to meet nutritional needs, computing seasonal variation in local food environments using monthly retail prices for 191 items across Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania from 2002 through 2016. We computed over 25,000 least-cost diets meeting nutrient requirements at each market every month and then measured the magnitude and timing of seasonality in diet costs. We found significant intensity in Malawi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia (10.0, 6.3, and 4.0%, respectively), driven primarily by synchronized price rises for nutrient-dense foods. Results provide a metric to map nutritional security, pointing to opportunities for more targeted investments to improve the year-round delivery of nutrients.

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Makoza, Frank. "An Exploratory Study on Policy Transfer for SIM Card Registration in Malawi." International Journal of Technology Diffusion 6, no. 1 (January 2015): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijtd.2015010102.

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Majority of African countries have adopted policies for mandatory Subscriber Identifiable Module (SIM) card registration to mitigate security threats to citizens and society. However, there are few countries that have not yet adopted the mandatory SIM card registration policies. This study investigated the means through which SIM card registration policy may be transferred in countries without the policy. The context of Malawi was analysed which represented an ideal case of an African country without mandatory SIM card registration policy. The findings showed that the mandatory SIM card registration policy may be transferred through: (a) voluntary transfer to address local challenges related to mobile technologies (b) coercive transfer in response to meet international agreements. However, lack of national identification documents for mobile phone users and delays in implementing legal framework affected the transfer of the mandatory SIM Card registration in Malawi. It will be necessary to consider of social, economic and political factors when adopting the mandatory SIM card registration policy.

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Paliani, Grace. "2. Communication and community services: Malawi Red Cross Society: Communication to promote community services." International Review of the Red Cross 30, no. 276 (June 1990): 216–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020860400075562.

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The topic “Communication to promote community services” sounds simple, but it is vital because it points to the contribution that any health-oriented institution should make towards the general success of its undertakings.On closer examination it will be seen that one basic communication task, which, however, involves a number of sub-tasks all geared towards achieving the same objectives, is the promotion of community services through publicity.

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Frahm, Jan-Peter, and Brian J. O'Shea. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi 4. Dicranaceae: Campylopodioideae(Atractylocarpus, Bryohumbertia, Campylopus, Microcampylopus)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 1 (January 1996): 119–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1996.19.1.119.

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O'Shea, B. J. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 9. Regmatodontaceae, Rhachitheciaceae, Rhacocarpaceae and Rhizogoniaceae (Bryopsida)." Journal of Bryology 19, no. 4 (January 1997): 805–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1997.19.4.805.

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Gabay, Clive. "Consenting to ‘Heaven’: The Millennium Development Goals, Neo-liberal Governance and Global Civil Society in Malawi." Globalizations 8, no. 4 (August 2011): 487–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2011.585852.

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Wigginton, M. J., and R. D. Porley. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 14. Allisoniaceae, Arnelliaceae, Aytoniaceae, Geocalycaceae, Gymnomitriaceae, Pallaviciniaceae (Hepaticae)." Journal of Bryology 23, no. 2 (April 2001): 133–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.2001.23.2.133.

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Wigginton, M. J., N. G. Hodgetts, and R. E. Longton. "British Bryological Society expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 16. New and other unpublished bryophyte records, 2." Journal of Bryology 42, no. 2 (April 2, 2020): 179–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2020.1753331.

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T Mukhuba, Theophilus. "An Analysis of Jack Mapanje’s Poetry with Particular Reference to his use of Obscuring Devices." International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 6, no. 7 (October 10, 2017): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.7p.30.

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Jack Mapanje’s poetry is a true reflection of his society through the use of obscuring devices. These obscuring devices are necessary to ensure that the literary work reaches its intended audience in a totalitarian society. Overall, Jack Mapanje’s poetry exploits creatures from the world of nature—mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects—for close association with life experiences in various contexts and situations and with people he viewed with contempt and disgust and those he regarded with tenderness and compassion. He utilises them to conceptualize and construct a wide range of ideas that respond to questions of justice, identity and belonging. It all thus becomes part of ecocriticism which is defined by various authors as ‘the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment’. This eco-critical reading, the use of animal imagery in his poetry makes it stand apart and ahead of other resistance poetry and makes new statements about the relationships between animals, poetry and political resistance in African literature. Mapanje’s poetry is a direct response and a stance of resistance to social injustice, especially the debasement of culture, abuse of power, despotism, oppression and exploitation of the masses by the hegemonic regime of Dr. Hastings in Malawi that leads to his incarceration and final forced flight from his motherland. This paper attempts to showcase the nature of poetic expressions produced in a repressive society.

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KALINGA, O. J. M. "THE PRODUCTION OF HISTORY IN MALAWI IN THE 1960s: THE LEGACY OF SIR HARRY JOHNSTON, THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF MALAWI AND THE ROLE OF DR KAMUZU BANDA AND HIS MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY." African Affairs 97, no. 389 (October 1, 1998): 523–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007969.

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O’Shea, B. J. "Erratum British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 13. New and other unpublished records." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 22, no. 1 (December 21, 2002): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/bde.22.1.12.

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In a paper in volume 20 (O’Shea et al. 2001), because of a problem with fonts, part of the account for 3 species of Fissidens contained text that was transliterated into letters of the Greek alphabet.

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O'shea, Brian J. "British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 11. Pterigynandraceae M.Fleisch. and Rigodiaceae H.A.Crum (Bryopsida) in Africa." Journal of Bryology 21, no. 4 (January 1999): 309–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jbr.1999.21.4.309.

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