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Engaging fathers and families in maternal and newborn healthcare saves lives. It takes a village to raise a child. Follow all the latest research here.

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Men need to be better informed about potential birth complications (Sub-Saharan Africa)

In Informing familiesTags informing families, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia21st February 2021

A review of 35 studies of engagement of men in maternal and newborn health in Sub-Saharan countries concludes that they need to be better informed, particularly about what to do …

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Fathers need to be better informed about HIV prevention methods during breastfeeding (sub-Saharan Africa)

In BreastfeedingTags breastfeeding, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, HIV, information3rd January 2021

Recent research from sub-Saharan Africa has hinted at the difficulties created in HIV prevalent regions by the practice of confinement, whereby fathers are separated from their babies and partners. The …

antenatal education Malawi

Researchers propose an antenatal education curriculum for couples (Malawi)

In Informing familiesTags informing families, gender, parental relationship, Malawi, information3rd February 2019

Researchers in Malawi have proposed a curriculum for antenatal education for expectant couples. It is the first time that the antenatal information needs of couples have been investigated in Malawi …

Promoting infant nutrition through peer communication among men (Malawi)

In Infant dietTags peer support, infant diet, attending facilities, gender, Malawi, work, information14th April 2018

A qualitative study of men’s involvement in maternal and newborn health in rural Malawi highlights the fact that fathers’ roles are changing in relation to infant nutrition, and their increasing …

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Using radio to promote male involvement in maternal health (Malawi)

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, Malawi, radio25th March 2017

Husbands who listened to a maternal health radio programme in Malawi were more likely to attend antenatal care with their wives, attend the birth and attend postnatal care. So found …

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Using radio to promote male participation in maternal health (Malawi)

In Attending facilitiesTags on-line information, informing families, Malawi7th March 2016

A study in the Mchinji District of Malawi explored the impact of radio broadcasts on the topic of male participation in maternal health. In the district there is a radio …

Malawi HIV

A specific invitation to men to attend HIV services increases their participation by 50% (Malawi)

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, Malawi10th October 2015

A randomized controlled trial in Blantyre, Malawi, found that a specific invitation to the men increased their attendance by 50%. The trial involved 460 families, split into two equally sized …

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Malawi: should family inclusiveness be part of measured service quality?

In Excluding families - examples, Organising family inclusionTags Norway, Malawi17th August 2015

Dear research team at the Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany and at the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Malawi. You have just published …

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