> But there’s no information on how many votes were spoiled on purpose or in error as the IEC does not research this, Tsile Maswanganyi, a spokesperson, told Africa Check.

This is very dumb though. If I wrote on my ballot “you all suck too much to earn my vote” it is crystal clear that the vote was spoiled on purpose and not because of my illiteracy!

Results were. 10% of all boys had suffered sexual abuse in the year of the study.
44% of the boys aged 18 in the year of the study (13895) had suffered sexual abuse before age 18
41% of the perpetrators were women
27% of the perpetrators were both male and female
32% of the perpetrators were men.

The scary fact was that these boys were 4 X more likely to perpetrate a rape

I don’t know why this study is not published or cited more, it is a good insight into why our country is the rape capital of the world.

In relation to nuclear vs the gas + solar plan, what are the carbon emission differences between the two, when you include mining and initial production costs.

For solar, did you include the increased infrastructure costs? Such as battery, and increased transmission costs due to location and geographic set up, and load adjusting in relation to different outputs at different times?

Another aspect overlooked in this article is where these Doctors are working. The vast majority of government-run primary healthcare clinics and district hospitals in Malawi have either no Doctors at all, or perhaps one Doctor who is in charge of the running of that hospital, and who’s duties are therefore largely administrative and do not allow room for direct patient care. Many of Malawi’s registered Doctors will be working at private facilities where they are paid reliably and able to earn a better wage than in government hospitals. Of course, private healthcare is beyond the means of all but the wealthiest few in a country as poor as Malawi.

To give a full picture of the healthcare system in Malawi, it is important to note the role of Medical Assistants and Clinical Officers. After all, these professionals are responsible for almost the entirety of frontline care. However, in training Clinical Officers and Medical Assistants, the Ministry of Health in Malawi is attempting to plug a gap in a situation that is desperate. I have a great deal of admiration for many of these individuals – I have worked with them and seen the workload that they are struggling with – but the training, skills and experience of a Medical Assistant or Clinical Officer is not the same as that of a Doctor. It is true that in rural areas (and 97% of Malawi’s population is rural) the majority of emergency procedures, including caesarean sections, are carried out by Clinical Officers but this is a country that has one of the highest rates of peri-natal mortality in the world and the highest level of surgical risk of any country in the world. Effective and safe healthcare requires trained Physicians.

The latest census of Malawi puts the population at a little over 18 million. Whether the number of Doctors is 300 or 600 makes little difference. Either way, that is tens of thousands of people to each Doctor.

I so much believe that I wrote 54 in the list I wrote at https//naijapivot.com/african-countries-and-their-capitals.

I’ll visit the sources you referenced and see for myself.