{"id":10042,"date":"2021-02-11T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?page_id=10042"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T09:59:21","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?page_id=10042","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10042\" class=\"elementor elementor-10042\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-287197a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"287197a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258697d\" data-id=\"258697d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04c7c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d04c7c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advisory board<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2252bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2252bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><h3><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Mr. Edward Kaluwa<\/strong><\/h3><p>Managing Director, Combine Cargo Mw Ltd.<br \/><strong>Prof. Rob Moodie<\/strong><\/p><p>Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Malawi, College of Medicine &amp; former editor of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia<br \/><strong>Annette Flanagin<\/strong><\/p><p>Executive Managing Editor and vice-President, Editorial Operations, JAMA and the JAMA Network<br \/><strong>Cynthia Clark<\/strong><\/p><p>Director, Digital Journals, Research Applications and Platforms, Elsevier<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3996917e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3996917e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e9f90d9\" data-id=\"5e9f90d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198c7a4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"198c7a4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hear.jpg\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <em>Malawi Medical Journal<\/em> is a peer reviewed, open access, quarterly, general medical journal, published by the University of Malawi\u0412&nbsp;College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi.\u0412&nbsp;The\u0412&nbsp;<em>MMJ\u0412&nbsp;<\/em>serves as a forum for the dissemination of findings of health-related research undertaken in Malawi and beyond to health workers. It incorporates original research studies, policy analysis, case reports, literature reviews, and occasional special features. It is published electronically on a quarterly basis. To better serve our main target audience in Malawi and sub-Saharan Africa, there are plans to revive a regular print version of the <em>MMJ<\/em> in the near future.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=6061\">History of the Malawi Medical Journal (MMJ)<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Vision<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>To improve health care in Malawi<\/li><li>To encourage medical debate in Malawi<\/li><li>To promote medical publishing in Malawi<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To stimulate dialogue amongst researchers and health professionals in Malawi and africa through information that will aid daily practice, lifelong learning, and career development. We believe that there is an important role for MMJ to publish research that is relevant in the African context and to encourage and stimulate scientific debate amongst health personnel.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Journal Information\/ Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:table -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Avg. days from submission to first decision (prior 12 months): 67.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Avg. days from submission to final decision (prior 12 months): 84.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Impact Factor: 1.123 &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:table --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-930db52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"930db52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f32719\" data-id=\"6f32719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c2317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"47c2317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"text-5\" class=\"footer-widget widget_text clr\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Indexed In<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Malawi+Medical+Journal\">PUBMED<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/index\/search\/google?q=malawi%20medical%20journal\">AJOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioline.org.br\/search?search_target=all_pub&amp;search_string=Malawi+Medical+Journal\">BIOLINE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/solutions\/scopus\">Scopus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wos-journal.com\/\">Web of Science<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisory board Mr. Edward Kaluwa Managing Director, Combine Cargo Mw Ltd.Prof. Rob Moodie Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Malawi, College of Medicine &amp; former editor of the Health Promotion Journal of AustraliaAnnette Flanagin Executive Managing Editor and vice-President, Editorial Operations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10040,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10042"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12193,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10042\/revisions\/12193"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}