Decentralized HIV Care in Rural Malawi Works for 35K Patients
1,488 views · Published 9 December 2013 · 2:39 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
After 13 years in Malawi, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has shown that HIV patients can be successfully managed in a rural setting with limited staff by the decentralization of care and shifting of tasks to staff with less medical training. Today MSF and the ministry of health treats 35,000 patients in Chiradzulu district.
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