Learning Centre For Quality Management

In celebration of World Health Day, the Learning Centre for Quality Management and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences are proud to announce the Improvement Coach Training Programme. A 6-month leadership programme designed to equip professionals with practical Quality Improvement (QI) skills, enabling you to lead initiatives, strengthen teams, and sustain impactful change within your organisation.

Through a structured, flexible learning experience, participants will gain hands-on expertise in QI models and tools, data and analytics, coaching and resource mobilization, all whilst benefiting from mentorship by global experts.

Quality leaders, focal persons, managers, supervisors and frontline healthcare providers ready to lead in quality, policy-makers shaping stronger systems, this programme is for you.

Become an Improvement Coach. Your Growth matters.

To apply, fill in the form at https://lnkd.in/d4nvdnsD or scan/long press the QR Code.

Application Deadline : 12th June, 2026 (5PM CAT)

Programme Fees : $490 / MK 852,000 per person
Programme Duration: 6 Months
Programme Start Date - 1st July, 2026.
Programme End Date - 18th December, 2026.
Sessions run from 6PM (CAT).

Leadership. Growth. Quality Healthcare. Welcome to the Improvement Coach Training Programme.

For any queries, email [email protected] .

Something impactful is on the way.

Quality leaders, focal persons, managers, supervisors and frontline healthcare providers ready to lead in quality, policy-makers shaping stronger systems, this is for you.

Check back next Tuesday for all the details! 📍

What drives healthcare utilization in Malawi? 📍🏘️ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _📍🏨

Findings from the People’s Voice Survey show that 64% of respondents choose public hospitals primarily because they are closer and easier to reach. This highlights how geographic accessibility remains a critical factor in whether people seek care when they need it.

💡These insights provide important evidence for strengthening service delivery and guiding strategic investments in health infrastructure, facility readiness, and community-level access to care.

For the Ministry of Health, the People’s Voice Survey provides citizen-generated data to inform planning and resource allocation across the health system.

For development partners and stakeholders, the People’s Voice Survey provides a valuable evidence base to support targeted investments that expand equitable access to healthcare and improve health outcomes for communities across Malawi.

Together, through coordinated investments and shared commitment, we can bring quality healthcare closer to the communities that need it the most.



Ministry Of Health - Malawi Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

This International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who deliver, lead and advocate for quality healthcare.

We reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every woman receives safe, respectful and high quality care.

When women are empowered as patients, providers and leaders, health systems become stronger for all.

What happens when medicines are unavailable? 💊
What happens when the nearest facility is too far? 🏨

The People’s Voice Survey (PVS) shows that 80% of rural-based respondents had to borrow money or sell personal items to access healthcare in 2024. The unavailability of medicines in public health facilities, as well as long distances to health facilities, were the major reasons respondents resorted to borrowing money or selling personal items.

The survey indicates a clear pattern: when medicines are unavailable and facilities are far, households are forced to absorb the shock.

This demonstrates that healthcare access is deeply interconnected with economic stability. Addressing these barriers requires integrated planning to ensure that PVS findings inform departmental strategies and annual joint work plans across ministries.

What can we do better?
Strengthening supply chains, improving facility readiness, and investing in accessible infrastructure should be reflected in joint annual work plans. Health financing and service delivery reforms must go hand in hand to reduce the economic burden on Malawians.



Ministry Of Health - Malawi Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

From Training to Implementation: Strengthening Quality Improvement Reporting at Facility Level

Quality Management Directorate (QMD) zonal office, in collaboration with DHOs, are currently conducting facility-based orientations on Quality Improvement reporting across six districts: Kasungu, Ntchisi, Rumphi, Mzimba, Nsanje and Chikwawa. The initiative will reach 60 health facilities and approximately 600 front-line health workers.

Using a cascade model, recently trained Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) are now implementing lessons learned by orienting their colleagues on how to report QI projects through DHIS2. This district-led approach builds sustainable capacity for ongoing QI reporting training within facilities.

QMD zonal teams are leading the activity, providing mentorship, supporting trainers, ensuring user credentials are created and guiding facilities to develop QI action plans.

The activity is led by the Ministry of Health in partnership with UNICEF, PACHI and the Learning Centre for Quality Management.



UNICEF Malawi Ministry Of Health - Malawi