WASH in Health Care Facilities Roadmap (2022) (English)

14.04.2025
This national roadmap outlines Malawi’s strategic plan to achieve universal WASH in healthcare facilities by 2030. It includes eight action areas: situational analysis, national targets, standards, infrastructure, monitoring, workforce development,... Read more »
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National Standards and Guidelines for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Health Facilities (2024) (English)

14.04.2025
These standards define the national benchmarks for WASH in Malawi’s health facilities, addressing water access, sanitation, hygiene, waste management, environmental cleaning, climate resilience, and emergency preparedness. Developed by the Ministry... Read more »
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Infection Prevention, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines (2020) (English)

14.04.2025
This comprehensive guideline integrates IPC, WASH, and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) practices across Malawi’s healthcare system. It includes detailed SOPs, standard precautions, cleaning and disinfection protocols, lab biosafety, outbreak management, and... Read more »

National Healthcare Waste Management Policy (2024) (English)

14.04.2025
This policy provides strategic guidance for safe and sustainable healthcare waste management in Malawi. It addresses governance, infrastructure, human capacity, social behavior change, and environmental health. The policy is aligned... Read more »

Health Care Waste Management Guidelines (2024) (English)

14.04.2025
These updated national guidelines provide a structured approach to managing healthcare waste in Malawi. They include guidance on waste minimization, segregation, transport, treatment, disposal, risk mitigation, and the integration of... Read more »

Terms of Reference for WASH-FIT Task Force Malawi (2023) (English)

14.04.2025
This document defines the mandate and operational structure of the WASH-FIT Task Force in Malawi. The Task Force, under the Ministry of Health’s National Health Care Waste Management Steering Committee,... Read more »
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National Infection Prevention and Control Policy (2024) (English)

14.04.2025
This policy outlines Malawi’s national framework for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in healthcare settings. Developed by the Ministry of Health’s Quality Management Directorate, the document aims to reduce healthcare-associated... Read more »

WASH in Healthcare Facilities Roadmap – Malawi

18.05.2022
Developed by the Ministry of Health in Malawi, the purpose of the roadmap is to provide direction for the health sector to strengthen the WASH interventions being implemented in healthcare... Read more »
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Global Analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19: case studies

01.02.2022
These 12 case studies are part of the WHO 2021 publication: Global Analysis of health care waste in the context of COVID-19.
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Energy access in Malawian healthcare facilities: consequences for health service delivery and environmental health conditions

12.11.2019
Many healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income countries experience unreliable connectivity to energy sources, which adversely impacts the quality of health service delivery and provision of adequate environmental health services.
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