Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi : An Essential but Neglected Part of The Health System

Panulo, Mindy and Lamb, Jennifer and Chidziwisano, Kondwani and Morse, Tracy (2022) Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi : An Essential but Neglected Part of The Health System. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

Key findings & recommendations - GWS are integral to health care delivery in Malawi but are not effectively supported in current systems - Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) and Infection & Prevention Control standards are inadequate at District GWS. These current conditions are a public health risk to GWS users and the wider community. - GWS must be formally recognised with a clear policy and an operational plan on who has overall responsibility, how they should be managed, the functions they should perform coupled with a long-term business and financial plan.

  • Item type:Other
    ID code:83662
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 December 2022
    Published
    Notes:The study was funded by the Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute and was conducted by Centre for Water Sanitation Hygiene and Appropriate Technology (WASHTED) Centre based at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
    Subjects:Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:10 Jan 2023 14:44
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 07:13
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/83662
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