National Community Health Strategy 2017 - 2022
The Government of Malawi is committed to improving health and livelihoods in Malawi through community health – the provision of basic health services in rural and urban communities with the participation of people who live there. Historically, Community Health has significantly contributed to i...
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Malawi Government
2021
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| Online Access: | http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:8080/handle/20.500.12845/201 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | The Government of Malawi is committed to improving health
and livelihoods in Malawi through community health – the
provision of basic health services in rural and urban
communities with the participation of people who live there.
Historically, Community Health has significantly contributed to
improvements in Malawi’s health outcomes in particular
attainment of MDG4. However, the community health system
faces resource constraints and inconsistencies around quality
of service – which negatively affect health outcomes.
Recognising the importance of community health and the
opportunity to address these challenges, the Ministry of
Health (MoH) has developed the country’s first National
Community Health Strategy (NCHS) for the period of 2017-2022. This strategy has been
developed in collaboration of all partners and stakeholders in line with existing policies and
the Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP II).
This NCHS is intended to play an expansive role in ensuring that health services are accessible
and patient-centred to achieve significant impact not just over the course of the next five
years, but for a generation. Several consultations with various stakeholders, partners, civil
society, and organizations across the health system, local government, other government
departments, and communities highlighted community health’s issues, priorities and
interventions.
The core business of the NCHS is to ensure quality, integrated community health services
which are affordable, culturally acceptable, scientifically appropriate, and accessible to every
household through community participation. This strategy focuses on multiple areas such as
integration of health services; community engagement; sufficient and equitable distribution
of well-trained community health workforce; sufficient supplies, transport, and
infrastructure, and more. This will contribute effectively to the attainment of national and
international goals in particular Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 of Universal health
coverage.
The NCHS is more than a strategy. With a stronger community health system, we can all
contribute to improved livelihoods for all people in Malawi. I, therefore, call upon all
programme managers, donors, development partners, and implementing partners to take
this strategy as the core document of reference for planning, implementing and evaluating
community health services and for mobilizing resources and health financing, as it reflects the
MoH’s aspiration for attainment of national and international health goals by improving the
lives for all the people of Malawi. |
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