Reproductive Health in Malawi

Our goal, through provision of quality reproductive healthcare, is to reduce maternal and child mortality and improve their health indicators, provide sexual reproductive health services among adolescents, and reduction of underage pregnancies.

By educating midwife technicians, building local health clinics and facilitating mobile health clinics, NCA has contributed to the country’s positive trend in maternal and child health. Lunjika Health Centre. Photo: Kristine Flyvholm/NCA
By educating midwife technicians, building local health clinics and facilitating mobile health clinics, NCA has contributed to the country’s positive trend in maternal and child health. Lunjika Health Centre. Photo: Kristine Flyvholm/NCA

Through our partners, we provide integrated health services for our beneficiaries, which include e.g. antenatal care, HIV testing and counselling, screening and early treatment of cervical cancer, and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education to adolescents. Community dialogue sessions are part of the outreach and advocacy efforts, provided at health centres. These dialogues, involving community members, religious and traditional leaders, encourage men to be supportive of their pregnant wives, and care for the new-born babies.

Our work with the Ministry of Health and Christian Health Association of Malawi has revealed critical need for health infrastructure. Therefore, we are building health facilities, especially maternity clinics, in remote areas, providing proper housing for the staff in a bid to retain qualified health staff in rural areas.

Some of our achievements from 2016:

  • Interventions for Reproductive Health provided antenatal care services to 702 pregnant women.
  • 736 women and girls screened for cervical cancer in 2 districts.
  • 14 health facilities have been provided with necessary equipment for screening of Reproductive cancers and HIV.
  • 855 youth accessed family planning services and 455 youths between 10-19 years trained in comprehensive sexuality education.
  • 2,358 adolescents accessed HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) services in the targeted communities. 6079 men and women accessed viral load testing.
  • 120 dialogue sessions on teenage pregnancies and early marriages were conducted, reaching 7940 people (3405 men and 4535 females).