Malawi

AmeriCares has been supporting individual medical missions to Malawi since 1996, initially working with individual physicians and the University of Malawi. By providing essential medical supplies to hospitals and clinics, a great difference can be made in the quality of health care and lives of many people who would not otherwise have access to them. AmeriCares currently supports the efforts of two organizations with regular shipments of medicines and medical supplies. Both provide indispensable healthcare for Malawi's significant population of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria patients.

In response to a severe health and food crisis affecting southern Africa during 2003, AmeriCares constructed a therapeutic feeding center at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Malamulo. The center provides life-saving nutritional rehabilitation for hundreds of children each month. With 50 beds for the in-patient treatment of severely malnourished children and adults, the Malamulo Therapeutic Feeding Center provides essential care for victims of Malawi's recurrent food crises. AmeriCares continues to assist with both financial and in-kind support for the center.