Malawi: Countdown Country Collaboration – Countdown 2030

The countdown to 2030 national collaboration in Malawi is a partnership between the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences School of Global and Public Health; Ministry of Health Reproductive Health Directorate; Ministry of Health Central Monitoring and Evaluation Department; Global Financing Facility and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. This project is tailored to the needs of Malawi government that is to build and strengthen analytical capacity and synthesis of health data to inform national and local reviews of progress and performance with a focus on reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH). Malawi is paying close attention to reproductive health of women, children and adolescents especially on family planning and immunization.

Chikondi Chapuma was selected as a Countdown fellow for 2024.

Malawi is currently using the health sector strategic plan III (2023 – 2030) as the main national plan. The country collaboration team’s plans align well with the national plan:

Call for a stakeholder engagement to discuss emerging issues in RMNCH focus on maternal and child health, family planning and immunization
Analysis of health facility data from DHIS2 in order to obtain district level estimates of coverage for different indicators
Organize data analysis sessions on immunization, Family planning and RMNCH
Scientific publications from the analytical workshops organized for different indicators.