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How monthly clinics bring primary health care services closer to communities in Malawi

Fredrik Lerneryd for USAID

In Malawi, access to critical health services like routine immunization and nutrition screening is often limited for families living in rural areas. 

USAID partnered with local health workers in Malawi to bring care closer to families and mothers like new mom, Elinat Robert, who now lives just five kilometers away from the nearest monthly health clinic where she brings her newborn to receive life-saving vaccines and screening for common childhood illnesses. 

“I am here because I am following what the health officers encourage us to do,” said Elinat. “For instance, I am here today at the monthly under-five clinic for my baby's vaccination.”

Annually, about 265,000 children under-five are vaccinated by health surveillance assistants in USAID-supported districts in Malawi.

Learn more about how USAID supports primary health care delivery in Malawi by training health surveillance assistants, providing supplies and job aids with clear instructions for critical health services, and delivering logistical support to conduct outreach clinics in hard-to-reach areas.

Learn more about USAID’s maternal and child survival programs: 

• Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths: A Framework for Action in a Changing World
• Accelerating Maternal and Child Survival Through Primary Health Care 
• USAID’s Immunization Web Page