Malawi Medical Journal

Opinions on abortion as a viable way of improving reproductive health

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Is the liberating of abortion laws a way out to reduce maternal deaths? by Thengo Kavinya The definition of abortion is the “termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus… Read more

“I have worked in a field that was NOT adequately known, appreciated and resourced……”Sylivia Kambarametore talks to Thengo Kavinya on her career in Physiotherapy

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Brief me on your career background. I am one of the longest serving physiotherapists in the country and have seen the profession slowly evolve from not… Read more

Case Report: A difficult diagnosis to swallow

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Nilani Uthayakumar1 & Jane Bates2, 1.ucl hospital, HIV 2. Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Palliative Care A 23 year old woman was referred to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) from Thyolo District Hospital… Read more

Case Report: HIV test misdiagnosis

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Nyirenda Mulinda1, KumwendaJohnstone J2, Kumwenda Newton3 1 Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Blantyre, Malawi 2 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre,… Read more

Cytosine Arabinoside reduces the numbers of granulocyte macrophage colony forming cells (GM-CFC) and high proliferative potential colony forming cells (HPP-CFC) in vivo in mice

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Stanley Teleka, Alexander Chijuwa, Edward Senga and John E. Chisi Correspondence: John E. Chisi: E-mail: jchisi@medcol.mw Abstract Background: Cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) is an S-phase specific cytotoxic drug used in the treatment of… Read more