Service readiness for the management of non-communicable diseases in publicly financed facilities in Malawi: findings from the 2019 Harmonised Health Facility Assessment census survey.
Sali AhmedYanjia CaoZicheng WangMatthew M CoatesPakwanja TweaMingyang MaJonathan Chiwanda BandaEmily B WroeLan BaiDavid A WatkinsYanfang SuPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
Publicly financed facilities in Malawi are generally unprepared to provide NCD services, especially at the PHC level. Targeted investments in PHC can substantially improve service readiness for chronic NCD conditions in local communities and enable STC to respond to acute NCD complications and more complex NCD cases.