Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi: An Essential but Neglected Part of The Health System

Mindy Panulo; Jennifer Lamb; Kondwani Chidziwisano; Tracy Morse

Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi: An Essential but Neglected Part of The Health System

Mindy Panulo, Jennifer Lamb, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Tracy Morse

Civil And Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Key findings & recommendations
- GWS are integral to health care delivery in Malawi but are not effectively supported in current systems
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) and Infection & Prevention Control standards
are inadequate at District GWS. These current conditions are a public health risk
to GWS users and the wider community.
- GWS must be formally recognised with a clear policy and an operational plan on who has overall responsibility, how they should be managed, the functions they should perform coupled with a long-term business and financial plan.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Publisher	University of Strathclyde
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2022

Keywords

guardian waiting shelters
Malawi
health system
public health

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Improving Hygiene in Guardian Waiting Shelters and Communities in Malawi: an intervention development and feasibility study
Morse, T. (Principal Investigator)
Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute RGHT
1/07/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research

Data for: "Assessment of infrastructure, behaviours, and user satisfaction of Guardian Waiting Shelters for secondary level hospitals in southern Malawi"
Panulo, M. F. (Creator), Morse, T. (Creator) & CHIDZIWISANO, K. R. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 3 Jul 2024
DOI: 10.15129/8c7a32ff-9f90-449d-aaa2-ec59afd45e5a
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Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi: An Essential but Neglected Part of The Health System

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Improving Hygiene in Guardian Waiting Shelters and Communities in Malawi: an intervention development and feasibility study

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Data for: "Assessment of infrastructure, behaviours, and user satisfaction of Guardian Waiting Shelters for secondary level hospitals in southern Malawi"

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