Government finalises Review of COVID-19 Guidelines The ministry of Health, in collaboration with partners working on COVID-19 Response has finalised review of guidelines on various pillars in the wake of new developments and challenges in fighting the pandemic. This was revealed at the end of the COVID-19 Guidelines’ review in Mponela on Thursday, 30 July. The three-day review workshop focused on Surveillance, Case Management, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Risk Communication, Laboratory and Point of Entry (POE) response. The Ministry, through the Public Health Institute of Malawi (...

As part of its core duties, the National Micro-Reference Laboratory does a routine check on antibacterial resitance of various pathogens. In the first half of this year, the lab has reported that 9 pathogens are showing very high resistance to commonly used antibiotics.

Construction of Isolation wards was resumed after the project had stalled due to the absence of Environmental and Social Management plans- a requirement by the World Bank. The project was launched as an emergency response to the outbreak of the Ebola Virus that hit West Africa in 2014. Malawi was at the time identified as one of the countries at risk of getting the virus.

The Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP- Frontline) graduated its third cohort of trainees in March this year. Seven trainees working in disease surveillance – both human  and animal health enrolled for the programme.