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Outreach programme in Malawi brings healthcare closer to communities

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CHIKHWAWA, Malawi, 13 September 2012 - Simplicious Gift, 5 months old, has a cough, fever and diarrhoea. Ruth Bwanakaya discusses his illness with his mother Margaret, and meticulously notes down details about the child in the health register – his name, age, village and symptoms. As a matter of routine, she checks the child for signs of malnutrition and proceeds to prescribe anti-malaria medication, paracetamol, oral rehydration salts, and zinc for the diarrhoea.

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