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  Blantyre - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Blantyre, city in southern Malawi, administrative centre of both the Southern Region and Blantyre District, on the River Shire near Zomba.
Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, Scotland.
Malawi has 797 km (495 mi) of operated railway track, which includes the completion of a line from Salima to Mchinji on the Zambian border in 1980....
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  Blantyre, Malawi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blantyre is the largest city in Malawi and is the native home of the legend that is Maxwell.
Blantyre had an official population of 646,235 in 2003.
Blantyre is named after the town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, where the explorer David Livingstone was born.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blantyre,_Malawi   (139 words)

  
 Travel in Blantyre - Malawi - Africa - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
alawi's largest city, Blantyre is situated in the Southern Region and includes the two communities of Blantyre and Limbe which are joined by an eight kilometre stretch of highway.
Blantyre, Malawi's oldest municipality is the country's main commercial, industrial and communications hub and is set in the Shire Highlands.
Then there is the Mandala House, erected in 1882, the oldest building in Malawi and March 3 House used by Dr. Banda as a base from which to lead Malawian's to independence.
www.africatravelling.net /malawi/blantyre/blantyre_culture.htm   (426 words)

  
 Malawi (10/06)
Blantyre remains Malawi's major commercial center and largest city, having grown from an estimated 109,000 inhabitants in 1966 to nearly 500,000 in 1998.
Malawi's Permanent Mission to the United Nations is located at 866 UN Plaza, Suite 486, New York, NY 10017 (tel.: 212-317-8738/8718; fax: 212-317-8729; e-mail: Malawinewyork@aol.com or MalawiU@aol.com).
Malawi's economic reliance on the export of agricultural commodities renders it particularly vulnerable to external shocks such as declining terms of trade and drought.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7231.htm   (5096 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Blantyre (Malawi Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
It is the chief commercial and industrial center of Malawi with cement, food and tobacco processing, and textile industries.
Blantyre was founded in 1876 as a Church of Scotland mission station and was named for the birthplace of David Livingstone.
In 1956, Blantyre was combined with Limbe to form one city.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Blantyre.html   (173 words)

  
 Hospital Management - Blantyre Hospital, Malawi
The caseload for the hospital is varied but the common diagnoses include club feet, angular deformities such as bow legs and knock knees, malunited and ununited fractures, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and TB of the spine.
This is a group of paramedical clinicians that are unique to Malawi and have developed because of a longstanding lack of doctors in the country.
Malawi's Blantyre hospital is being constructed using money from the charities CURE and the Beit Trust.
www.hospitalmanagement.net /projects/blantyre   (573 words)

  
 CNN.com - Koinange: Hospital scene like 'hell on earth' - Dec 1, 2005
BLANTYRE, Malawi (CNN) -- Walking into the highly restricted tuberculosis ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Malawi's second city of Blantyre is a lesson in humility.
This is one of the world's 10 poorest countries; life expectancy is a mere 37 years; two-thirds of the population live on less than a dollar a day; one in six adults is HIV positive, and nearly half the population of 12 million faces starvation in coming months if help doesn't arrive soon.
Malawi is in deep trouble after a fourth straight season of failed rains, which made farmlands and fields bone dry.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/africa/12/01/btsc.koinange/index.html   (558 words)

  
 afrol News - "Misuse of public funds" in Blantyre, Malawi
But another source, an officer in the Blantyre City Assembly who did not wish to be named, said the real motive of the trip was to discuss moving the vendors from the streets to a flea market that was specifically built for them at great cost.
The trip, organised by Blantyre Mayor John Chikakwiya, is not the first time the Assembly has wasted public money on vendors in a bid to win political allegiance or to get them to move to the new site.
Malawi's new President, Mr Mutharika, is on record as saying that he will not tolerate corruption "at any level" and will take action against anyone found abusing public office.
www.afrol.com /articles/13610   (959 words)

  
 Blantyre travel guide
Blantyre is the business centre of the country and the biggest city of Malawi.
The hills which surround the city are the first layer of an echo of hills which stretch to the Kirk Range, the Zomba plateau Plateau and Mount Rushmore.
There are some interesting sights to visit, for example Blantyre Mission, the church of St Michaels and All Angels, the Mandala House, and the March 3 House of former president Dr Banda.
www.world66.com /africa/malawi/blantyre   (196 words)

  
 Aces Online - Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Malawi, a republic in southeastern Africa, formerly the British protectorate of Nyasaland, bounded on the north by Tanzania, on the east by Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa), on the southeast and south by Mozambique, and on the west by Zambia.
The capital of Malawi is Lilongwe, and the largest city, where the church is situated, is Blantyre.
Malawi is a very poor country that has a high population density and a high population growth rate.
www.acesonline.org /News/news_316.htm   (594 words)

  
 Malawi
Blantyre, with a population of 446,800 (1994), is the largest city in the country.
Lake Malawi, the third-largest lake in Africa, is the dominant feature of the country, forming the eastern boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique.
Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital and largest town, was established at the end of the 19th century.
www.geocities.com /district412/Malawi.htm   (5279 words)

