Malawi

Fieldset

Malawi, a small, landlocked country in East Africa, has a tropical climate and a largely rural population. It shares its borders with Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique.

Although the country's economic challenges have hit the health system hard, it has an ambitious HIV programme. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Malawi in 1986. We have responded to a wide range of issues including natural disasters, tuberculosis, HIV and high rates of maternal mortality.

Chikali health centre in Makhanga district which was badly affected by Cyclone Idai

Labana Steven

Logistician

“I’m part of the MSF emergency team responding to the Malawi floods”

Cyclone Idai was one of the worst tropical cyclones to ever hit southern Africa. Before it arrived in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the weather system passed through Malawi, causing devastating floods. Labana sends this update from Makhanga, one of the worst affected areas.

29 Mar 2019 / 7 minute read

Lai

Doctor

Dog Days

This past weekend was so hot that the prolonged black-out did not help matters. The only time it is a little tolerable is early in the morning and in the evening.

29 Nov 2013 / 3 minute read

The mobile men and the spread of HIV

I was really looking forward to going to Lulwe in the mountains today. Nsanje had been experiencing a period of withering hot weather and the brief torrential rain was welcoming.

26 Nov 2013 / 4 minute read

The lot of the Malawian village women

In Malawi over thirty percent of women are married by the age of eighteen.

25 Nov 2013 / 3 minute read

Today marks exactly one month after I left home.

01 Nov 2013 / 4 minute read

We traveled south today to Mbenji Health Center. Like all the other health centers I have visited, it is basically an H-shaped structure with two rows of clinic rooms connected by a corridor.

21 Oct 2013 / 2 minute read

Nyamithuthu: The Issue is Maintenance

Nyamithuthu is about 30 km north of Nsanje, 5 to 7 km from Tengani. It sits on the side of a dirt road after we turned off from the tarmac.

19 Oct 2013 / 3 minute read

Tengani: Keep the Last Florescent Light Burning

My team went to Tengani, about half an hour north of here.

26 Sep 2013 / 6 minute read

Today I traveled to Ndamera with a group of MSF staffers, including my MSF mentors, and a Ministry of Health (MOH) mentor. This was my first field day.

20 Sep 2013 / 3 minute read

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Ndamera, a village in the district of Nsanje, is at the tip of Malawi in its southernmost region, remote and isolated.

15 Aug 2013 / 5 minute read

The Long Journey to Nsange, Malawi

It has been a long journey for my first assignment with MSF, I have finally arrived in Nsanje, Malawi.

15 Aug 2013 / 6 minute read

P. K. Lee

Communications

“It’s like saying they just want us to die, they want our children to suffer again and to be orphans.”

From where Esther Goba sat watching two football teams clad in “HIV POSITIVE” t-shirts competing in a football tournament in Limbe, Malawi, she wouldn’t strike you as someone who is at the frontlin

19 Jul 2010 / 3 minute read

Malawi

HIV/AIDS