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African countries advance access to eye care services
Since 2025, SPECS 2030 has been implemented in nine pioneering countries in the region: The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia.
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Tradition and Health Unite to Protect Children from Polio in Chikwawa
When schools closed in Chikwawa and many parts of the country, many children left their homes to attend traditional initiation camps, known locally as ku Simba. While these cultural gatherings are an important part of co…
Read moreRestoring Trust: Agness Chinkudzu’s Journey Fear to Confidence in Polio Vaccination
For a long time, Agness Chinkudzu carried a fear that many parents can relate to: the fear of seeing her child fall ill. Living in Kuyenderana Village in Chikwawa, she had watched her child become sick after previous vac…
Read moreTogether for Every Child: Malawi's Journey Toward a Polio-Free Future
Following the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in environmental surveillance samples in Blantyre, and its subsequent confirmation among children in the community, Malawi rapidly activat…
Read moreStronger signals, rapid action: Transforming early disease detection and surveillance in Malawi
Early detection of public health threats requires continuous capacity strengthening to detect early and monitor outbreaks and to build effective disease surveillance systems. The Ministry of Health rolled out the third e…
Read moreThe Power of Science for Health: Malawi’s Milestones Transforming Lives
As the world marked World Health Day 2026 under the theme “Together for Health. Stand with Science,” Malawi had much to celebrate. Across the country, science continues to deliver real results by protecting children, pre…
Read moreMalawi strengthens alignment under the health data collaborative
Malawi is among the pathfinder countries under the Health Data Collaborative (HDC) and the SDG 3 Global Action Plan—global efforts that bring together governments, international agencies, donors, and academia to improve …
Read moreMalawi sustains gains from the Quality-of-Care Network implementation
Malawi is institutionalizing quality of care in all its programmes and the delivery of essential health packages at all levels of health care within the Health Sector Strategic Plan III 2023-2030. With support from the W…
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