  
 Welcome to Sunbird Hotels - Malawi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Located in Blantyre, the commercial capital of Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, Mount Soche Hotel is strategically positioned in the city centre.
Located in the Capital of Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, this hotel is in the magnificent parkland adjacent to the Government headquarters and only a half-kilometer from the new city center, where most diplomatic missions are based.
The warmth of Malawi lies in the belief among its people that the moment one walks into a home, they become a member of the family and Sunbird Hotels makes sure you are treated as such the moment you play guest to any of their hotels.
www.sunbirdmalawi.com   (719 words)

  
 Prevalence of genital infections in medical inpatients in Blantyre, Malawi.
In studies in Lilongwe in 1989 and Blantyre in 1990, the prevalence of STDs was 4.4% in unselected outpatients and 42% in antenatal clinic patients respectively.
Malawi is one of the countries worst affected by the HIV pandemic, with an estimated national HIV seroprevalence of 10% in the age group over 15 years and of 32% in pregnant women who attended antenatal clinics in Blantyre in 1993.
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) is the District Hospital for Blantyre, Malawi's largest city (about 500,000 population) and the tertiary referral hospital for Malawi's Southern Region.
www.aegis.com /aidsline/1996/mar/M9630149.html   (504 words)

  
 Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infection, Malawi | CDC EID
In Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, during May 2004–June 2005, GBS were isolated from routine blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures from 57 infants.
Recent studies from Kenya (10–12), South Africa (13,14), Zimbabwe (15), and Malawi (16) suggest that GBS is emerging as an important cause of neonatal sepsis in Africa.
In Malawi, the use of chlorhexidine wipes significantly reduced neonatal and maternal sepsis–related illness and death at QECH in a study in which the primary aim was to reduce perinatal HIV transmission (39).
www.cdc.gov /eid/content/13/2/223.htm   (4633 words)

  
 DCON/05/17 - CANCER TRENDS IN BLANTYRE, MALAWI CP Dzamalala1,3, YB Mlombe2, 3 C Mkula, 3 C Mdokwe, 1NG Liomba, 4 DM ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The first results from the population-based cancer registry for Blantyre district in Malawi were reported for a 5-year period covering 1994-1998.
This is an ongoing collaborating cancer surveillance/epidemiological study between the Malawi Ministry of Health, through the Malawi Cancer Registry (MCR) Office, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
This ongoing collaborative study focuses on cancer cases from Blantyre District urban and rural – the Population-based component/catchment area of the Malawi Cancer Registry.
www.medcol.mw /conference/DCON.05.17-CANCERTRENDSINBLANTYRE,MALAWI.html   (389 words)

  
 Blantyre, Scotland, Worldrover Travel Apr - May 2003
Commonly known as the Warm Heart of Africa’, Malawi is a tiny, poor and overcrowded landlocked country in central east Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique.
Its major geographic feature is Lake Malawi, one of the great rift valley lakes, which occupies about a quarter of the country.
Blantyre is Malawi’s largest city (Lilongwe is its capital), located in the southern part of the country.
www.worldrover.net /archive/0304ScotDW/Blantyre.htm   (608 words)

  
 Malawi, Africa (TLIG: Mission: Reports of Vassula's Meetings: 2001 Reports | 5.2.6.10)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In no time at all, Gay Russell based in Limbe near Blantyre in Malawi heard of Vassula's intended trip down to Africa and she also prayed as to the possibility of another visit to Malawi being added onto the planned trip.
This was as well as a smiling Gay Russell who, due to the fact that she is a pilot and well known at the airport, was standing on the tarmac at the airport in Blantyre to greet her.
Gay was able to facilitate a quick immigration procedure and without any further ado, Vassula who had been filmed by an awaiting television crew, as she stepped off the plane, was being interviewed by the same crew in the airport car park.
www.tlig.org /malawi.html   (2519 words)

  
 Blantyre - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1956, Blantyre was combined with Limbe to form one city.
Women as religious and political praise singers within African institutions: the case of the CCAP Blantyre Synod and political parties in Malawi.
Hotels in Blantyre fully Booked for SADC Summit: Malawi Minister.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Blantyre.html   (289 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Malawi
For three decades Malawi's destiny was tied to the whims of its totalitarian president-for-life, Kamuzu Banda, who enjoyed being surrounded by dancing women and who encouraged people to betray relatives who criticised his rule.
Most Malawians rely on subsistence farming, but the food supply situation is precarious and the country is prone to natural disasters of both extremes - from drought to heavy rainfalls - putting it in constant need of thousands of tonnes of food aid every year.
Malawi boasts a variety of landscapes, from wetlands and lakes to mountains and forests.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1068913.stm   (650 words)

  
 Malawi Safari & Travel Guide - Home
Malawi is known as one of the friendliest countries in Africa (marketed as the 'The Warm Heart of Africa').
There is a dining area, bar and water sport gazebo, all of timber, thatch and canvas, and adhering to the principles of eco-architecture.
Is Malawi a destination you would consider when travelling to africa....
www.wildmalawi.com   (438 words)

