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Malawi National Cancer Centre (MNCC), also Malawi National Cancer Treatment Centre (MNCTC), is a public, specialized, tertiary care medical facility owned by the Malawi Ministry of Health. Since 2020, the facility's administrative department is temporarily housed within Kamuzu Central Hospital , in Nangwagwa (Area 33), in Lilongwe , the capital ...
The Malawi Medical Journal is a quarterly general medical journal and is open-access and peer-reviewed. It is published by the University of Malawi College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi. It was established in 1979 as the Medical Quarterly, obtaining its current name when it was relaunched in 1991. [1]
Malawi has made progress in malaria control in recent years; between 2006 and 2015, the mortality rate for children under five years of age declined from 122 deaths per 1,000 live births to an estimated 64 deaths per 1,000 live births. [16] Despite this progress, malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Malawi. [16]
The institution was established in the early 2013 with support from the Ministry of Health for research, prevention and controlling of diseases on national level as well as obtaining evidence that implements policy and practice in public health service delivery. [12]
Malawi's increased government expenditure on healthcare has coincided with a decrease in the country's dependence on external healthcare resources, such as international and non-governmental aid. In 2009 external resources were responsible for 97.4% of total health expenditures, in 2011 they were responsible for 52.4%. [ 8 ]
The standard treatment, also known as the standard of care, is the medical treatment that is normally provided to people with a given condition. In many scientific studies, the control group receives the standard treatment rather than a placebo while a treatment group receives the experimental treatment. [ 1 ]
Plates vi & vii of the Edwin Smith Papyrus (around the 17th century BC), among the earliest medical guidelines. A medical guideline (also called a clinical guideline, standard treatment guideline, or clinical practice guideline) is a document with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria regarding diagnosis, management, and treatment in specific areas of healthcare.