Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A District Health System (DHS) is a health system that operates at the level of a District. It considers the factors contributing to health in the district's environment. [1] The organization's aim, based on the principles of the primary health care (PHC) approach, is to be equitable, efficient and effective. [2]
The district hospitals serve as referral hospitals for the health centres in their districts. [2] ... The following are some of the private hospitals in Malawi. [5]
According to an extensive study published in 2010, when Malawi received a large amount of GHI funding from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, there was an increase in faculty and staff across all levels of the health system. This increase in paid health workers was supported by task-shifting to less trained staff. [16]
Zomba Central Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in Zomba, Malawi. [1] [2] It serves nearly 2 million people, referred from several hospitals in the Malawi districts, as well as from other parts of Malawi. The hospital also receives patients from several neighboring countries.
Kamuzu Central Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in the city of Lilongwe, (capital of Malawi).It is estimated to have 780 beds, [1] although the true number of patients always exceeds the number of beds.
Mzuzu Central Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in Mzuzu city, Malawi. The facility was found in early 1945 and is estimated to have 610 beds. It serves nearly 3 million people, referred from several hospitals in the Northern Malawi districts, as well as from other parts of Malawi.
Malawi has made progress in malaria control in recent years; between 2006 and 2015, the mortality rate for children under five years of age declined from 122 deaths per 1,000 live births to an estimated 64 deaths per 1,000 live births. [16] Despite this progress, malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Malawi. [16]
The hospital is located in Malindi, a town in Mangochi District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. Malindi is located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi), by road, north of Mangochi, where the district headquarters are located. [2] This is about 215 kilometres (134 mi), by road, north of Blantyre, the largest city in Malawi's Southern Region. [3]