Ministry of Health Reaffirms Commitment to Reducing Maternal Deaths

Ministry of Health has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality deaths across the country.

Speaking on Monday, 07th April 2025, during the press briefing at Bwaila Hospital on commemoration of World Health Day, minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda emphasized the need for enhanced efforts to address maternal and newborns health issues, despite having limited healthcare facilities in almost every hospital in the country.

Chiponda also added that this year’s world health day aims at reducing preventable maternal deaths and improve overall maternal and newborn health and ensuring that no woman or baby should lose life due to maternal issues as one way of meeting Malawi 2063 Agenda.

” We are very glad that since the start of this year-to-date Bwaila hospital has never registered any maternal death and we want this to be a whole year thing and we’re also in the process of discussing with the private sectors to start providing transport to women in labor as we do not have enough ambulance as a country” chiponda said.

In her remarks Dr Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo, World Health organization country representative, said that their organization aims at ensuring that women have access to quality delivery service all over the world.

Kimambo said that “Malawi is one of the countries with high rate of teenage pregnancy that also add to the complications that occur during labor time therefore it is our mandate to make sure that every woman have access to high quality delivery service in order to promote the mother and child health across the world.”

This year’s World Health Day has been commemorated under the theme “Health begging’s, Hopeful future” and also today makes the 77 years of the World Health organization in service all over the world.

By Tiyamike Paul Chisale