Malawi (2023) is experiencing significant health challenges
resulting from lack of access to potable water, sanitation and
hygiene, consequences of the effects of Cyclone Freddy and
a critical shortage of in-post skilled human resources. The
country has been battling a cholera outbreak since April 2022
which has claimed at least 1,733 lives as at 10th April 2023.
All the country’s districts have been affected with 57,414
cases reported nationwide by 10th April. This figure is
obviously an underestimate as many people who experience
symptoms do not access the formal health system. They
therefore remain unrecorded. There is no reason to believe
that the outbreak is under control as deaths continue to be
recorded each week. 