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Malawi

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Felix Kauye  and
Chitsanzo Mafuta
Felix Kauye
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Zomba Mental Hospital, Zomba, Malawi, email felixkauye@yahoo.com
Chitsanzo Mafuta
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Zomba Mental Hospital, Zomba, Malawi, email chitsanzomafuta@yahoo.co.uk
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Malawi is a country with an approximate area of 118 000 km2. Its population is estimated at 13 million and the gender ratio (men per hundred women) is 98. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 years is 47% and the proportion above the age of 60 years is 5%. The literacy rate is 75.5% for men and 48.7% for women (World Health Organization, 2005).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 9 - 11
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MacLachlan, M., Nyirenda, T. & Nyando, C. (1995) Attributions for admission to Zomba Mental Hospital: implications for the development of mental health services in Malawi. International Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 79–87.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
National Statistical Office of Malawi. See http://www.nso.malawi.net/data_on_line/demography/census_98/mortality_measures.htm. Last accessed 23 October 2006.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2005) Mental Health Atlas 2005. See http://www.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/MentalHealth/Files/MW_Mental_Health_Profile.pdf. Last accessed 23 October 2006.Google Scholar
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