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Safeguarding against health risks in Malawi in wake of Cyclone Chido

Lilongwe – George Jammuh, officer in-charge at Mganja health centre in Dedza district in southern Malawi clearly recalls the day in mid-December 2024 when Cyclone Chido made landfall. “The day of the cyclone was a very scary day for our staff and patients,” he says. “The nurse on duty hid in a corner as she watched the roof blow off. Everything changed from that time because of the extensive damage to the facility, all services were halted.”

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Malawi Assesses Its Needs for Effective Implementation of the WHO Framework Conventi...

Malawi has recognized the importance of tobacco control in national health strategies and development plans. The National Cancer Control Strategic Plan 2019-2029 includes the objective to reduce the use of and exposure to tobacco and tobacco products. The National Action Plan for the Prevention and Management of NCDs in Malawi 2022 identifies tobacco use as a leading NCD risk factor. The National Health Financing Strategy 2023-2030 supports using tobacco taxes as an innovative health financing mechanism.

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Malawi introduce the VigiMobile AEFI reporting tool

Malawi has become the sixth country to introduce the VigiMobile Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) reporting tool. Over the past years, Malawi has made tremendous strides in improving its vaccine safety surveillance system. This has been shown in its ability to meet the minimum requirement of reporting 1 serious AEFI per million population and the ability to report over 1600 AEFI between January and November 2024.

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Breaking Gender barriers in Immunization

Faced by a series of public health emergencies, Wild Polio Virus Outbreak, the protracted Cholera Outbreak, COVID-19 and Post Flood Recovery, Malawi’s health care delivery including immunization was gravely impacted in 2022. Coverage of the Third dose of the DPT vaccine was at 86% the lowest since 2018. The burden of zero- dosed and under immunized populations also increased rising to from 3% in 2019 to 6% in 2022 with widened equity gaps.

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A journey of selflessness and dedication to humanity: Mr Ishmael Nyasulu, WHO Malawi...

I joined the World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi country office as National Professional Officer (NPO) responsible for Tuberculosis (TB) in 2005. I had just returned from the United Kingdom where I had gone on a government of Malawi scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Leeds. I was working with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) then and was very surprised that when the advert was floated, none of my senior colleagues in the programme were interested in applying but instead pleaded with me to do so.

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A journey of selflessness and dedication to humanity: Mr Ishmael Nyasulu, WHO Malawi...

I joined the World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi country office as National Professional Officer (NPO) responsible for Tuberculosis (TB) in 2005. I had just returned from the United Kingdom where I had gone on a government of Malawi scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Leeds. I was working with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) then and was very surprised that when the advert was floated, none of my senior colleagues in the programme were interested in applying but instead pleaded with me to do so.

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