Hallway Sign
In an almost-dark hallway at Kamuzu Central Hospital.
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Long Road
Along the highway between Lilongwe and Blantyre, a common sight: transportation is often by foot.
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Charcoal by Bike
Across Malawi, people cook their food on wood burning stoves. Even the Presidential residence, suspected one of the UNICEF Malawi staff, has a wood burning stove. Some for reasons of tradition, others for necessity. And with this type of cooking comes the search for fuel.
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Antimalarial Distribution
At the Healthy Center in Mpemba, a Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) distributes Coartem for children, an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
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The Well
A young woman pumps water from Likalawe’s well.
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Agnes
One of the many positive outcomes of Likalawe’s monthly outreach clinics is the gratitude of the villagers. And few gestures could better signify this goodwill than what Agnes Sumali does for the HSAs that make the monthly trip from Mpemba.
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Smiling Kids
Some of the smiling kids in the village, excited to talk to their visitors.
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Clinic Mother
A mother with her children after the mobile outreach clinic in Likalawe Village, Malawi.
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Healthcare Where The Road Ends
On the second Tuesday of each month, about 6km beyond the village of Mpemba, where the narrow road hugs a hillside over rocks and streams, there is a clinic. The clinic isn’t a flashy building with bright hallways and fancy equipment, although there is a lot of natural light. There isn’t even a building at all.
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Kids
At the mobile outreach clinic, organized monthly from the Mpemba Healthy Center.
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Children’s Ward
The Children’s Ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. The closest beds are in the “Red Zone,” with the sickest children and getting the highest attention from staff.
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Waiting Mothers
Just outside the main room of the Pediatric Ward, two mothers wait with their children.
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Nurse Kunkeyani
Nurse Kunkeyani, outside the maternity unit where she works, at Kamuzu Central Hospital.
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Waiting Area
A father waits with his son in the Emergency Department of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.
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Afternoon Traffic
Afternoon traffic in the Capital City neighborhood of Lilongwe.
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Market Produce
One of many roadside produce markets seen in Malawi, this one in Ntcheu, along the road between Blantyre and Lilongwe.
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Mozambique Mountain
Driving north between Blantyre and Lilongwe, looking west into Mozambique.
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The School Under The Tree
Beyond the central hospitals and district facilities of Malawi, there are “Healthy Centers.” These rural outposts serve thousands in extraordinarily resource-challenged settings. Yesterday’s visit to Migowi was to a Healthy Center, where just a handful of nurses and staff are the only healthcare providers available for a catchment area of hundreds of square kilometers.
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Smiling
One of the many children eager to be photographed, at the Migowi Healthy Center in the Phalombe District of Malawi.
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Market Bikers
Biking through the center of Migowi, just a few hundred meters from the Healthy Center.
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