Between October and December 2010, 7,209 (79%) of 9,083 women attending ANC who were known to be HIV positive received ARVs. This represents 40% PMTCT coverage among the...

By the end of September 2010, 237,621 patients were alive and on ART in Malawi, equivalent to 60% coverage of the estimated population in need of ART. There were 406 ART clinics...

Between April and June 2010, 458 facilities in Malawi were providing PMTCT at ANC and/or maternity. 6,345 (71%) of 8,944 women attending ANC who were known to be HIV positive...

Between April and June 2011, 486 facilities in Malawi were providing PMTCT at ANC and/or maternity. 7,524 (85%) of 8,525 women attending ANC who were known to be HIV positive...

The Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) (2011-2016) is the successor to the Program of Work (PoW) which covered the period 2004-2010 and guided the implementation of...

HIV prevalence in Malawi is declining overall with new infections reducing from 55,000 in 2011 to 34,000 in 2013. Implementation of effective prevention, treatment, care and...

HIV prevalence in Malawi is high and has for the past five years stabilised at a high level of 14.6% with women being more infected than men and urban areas having HIV...

AIDS Epidemic in Malawi: This is of such a magnitude and such a threat to economic and social stability that the country is proposing to continue with a bold and ambitious scale...

The HIV epidemic in Malawi has affected every sector of the society to such an extent that it has been declared the single greatest challenge facing the nation today. Despite...

In July 2013, the WHO released new Consolidated Guidelines for the use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Prevention of HIV Infection. The 2013 WHO guidelines advocate for...

By way of reducing the incidence of HIV and other STIs, the Fourth National Health Plan (1999 – 2004) identifies “adopting syndromic management of STIs in all health centres,...

At the end of 2007, 33.2 million adults and children were estimated to be living with HIV / AIDS in the world. Since the start of the epidemic in 1981, nearly 25 million people...

At the end of 2005, 40 million adults and children were estimated to be living with HIV / AIDS in the world. Since the start of the epidemic in 1981, nearly 25 million people...

New and recent evidence (see references 1-12) shows that cotrimoxazole (CTX) preventive therapy is associated with a 25-46% reduction in mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, even in...

Between July and September 2010, 486 facilities in Malawi were providing PMTCT at ANC and/or maternity. 7,809 (83%) of 9,418 women attending ANC who were known to be HIV...

Between January and March 2010, 454 facilities in Malawi were providing PMTCT services at ANC and/or maternity. 6,895 (74%) of 9,286 women attending ANC who were known to be HIV...

By the end of December 2009, 198,846 patients were alive and on ART at 377 ART clinics in Malawi (279 static clinics and 98 outreach / mobile clinics). Out of the 271,105...

By the end of September 2009, there were 236 static ART clinics in Malawi in the public and private health sector; 22 of these static clinics provided ART at a total of 103...

By the end of June 2009, there were 224 static ART clinics in Malawi in the public and private health sector; 22 of these static clinics provided ART at a total of 96 outreach...

By the end of March 2009, there were 223 static ART clinics in Malawi in the public and private health sector; 22 of these static clinics provided ART at a total of 96 outreach...