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It incorporates original research, policy analysis, case reports, literature reviewes and occassional special fetures. To promote idest readership possible the journal articles are available as free full text on our website<\/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-2819644 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2819644\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-302be7e\" data-id=\"302be7e\" 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-acc8305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acc8305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314f695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"314f695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mission-Icon-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a76df6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a76df6\" 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\">To stimulate dialogue amongst researchers and health professionals in Malawi trough information that will aid daily practice, life long learning and career development. We believe that there is an important role of the MMJ to publish research that is relevant to Malawian context and encourage and stimulate scientific debate among health personell\n<\/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<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31804ae\" data-id=\"31804ae\" 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-673cae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"673cae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impact Factor<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada3fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ada3fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/R0b445b3d6099ecfb47b0ee1c23bbbb28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbcbd38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbcbd38\" 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\"><p>Malawi Medical Journal Impact Factor is at 0.8<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-966d77a elementor-button-warning elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"966d77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jcr-qa.help.dev-incites.com\/Content\/whats-new.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More on Impact Factor<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/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<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30dc7e8\" data-id=\"30dc7e8\" 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-9cd7264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cd7264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">JPPS Compliant<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b10816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b10816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"211\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rece331f8dacdf4e23c7fb35973fe967a.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a538c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a538c4\" 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\"><p>This journal has been compliant with the JPPS basic criteria.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876fc01 elementor-button-warning elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"876fc01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalquality.info\/en\/jpps-criteria\/two-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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