Malawi fieldwork

Today started with a visit to Chiputula Primary School to meet with the head teacher and teachers. Since the school is divided into morning and afternoon sessions, it was our first time meeting with these teachers. After introductions, we tended to the garden.  Today was our first day seeing sprouts in the garden! The teachers […]

Our original plan was to attend the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) meeting for the polio vaccination campaign at the District Health Office (DHO). However, the meeting was cancelled due to the campaign being postponed to August. We have decided to work on our nutrition education project for the Chiputula Primary School and began reading articles

Today we visited the District Health Office (DHO) and attended one of the Mzimba North Emergency Operation Center (EOC) meetings. During the meeting, we learned more about the district vaccination campaign, which is one of the initiatives to increase childhood vaccination against Polio and other diseases. As part of the campaign, they educate parents on

We had another day of visiting health centers and a hospital with the Mzimba North District Health Office (DHO) team. The health facilities we visited were the Luzi Health Centre, Ekwendeni Hospital, and Choma Health Centre. We cross-checked the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) records with the clinic records, including malaria, sexually transmitted infections

We started our second day by meeting with Rebecca, the Malawi Country Representative for LIN (Luke International Norway). She introduced us to the projects that LIN is working on, including the nutrition projects, educational capacity building, and electronic health information system. Following this, we had our first chance to go into the field! With the

It is our first day of field experience! We visited the Chiputula Primary School and Mzimba North District Health Office (DHO) to introduce ourselves before beginning to work on the projects. We received a warm welcome from the teachers and students at the Chiputula Primary School where there are approximately 3,500 students from the first

To get to Lilongwe, Malawi it took 36 hours of flight time, where some of us explored Bangkok during our 10 hours layover. Once we arrived we still needed to travel 5 hours by car to get to Mzuzu, the third-largest city in Malawi. We also explored a local food market during our break from

For the last four days (Thursday to Sunday) the team has been out in the field working with the District Health Office (DHO) on surveillance for Round 3 of the Polio Vaccination Campaign. They each offered some thoughts on their experience. -Rena- The slogan “No one left behind”, I always see this when I’m looking