Malawi

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with 66% of its population living below the poverty line. The majority of its 13 million population live in rural areas where health facilities are mostly inaccessible because of the distance involved and lack of reliable and affordable transport.

Only 57% of the population has access to safe water, and only 76% benefit from adequate sanitation. Among the biggest challenges faced by the health sector is the lack of qualified health personnel: there are fewer than 200 doctors in the whole of Malawi (approximately one doctor to every 65,000 people) compared to 124,500 in UK (one doctor to every 490 people).