The Department of HIV & AIDS (DHA) was established in 2001, initially as a unit in the Department of Clinical Services, to coordinate the biomedical HIV Program in Malawi. The department now carries responsibility for various HIV related programs including sexually transmitted infections (STIs), prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and national voluntary male medical circumcision program (VMMC). All these HIV program sub-sections are linked to one robust monitoring and evaluation sub-section in the HIV and AIDS Department which technically operates under the Central Monitoring and Evaluation Department (CMED) of the Ministry of Health
Purpose
The purpose of the department is to ‘‘oversee implementation of HIV and Viral Hepatitis policy implementation”.
Functions
The department is mandated to formulate and review HIV/Viral hepatitis policy and coordination of service delivery on
1. Biomedical prevention services
2. HIV Treatment Services
The mandate and responsibilities for the services are as follows:
biomedical prevention policies, strategies, standards and guidelines, program
design and coordination of programme implementation; and providing technical
support.
Hepatitis treatment policies, strategies, standards and guidelines; program
design and coordination of programme implementation
