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The National Statistical Office of Malawi (NSO) is the main government department responsible for the collection and dissemination of official statistics in Malawi. [1] It has headquarters in Zomba and 300 employees, and operates under the 2013 Statistics Act. The NSO also has regional offices in the major urban centres of Lilongwe, Mzuzu, and ...
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 institution was established in the early 2013 with support from the Ministry of Health for research, prevention and controlling of diseases on national level as well as obtaining evidence that implements policy and practice in public health service delivery. [12]
According to the World Health Organization's statistics on Malawi, there has been a sharp increase in health expenditures. From 2002 to 2011, the per capital total expenditure on health ( PPP int.) increased from $27.2 to $77.0 and per capita government expenditure on health (PPP int.) increased from $16.4 to $56.5. [ 8 ]
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.
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.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics: bbs.gov.bd Bhutan: National Statistics Bureau nsb.gov.bt Brunei: Department of Economic Planning and Statistics deps.gov.bn Cambodia: National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia: nis.gov.kh China: National Bureau of Statistics of China: stats.gov.cn East Timor: Instituto Nacional de Estatística de Timor-Leste ...
The organisation is a network of church-owned health facilities, hospitals and training colleges with an intention to provide lower-cost health services, as well as promotion of diverse and special healthcare services. It is made of 195 health facilities and 11 training colleges [9] [10] located all over the country. [11] [12] [13]