Malawi is one of the worlds least-developed countries, ranked number 166 of 177 countries in the UN Human Development Index. The government of Malawi, with help from the international community, has made a genuine effort to improve health care in recent years.This report has revealed that there are still three key challenges for essential health services in Malawi; access to essential medicines, access to health services, compounded by user fees, especially in CHAM hospitals and the human-resource crisis.

Authors

Lawson, Max

Mazengera, Shenard

Publication date

01 Nov 2008

Publisher

Oxfam International

Series

Oxfam Research Reports

Type

Research report

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