Abstracts for the 2023 Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Research Dissemination Conference

INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Antimicrobial Resistance) O1_001805. AETIOLOGICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PROFILE OF MATERNAL INFECTIONS IN BLANTYRE, MALAWI; ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM A MATERNAL INFECTION SURVEILLANCE PROJECTAuthor(S): Hussein H.Twabi1, Charlotte van Der…

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Editorial / Commentary: The African Journal Partnership Program’s guidance on use of AI in scholarly publishing

The rapid introduction and evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and large language models (LLMs) combined with the emergence of text-generating chatbots have ushered…

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EDITORIAL: Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis and must be tackled…

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Is it time to discard the communicable vs. non-communicable dichotomy?

Adamson S. Muula Editor-in-Chief, Malawi Medical Journal, Blantyre, Malawi Professor and Head, Department of Community and Environmental Health, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre,…

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Editorial: Malawi: What are the implications that aspartame is now a “possible carcinogen”?

Adamson S. Muula 1.2 1Professor and Head, Department of Community and Environmental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi 2Editor-in-Chief, Malawi Medical Journal Email address: amuula@kuhes.ac.mw Aspartame is an…

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Assessing the Competence of Junior Doctors in performing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scan and identifying the barriers in training

Parth K. Patel1,2, Sahiba Maniar3, Samuel Mpinganjira4,5, Efua Yaaba Gyan-Tawiah6, Ikshwaki Kaushik7, Alistair Mukondiwa8, Phil Chigiya9, Arsene Koumbem10, Arsene Muhumuza11, Asmau Musa Lawali12, Dalal Alane13, Heaven Yeshaneh14, Lina Rajwani15, Mehr…

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Editorial: The paradox of Malawi’s health workforce shortage: pragmatic and unpopular decisions are needed

Adamson S. Muula 1,2 Professor and Head of Department, Community and Environmental Health, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, MalawiEditor-in-Chief, Malawi Medical Journal, Malawi…

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