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36.3 %The overall malaria prevalence among children aged five or under was 36.3%.

Malawipaludismeobserved 2024PubMed

2.03 risk_ratioKnowing someone who had cervical cancer was associated with an adjusted risk ratio of 2.03 for screening in Malawi.

Malawicancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022-2023published 2025BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.6 odds_ratioIn Malawi, the odds ratio (OR) for placental parasitaemia in multiparae with blood group O versus non-O was 0.6 (95% CI 0.4–1.0).

Malawipaludismepublished 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-10-101

22.5 %In Malawi, 22.5% of severely hypoxaemic children identified at the PHC level received oxygen.

MalawihypoxaemiaHAL · Unilimdocument of 229 observations

In Malawi, severe bacterial meningitis was the second most common cause of HIV-related CNS infection, with most cases being due to S pneumoniae.

MalawiHIV-related CNS infection · méningite bactérienne · S pneumoniaeHAL · Unilimdocument of 205 observations

2.2 odds_ratioIn Malawi, the odds ratio (OR) for placental parasitaemia in primiparae with blood group O versus non-O was 2.2 (95% CI 1.1–4.3).

Malawipaludismepublished 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-10-101

Les projets de démonstration de l’efficacité et de la performance de l’IVA pour le dépistage du cancer du col utérin montrent des résultats concluants à Madagascar, au Malawi, au Nigéria, en Ouganda, en Tanzanie et en Zambie en 2009.

Madagascar · Malawi · Nigeria · Ouganda · Tanzaniecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2009HAL · Unilimdocument of 81 observations

15.9 %In Malawi, malaria prevalence among pregnant women at first antenatal care visit was 15.9% (291 of 1825).

Malawipaludismeobserved between May, 2010, and August, 2014PubMeddocument of 8 observations

48.5 %Self-appraised likely HIV exposures were reported by 48.5% of PrEP-eligible adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Malawi.

MalawiVIH/sidaobserved 2016/2017published 2024BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

1.7 odds_ratioCombining data from studies in hyper-/holo-endemic settings (Gambia, Malawi, Gabon), the odds ratio (OR) for placental malaria in blood group O primiparae was 1.70 (95% CI 0.67–4.33).

Gabon · Malawipaludismepublished 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-10-101

47.2 %Nationally, there was a 47.2% reduction in the mean modelled Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence among children aged 2–10 years (Pf PR 2–10) from 29.4% in 2010 to 15.2% in 2017.

Malawipaludismeobserved 2010 to 2017published 2019Geostatistical analysis of Malawi’s changing malaria transmission from 2010 to 2017europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

27.8 %Malaria affected 27.8% of the participating children in the 2015-2016 Malawi Micronutrient Survey.

Malawipaludismeobserved 2015-2016published 2018Blood advanceseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

13 %La fréquence de la polyneuropathie chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH au Malawi était de 13 % en 2008.

Malawineuropathie périphérique · VIH/sidaobserved 2008HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

23 %Two-week all-cause mortality in the DREAMM cohort of 148 participants with cryptococcal meningitis from Cameroon, Malawi, and Tanzania was 23%.

Cameroun · Malawi · Tanzanieméningite cryptococciqueHAL · Unilimdocument of 205 observations

The RTS,S/ASO1E malaria vaccine is being piloted in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi.

Ghana · Kenya · Malawipaludismepublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

11.4 %Among 27,586 children aged under 5 years with clinical pneumonia in Malawi, severe hypoxaemia prevalence was 11.4% for children aged 0–5 months.

Malawihypoxaemia · pneumonieHAL · Unilimdocument of 229 observations

17.5 %The utilization of herbal medicines among people living with HIV was 17.5% in Malawi.

MalawiVIH/sidapublished 2024Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of MalawiPubMeddocument of 6 observations

Active case search data from June 2026 revealed a high burden of unreported suspected VPDs, primarily measles, concentrated in the East and Southern Africa Block (Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, and Madagascar), in the DRC-Angola Block (DRC and Angola), in the West Block (Benin, Togo and Guinea), and in the Lake Chad Basin (Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic).

Angola · Bénin · Cameroun · Éthiopie · Guinée · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · RDC · Tanzanie · Tchad · Togo · Zambierougeole · VPDsobserved June 2026WHO Africadocument of 17 observations

15.2 %The mean modelled Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence among children aged 2–10 years (Pf PR 2–10) in Malawi was 15.2% in 2017.

Malawipaludismeobserved 2017published 2019Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

136 genomesMalawi contributed 136 Vibrio cholerae genomes between 2022 and 2024.

Malawicholéraobserved 2022 - 2024Africa CDCdocument of 21 observations

13 %La fréquence de la neuropathie périphérique était de 13 % chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH au Malawi selon l'étude de Beadles WI et al (2008).

MalawiVIH/sidaobserved 2008HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

55 %For cryptococcal meningitis treated with 1 week liposomal amphotericin B deoxycholate plus 5-fluorocytosine, 10-week mortality was 55% (95% CI 24–82) in Malawi.

Malawiméningite cryptococciqueHAL · Unilimdocument of 205 observations

29.4 %The mean modelled Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence among children aged 2–10 years (Pf PR 2–10) in Malawi was 29.4% in 2010.

Malawipaludismeobserved 2010published 2019Geostatistical analysis of Malawi’s changing malaria transmission from 2010 to 2017europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

4,425 confirmed_casesSince the beginning of 2025, 4,425 confirmed, 28,600 suspected, and 852 deaths (case fatality rate: 2.5%) of cholera were reported from six countries in the Southern Africa region: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zambie · Zimbabwecholéraobserved 2025Africa CDCdocument of 176 observations

41.5 %In a 2016 study, Malawian outpatients with SpO2 ≥90% had a referral rate of 41.5%.

MalawiSpO2 ≥90%observed 2016HAL · Unilimdocument of 229 observations