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18 March 2022
The worst disaster in a generation: Cyclone Ana wreaks havoc on health in Malawi
Malawi is using mobile clinics to try to alleviate the effects of a tropical cyclone that hit the southern region of the country.
20 December 2021
“We couldn’t afford to buy these vaccines on our own”: COVAX delivers in Malawi
COVAX deliveries have ramped up in Malawi, given local health workers and officials hope against the pandemic.
16 December 2021
“At last”: Ghanaian football star Michael Essien hails world’s first malaria vaccine
Years before Michael Essien began his extraordinary Premier League football career, he was a barefoot kid in small-town Ghana, scoring between goalposts made of stacked rocks. Like millions of other children in the world’s endemic zones, young…
14 December 2021
Malawi in 60-day COVID-19 “vaccine express” drive
Malawi’s Ministry of Health has embarked on a two months vaccination express campaign to drive uptake and take vaccines to the people.
3 November 2021
Protecting prisoners in Malawi
Malawi prisoners are at higher risk of getting COVID 19; vaccines are helping to contain the spread.
20 September 2021
Reaching zero-dose children in Malawi’s cities
In Malawi urban areas have more unimmunised zero-dose children than rural regions. The government is working hard to close the immunisation gap.
16 September 2021
Now we know: typhoid conjugate vaccines are highly effective in African children
A study in Malawi found that TCVs are 84% efficacious among children 6 months to 15 years of age – the first such evidence among African children.
26 August 2021
Over a million children get protected against polio in Malawi
Malawi’s Ministry of Health recently conducted a nationwide polio vaccine catch up campaign targeting 1.8 million children who had previously missed out on the vaccine.
26 August 2021
A new study suggests the RTS,S malaria vaccine alone is as effective as preventive antimalarials; together they could save thousands of lives.
Name | Source | Date |
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Total population by country, by year, by age | United Nations, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects. | 2022-07-11 |
Total number of children surviving until 1 year old by country and by year | United Nations, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects. | 2022-07-11 |
UN Life births per gender | United Nations, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects. | 2022-07-11 |
Under-five mortality rate by country and by year | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD) (UNIGME). | 2021-12-20 |
Infant mortality rate by country and by year | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD) (UNIGME). | 2021-12-20 |
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) | World Bank, The gross national income, converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by the midyear population | 2022-07-01 |
Number of zero-dose children | WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC). Figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects. | 2022-07-15 |
% Reduction in number of zero-dose children, 2019-2021 | WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC). Figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects. | 2022-07-15 |
DTP1/DTP3/MCV1 Coverage (%) | WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) | 2022-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to DTP3 at national level | WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) | 2022-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to last routine dose of MCV at national level | WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) | 2022-07-15 |
Geographic equity: DTP3 coverage in the 20% of districts with lowest coverage | WHO, Joint Reporting Form (JRF) | 2022-07-15 |