The Malawi Health Library was created for university students, faculty and librarians at the the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) in Malawi. In addition to providing resources from our general Health Collection, the Malawi Health Library includes Malawi-specific resources relevant to KUHeS students and health professionals in Malawi. Some examples of these resources include census reports and data tables for Malawi, Malawi-specific COVID-19 impact monitoring, Malawi government documents, and strategic health plans and guidelines specific to Malawi.
Implemented in partnership with Peace Corps Malawi’s Advancing Health Professionals program, the Malawi Health Library is currently being used by KUHeS students, who bring the offline digital libraries to remote clinics and hospitals where internet connectivity is expensive or simply unavailable. Students are assigned to these remote clinics and hospitals for 6–14 weeks to carry out their in-field clinical practice rotations. Until now, students assigned to these remote locations found it tremendously difficult to keep up with their homework and ongoing assignments, given the lack of connectivity. The possibility of carrying an entire health library with them when traveling to these rural sites was truly an exciting prospect for the students and educators alike.
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Featured resources
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HIV PrEP messaging leaflet (Chichewa version)
This handout from USAID’s EMPOWER program provides information in Chichewa on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.
HIV Prevalence Fact Sheet: Data from the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS)
This brochure shares data on HIV prevalence from the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS), which provides data for monitoring the health situation of the population in Malawi.
Malawi National HIV and AIDS Policy 2022-2027
This policy document outlines Malawi’s national HIV/AIDS policy, which aims at ensuring that evidence-based HIV interventions are implemented at scale in line with the national Health Sector Strategic Plan.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Workshop for Students
This is the full, seven-part EBP module with recaps & activities from SolarSPELL’s workshop with KUHeS in Malawi. This document is offered to faculty and staff to use as an “all-in-one” EBP presentation without having to go through each individual video & find the accompanying activities.
Malawi COVID-19 Impact Monitoring: Findings from the Eighth Round of the High Frequency Phone Survey
This brief presents the findings from the eighth round of the Malawi High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (HFPS COVID-19) conducted between February 23 and March 15, 2021.
