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Low serum ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and other metabolites are associated with poor linear growth in young children from rural Malawi
arachidonic acid carnitine dehydroepiandrosterone docosahexaenoic acid malnutrition pregnenolone sulfate stunting
2018/11/21
Background: Stunting affects ～25% of children <5 y of age and is associated with impaired cognitive and motor development and increased morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of stunting is poorly ...
The association of serum choline with linear growth failure in young children from rural Malawi
betaine children choline linear growth malnutrition trimethylene-N-oxide stunting undernutrition
2018/12/3
Background: Choline is an essential nutrient for cell structure, cell signaling, neurotransmission, lipid transport, and bone formation. Choline can be irreversibly converted to betaine, a major sourc...
A Microsimulation Study of the Effects of Divorce and Remarriage on Lifetime Risks of HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi
Divorce Remarriage Lifetime Risks HIV/AIDS Rural Malawi
2016/3/18
The prevalence of HIV infection varies with age and marital status with infection rates being influenced by the age- and marital-status-related frequency of intercourse and, most obviously, the infect...
Kwacha Gonna Do? Experimental Evidence about Labor Supply in Rural Malawi
Experimental Evidence Labor Supply
2015/9/18
I use a field experiment to estimate the wage elasticity of employment in the day
labor market in rural Malawi. Once a week for 12 consecutive weeks, I make job offers for
a workfare-type program to...
Strengthening the home-to-facility continuum of newborn and child health care through mHealth: Evidence from an intervention in rural Malawi
mHealth Newborn and child health Home-to-facility continuum of care
2015/7/28
This paper assesses the impact of a mobile health (mHealth) project on uptake of home-based care for newborn and child health, and investigates the extent to which uptake of home-based care resulted i...
The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: a randomized controlled trial
lipid-based nutrient supplements home-fortification intrauterine growth restriction, pregnant women preterm birth
2018/12/20
Background: Small birth size, often associated with insufficient maternal nutrition, contributes to a large share of global child undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality. We developed a small-quantit...
The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: a randomized controlled trial
lipid-based nutrient supplements home-fortification intrauterine growth restriction pregnant women preterm birth
2018/12/20
Background: Small birth size, often associated with insufficient maternal nutrition, contributes to a large share of global child undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality. We developed a small-quantit...
When the group encourages extramarital sex: Difficulties in HIV/AIDS prevention in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV extramarital fixed-effects Malawi marriage panel data sexual intercourse social networks Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/11/24
Background: Recent research on the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has highlighted the relevance of married individuals‘ extramarital sexual behavior for the spread of the disease. At the same time...
Perceived risk of HIV infection and mental health in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV Malawi mental health risk perception
2014/11/24
Background: The emerging literature on HIV/AIDS and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa stresses that HIV-positive status is significantly related to mental illness. However, the literature has neglec...
Intergenerational Transfers in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Rural Malawi
age patterns of transfers intergenerational transfers Malawi MLSFH SSA transfer flows
2014/11/21
Background: Intergenerational transfer patterns in sub-Saharan Africa are poorly understood, despite the alleged importance of support networks to ameliorate the complex implications of the HIV/AIDS e...
An inquiry into the uneven distribution of women’s HIV infection in rural Malawi
rural Malawi HIV uneven distribution
2014/11/20
Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower
where men are generally circumcised than where they are not.Randomized controlled
trials have found a 50-60% reductio...
Intergenerational Transfers in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Rural Malawi
Aging, HIV/AIDS Intergenerational transfers Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/3/31
Intergenerational transfers and relations in sub-Saharan Africa are only poorly understood, despite the alleged importance of family networks and family resource transfers to ameliorate the implicatio...
Narratives of Death in the Time of AIDS in Rural Malawi
Mortality AIDS Blame Justice Witchcraft Malawi
2014/3/31
In Africa, where most HIV infections are found and most AIDS deaths occur, however,
there is scant evidence that the efforts by policymakers and planners to halt the epidemic
have been effective (...
Perception of HIV risk and the quantity and quality of children: The case of rural Malawi
Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health Maternal morbidity Mortality Mothers Schooling
2014/3/31
the empirical literature on HIV and the quality (Q) and quantity (N) of children generally reports negative associations for Q and unclear associations for N. We focus our analysis on the effects of H...
Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV income Malawi self-reported health subjective well-being
2010/11/30
This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data spanning the period 200...