Background: Mortality among children with acute illness in low-income countries remains high. Referral issues and limitations in emergency care are major challenges to child health and a hypothesis is that care at lower-level facilities delays quality emergency care. This study investigates the extent of care-seeking at health centres prior to hospital admission for sick children,Read more about Association between care-seeking at health centres preceding hospital admission and in-hospital child mortality in rural Malawi[…]

Ligowe Health Facility in Neno district has been crippled by a persistent issue of night duty staff absenteeism. These healthcare workers were sleeping home during work hours and at times opening the facility around 9 or 10 AM, leaving the community members worried of the situation. A turning point arrived through the Bwalo platform, aRead more about Citizen Engagement Brings Healthcare to Life in Neno[…]

The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN) aims to work through learning, action, leadership and accountability. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of QCN in these four areas at the global level and in four QCN countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda. This mixed method evaluation comprised 2-4Read more about Effectiveness of a multi-country implementation-focused network on quality of care: Delivery of interventions and processes for improved maternal, newborn and child health outcomes[…]

Malawi’s President, Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, on Tuesday unveiled the “National Youth Policy (2023-2028)” at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe. The revised policy was approved by the Malawi Government through the Cabinet on July 19, 2023, replacing the 2013 National Youth Policy. During the launch, President Chakwera expressed his commitment to closely overseeRead more about New Youth Policy Launched to Empower Young People[…]

After eight months of successful campaign on ending child marriages and harmful practices through a UNICEF funded project in Neno, stakeholders have hailed the project. For example, Senior Chief Dambe has told Zodiak Online today Thursday, that the project which has been run by the Parent and Child Health Initiative (PACHI) has seen a significantRead more about Neno Council, UNICEF, PACHI Child Marriages Project Phases Out This Month[…]

Players in the fight against child marriages and other harmful practices in Neno have asked for more funding for the cause arguing that most rural people are being missed with messages on the ills of the vice. This has been said on Monday when UNICEF and the Parent and Child Health Initiative hosted the playersRead more about UNICEF, PACHI Hail Neno Youth Advocates[…]

The Parent and Child Health Initiative through UNICEF has emphasized the need for the youths in the country to be ambassadors of change in areas of Child Marriages and Gender Based Violence. UNICEF Youth Advocacy Trainers Lisa Banda and Chisomo Banda said this on Saturday in Neno that youth advocates should wear a real faceRead more about Youth Advocacy Key in Ending Child Marriages and Harmful Practices[…]

Youths challenged to end GBV– pic by Steve Kalungwe Adolescents in the country have been urged to be vigilant in the fight against child marriages and gender based violence through among other means the use of art to relay messages of child marriages and gender based violence they face in their communities besides the use ofRead more about Adolescents Empowered to End GBV[…]

District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) for Neno, Paul Sosono has called for concerted efforts from all partners in the district to win the battle against child marriages and teen pregnancies. Sosono was speaking on Friday during a stakeholders meeting on ending child marriages and harmful practices including gender-based violence through a youth policy advocacy projectRead more about Project To Eradicate Child Marriages in Neno[…]

The Parent and Child  Health Initiative in collaboration with UNICEF has joined hands with government in ending child marriages and eradicating harmful practices that fuel gender based violence in neno district. Addressing a stakeholders meeting on Friday, Neno district Social Welfare Officer Paul Sosono says the district is registering positive strides in ending child marriages.Read more about PACHI, UNICEF In Ending Child Marriages Campaign[…]