NEST360 MALAWI
Through partnerships with hospitals, governments, and other development partners, we catalyze country-led change to deliver a package of lifesaving technologies, support and maintain an education ecosystem, and enable locally-owned data used to drive action to improve quality newborn care, increase investment, and change policy.
Every hospital implementing NEST360 has installed a package of NEST360 Qualified technologies that includes a selection of devices from each of the categories listed below. The specific device types may vary between hospitals based on their individual needs and requirements.
Hydration, Nutrition & Drug Delivery
- Syringe pump
Jaundice Management
- Bilirubinometer
- Phototherapy
Respiratory Support
- CPAP
- Flow Splitter
- Oxygen Concentrator
- Pulse oximeter
- Respiratory Rate Monitor
- Suction Pump
- Thermal Management
Thermal Management
- Conductive Warmer
- Continuous Temperature Monitor
- Radiant warmer
Point-of-care Diagnostics
- Glucometers
- Hemoglobinometers
To learn more about the NEST360 program in Malawi, contact:
Samuel Ngwala
Country Director
Email: malawi@nest360.org
Address:
P.O.Box 31664
Chichiri
Blantyre 3, Malawi
Pre-service and in-service education
We provide pre-service and in-service training packages that help educate clinicians and biomedical technicians to use, maintain, and repair the NEST360 bundle of technologies.
Training for both professions is spread out over one week and covers both theory and hands-on application followed by assessment and certification. By learning together professional silos are broken down, leading to better understanding, respect, and appreciation of each other’s roles.
Participants are typically drawn from NEST360 implementing facilities, and medical training colleges, as well as teaching institutions, i.e. biomedical engineering department staff.
Category of personnel | Number trained |
Biomedical Engineers | 600+ |
Clinicians | 6,000+ |
*all numbers reported above are cumulative since 2019.
ACCESS NEST360 CLINICAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
Our publicly available clinical and technical education materials are designed to be adapted and embedded in locally-developed in-service and pre-service training courses.
WHERE WE WORK IN MALAWI
Malawi is the first country implementing with NEST360 to achieve national scale in comprehensive small and sick newborn care. The initiative spans 38 hospitals across the country and is supported by 22 clinical skills labs and 2 innovation design studios.
These skills labs provide hands-on learning opportunities for healthcare professionals and biomedical technicians that are aligned with Malawi’s national care guidelines. Through the labs, doctors, nurses, and clinical officers receive hands-on training in advanced newborn care techniques using qualified technologies, while biomedical engineers and technicians gain experience in managing and maintaining newborn care equipment.
38 Hospitals
- Balaka District Hospital
- Bwaila Hospital
- Chikwawa District Hospital
- Chiradzulu District Hospital
- Chitipa District Hospital
- Dedza District Hospital
- Dowa District Hospital
- Embangweni Hospital
- Holy Family Hospital
- Kamuzu Central Hospital
- Karonga District Hospital
- Kasungu District Hospital
- Machinga District Hospital
- Malamulo Mission Hospital
- Mangochi District Hospital
- Mchinji District Hospital
- MUA Mission Hospital
- Mulanje District Hospital
- Mulanje Mission Hospital
- Mwanza District Hospital
- Mzimba South District Hospital
- Mzuzu Central Hospital
- Neno District Hospital
- Nkhata Bay District Hospital
- Nkhoma Mission Hospital
- Nkhotakota District Hospital
- Nsanje District Hospital
- Ntcheu District Hospital
- Ntchisi District Hospital
- Phalombe District Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
- Rumphi District Hospital
- Salima District Hospital
- St. Luke’s Hospital
- St. Peters Mission Hospital (Likoma Island)
- Thyolo District Hospital
- Trinity Hospital
- Zomba Central Hospital
20 Clinical Lab
- College of Medicine – Blantyre
- College of Medicine – Mangochi
- Daeyung University
- Ekwendeni College
- Holy Family
- Kamuzu College of Nursing – Blantyre
- Kamuzu College of Nursing -Lilongwe
- Malamulo College
- Malawi College of Health Sciences – Blantyre
- Malawi College of Health Sciences – Lilongwe
- Malawi College of Health Sciences – Zomba
- Mulanje Mission
- Mzuzu University
- Nkhoma College
- St. Joseph’s College
- St. John’s Institute
- St. John of God College
- St. Luke’s College
- Trinity College
2 Technical Labs
Malawi University of Science & Technology – MUST Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences – MUBAS
2 Design Studios
- Malawi University of Science & Technology – MUST
- Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences – MUBAS
OUR PARTNERS IN MALAWI
We work closely with the Ministry of Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi University of Business & Applied Sciences, Malawi University of Science & Technology, Hatch Technologies, and Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies.
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