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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]
To deal with national public health problems: Location: Malawi; ... Public Health Institute of Malawi ... as well as mental and physical health. [8] [9] ...
The mother, who was reportedly struggling with mental health issues, had been abandoned by her husband and left to care for the child alone. The case highlighted the need for improved mental health services and support for new mothers. [27] In 2016, another was charged with murdering her newly born baby.
In 2002, Malawi published the Poverty Reduction Strategy which included the Essential Health Package (EHP). [7] The EHP was derived from estimates of the most significant burdens of disease in Malawi provided in 2002 by the World Health Organization. [15] Its central focus is to combat 11 health issues that most greatly affect the poor. [3]
In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save the life of the mother. Abortion is a felony punishable by prison. Malawi's abortion law is one of the strictest in the world. Malawi's penal code, introduced in 1930, bans abortion. Since the 1990s, reproductive health organisations have been active in the country.
Martha Kwataine is a Malawian health and human rights activist, and the founder and former executive director of the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN).. In October 2006, Kwataine founded the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN), and became its executive director.
The study by Atticus, a workers compensation and disability benefits company headquartered in Los Angeles California, reveals that mental health issues make up 52% of all workplace injury cases ...
According to a U.S. State Department report on human-rights conditions in Malawi in 2010, the major human-rights problems included “police use of excessive force, which resulted in deaths and injuries; security force impunity, although the government made some efforts to prosecute abusers; occasional mob violence; harsh and life-threatening ...