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Mobile Clinic in Malawi (PIH and MOH)
Mobile Clinic in Malawi (PIH and MOH)
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 2013Startup or pilot
Country of Operation
Malawi
Approach
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
Health focus
- Primary care
Summary
Partners in Health Malawi was initiated in 2007 as Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU). PIH/APZU partners with Malawi’s Ministry of Health in the rural Neno district to provide comprehensive, community-based care to a catchment area of about 125,000 people. In October 2013, the program initiated a weekly mobProgram goals
The mobile clinic was implemented to expand and improve access to quality health care services to marginalized and impoverished populations in Malawi's rural Neno district. The clinic also contributes to the overarching strategic objectives of PIH Malawi of delivering health care, accompaniement, and socio-economic support to people in their communities and providing technical and financial assistance to MOH (Malawian Ministry of Health).
Key program components
This weekly mobile clinic is designed to offer general consultation for all types of diseases in adults. The clinic provides antenatal services for pregnant women, immunization and growth monitoring for children under 5, family planning for women of childbearing age, HIV testing and counseling, malaria rapid test, and typhoid rapid test. Medication prescriptions and distributions are part of the mobile clinic process as well. The staff is always a mix of PIH and MOH employees. The mobile clinic helps to link other active case finding efforts carried out by village health workers and clinicians to the Neno District Hospital. Expansion of mobile clinic services and coverage is expected.
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