FAMILY PLANNING DASHBOARD
The family planning dashboard is designed for ease of use by those seeking family planning information on DHIS2. Now, policy makers, decision makers, development partners, civil society organization (CSOs), academia and service providers can directly view this dashboard and take necessary actions.Read more
Major Challenges
1. The control of a number of diseases such as Malaria still poses a big threat to health and lack of resources for indoor residual spraying and environmental control in high prevalence areas contributes to continuing health problems impacting on families, communities and the economy.Read more
The health care system
Health services in Malawi are provided by public, private for profit (PFP) and private not for profit (PNFP) sectors. The public sector includes all health facilities under the Ministry of Health (MOH), district, town and city councils, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security (Police and Prisons) and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining.
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Support for fight against TB in Mining
The World Bank is supporting the Regional TB in mining Project (part of the Africa Regional Communicable Disease Control and Preparedness Program), which aims at controlling and or eliminating priority communicable diseases on the continent. Malawi is one of the four participating countries in the project. The overarching goal of the project is to increase utilization of key TB control and occupational lung diseases services in Malawi and strengthen the sub-region’s capacity to address such conditions.Read more
Health Sector Strategic Plan II
The Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) 2017-2022 is the health sector’s medium term strategic plan outlining objectives, strategies and activities and guiding resources over the period 2017-2022. It succeeds the HSSP I (2011-2016). HSSP II builds on the successes achieved under the previous plan while addressing areas where targets were not met and progress slow.Read more
Health Priorities
Central Hospitals
It is the desire of the Government of Malawi to have the highest possible level of health and quality of life for its citizens. Improving the health of the nation through the combined efforts of individuals, communities, organizations, our co-operating partners and the Government is therefore one of the key priorities.
The MoH is committed to ensuring that services in the EHP are available with universal coverage for all Malawians. The signing of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with CHAM facilities for the delivery of Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) services is one way of ensuring that the services are accessed by everyone regardless of their socio-economic status. Evidence shows that the removal of user fees in CHAM facilities has resulted in an increase in the number of patients seeking care in these facilities.
download the final Malaria Survey Indicator Survey Report for 2017 using this link https://dhsdata.com/MalawiMIS
The population projections using the 2008 census data reinforce the importance of scaling up interventions to meet the family planning MDG targets. The Total Fertility Rate is expected to remain high and only fall slowly in the next five years if substantial investment is put into additional family planning services. The 2010 Dermographic and Health Survey report confirms the slow increase in contraceptive use. The projected percentage of women aged 15-49 years who will be using any form of contraceptive in 2015 it is anticipated to be 55%, while the MDG target for 2015 is 65% using modern methods.
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