  
 Travelers: Africa, Malawi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Malawi is a small country compare to all its neighbours and sits on Malawi lake, even that the big cities aren't close to the lake, and this is one of the attractions of this country, since the animal life isn't so good, but you can do a quiet safari almost without see many others tourists.
The biggest city of Malawi is Blantyre and the capital city is Lilongwe.
In Blantyre Wayfarer is nice place, but the stuff wasn't friendly, it's very close to central bus station and it's the most luxury backpackers hostel I saw in Malawi, because it's close to Zimbabwe and it looks like the hostels in Zimbabwe.
sela-v.com /africa/malawi-2.htm   (1035 words)

  
 32 teachers graduate in Blantyre Rural, Malawi.
There are 5.000 primary schools in Malawi and 54.000 teachers.
The students have carried through their academic studies, their teaching practice and their community work, and in the period February to April 2005 they have participated in the examinations arranged by the Ministry of Education in Malawi.
The importance and the quality of the relationship with the surrounding communities was especially underlined by the Chief, T/A Kuntaja, who also took the opportunity to urge the Ministry of Education to post some of the new teachers in his area.
www.humana.org /Articel.asp?NewsID=50   (284 words)

  
 UNICEF - Malawi -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
NSANJE, Malawi, 22 January 2007 — More than 1,000 children in southern Malawi are heading back to school — albeit a week late — in the aftermath of flash floods and heavy rains that devastated the area earlier this month.
BLANTYRE, Malawi, 2 November 2005 — In the shanty slums of Ndirande Township in Blantyre City, living conditions are hard.
LILONGWE, Malawi, 27 May 2005 - UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is visiting a number of critical UNICEF-sponsored projects in Malawi as part of a three-country African tour, which included visits to Soweto, South Africa, and Swaziland.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/malawi_26145.html   (655 words)

  
 Malawi, Africa - Regions and Towns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lake Malawi, is one of Africa's most spectacular Rift Valley lakes, occupying one fifth of Malawi's total land mass, stretching from Tanzania in the North to Mangochi in the south bordering Mozambique on the eastern shoreline.
Mzuzu is the gateway to the Northern Region of Malawi and as such is considered the best base from which to explore the spectacular scenery of the Viphya and Nyika Plateaux, Vwaza Marsh as well as the Khondowe Plateau overlooking the Lake.
Malawi's largest city, Blantyre is situated in the Southern Region and includes the two communities of Blantyre and Limbe which are joined by an eight kilometre stretch of highway.
www.africaguide.com /country/malawi/regions.htm   (2741 words)

  
 LLU Students for International Mission Service - Malawi
Blantyre is located in the southern highlands region of Malawi.
Although not the capital, Blantyre is the main commercial and industrial center of Malawi.
Malawi enjoys a tropical continental climate composed of three main seasons.
www.llu.edu /llu/sims/malawiblant.html   (242 words)

  
 Malawi: Blantyre & Lilongwe - Travel Africa Magazine
Limbe is the workplace and Blantyre the showplace of the modern settlement.
All this while, Blantyre was the number one commercial centre and Zomba the administrative and de jure capital.
Lilongwe's position today as Malawi's capital, with a population of a third of a million, is largely down to one man: the first President of Malawi, Dr Hastings Banda.
www.travelafricamag.com /content/view/345/56   (1711 words)

  
 Malawi: About
MALAWI is not a name, or a place that is in the news press every day, but given this AIDS-sensitive world and age, it should be (click here for map).
What Malawi is, however, is a very small, very poor (the fourth poorest country in the world), landlocked country in Central Africa with a huge population.
The Dept. of Pediatrics at Malawi University conducted a study into the reasons why the maternal and prenatal mortality and morbidity was so high in this group of young women who constitute a significant proportion of primigravida mothers presenting to the obstetric unit at Montefort Hospital.
www.medishare.org /malawi_about.html   (1274 words)

  
 UNICEF - Malawi - Food crisis in Malawi compounded by HIV/AIDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
BLANTYRE, Malawi, 19 September 2005 — The last time 76-year-old Edna Ngosa ate a proper meal was five days ago.
Malawi is facing a severe food crisis: It is estimated that 4.2 to 4.6 million of the population will face food shortages between now and the next harvest in March 2006.
In Malawi, grandmothers are often forced to resume the role of primary caregivers, looking after the young and vulnerable, with so many parents either dead or severely ill.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/malawi_28307.html   (671 words)

  
 Malawi
In any case we arrived safely in Blantyre, only to learn later that Malawi is promoting a massive “Arrive Alive” campaign to reduce their excessively high rate of automobile accidents.
With a 1:3 AIDS rate in Malawi, this small village was being decimated by the disease.
The Ilala is the pride of Malawi - a pride that is not diminished in the least by the fact that the Ilala is chronically late or a total no-show.
www.smallbagbigworld.com /malawi.html   (2109 words)

  
 Malawi: travel information, accommodation, safaris, Map, tours..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Malawi is a country dominated by the tranquil waters of Lake Malawi.
Lake Malawi is nearly 600km long and up to 80km wide, bordering the east of the country.
Botswana » Kenya » Lesotho » MALAWI » Mauritius » Mozambique » Namibia
www.go2africa.com /malawi   (382 words)

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