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Newest firstBackgroundMalawis healthcare system faces strain due to an insufficient number of healthcare workers (HCWs). The number of HCWs currently employed falls below the Malawian governments own facility-based staffing standards, which are known as the establishment target. While vacancy rates from this target have been estimated, the health consequences of this workforce gap on the population have not. MethodsThis study…
Open article record in new tab ↗Like many others, Malawis health care system faces significant health workforce shortages largely due to budget constraints that limit training, recruitment and retention of staff. A crucial question is how to best allocate a limited budget to expand different health care workers (HCW) cadres so that the potential health gains are maximised, which is more important now than ever considering recent withdraw and red…
Open article record in new tab ↗1Malawi is vulnerable to climate-related shocks, which are projected to worsen. Whilst some dimensions of this vulnerability have been characterised, little is known about healthcare sector resilience. Coupling facility-specific data on antenatal care (ANC) service provision in Malawi with gridded precipitation data, we use regression analyses to characterise the historic relationship between precipitation and hea…
Open article record in new tab ↗Development assistance for health (DAH) to Malawi will likely decrease as a fraction of GDP in the next few decades. Given the countrys significant reliance on DAH for the delivery of its healthcare services, estimating the impact that this could have on health projections for the country is particularly urgent. We use the Malawi-specific, individual-based "all diseases - whole health-system" Thanzi La Onse model…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectiveHuge investments in HIV, TB, and malaria (HTM) control in Malawi have greatly reduced disease burden. However, the joint impact of these services across multiple health domains and the health system resources required to deliver them are not fully understood. MethodsAn integrated epidemiological and health system model was used to assess the impact of HTM programmes in Malawi from 2010 to 2019, incorporat…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundDecisions need to be made in all healthcare systems about the allocation of available resources with the aim of improving population health. Evidence is needed for these decisions, which can have enormous consequences for population health, especially in lower-income settings. MethodsWe address this need using an individual-based simulation model of healthcare need and service delivery that we have devel…
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