Malawi National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan.
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This publication contains the full text of the Republic of Malawi National Covid-19 preparedness and response Plan.
The main objective of this COVID-19 Plan is to prevent, rapidly detect and effectively respond to any COVID-19 outbreak thereby reducing morbidity and mortality in the country. Due to the evolving nature of the novel coronavirus, the Preparedness and Response Plan will be updated every 3 months or on a need basis. The Plan has been developed to establish operational procedures for preparedness and response to COVID-19 based on risks identified by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and other emerging context-based criteria. This multi-sectoral Plan aims to ensure prevention of COVID-19 spread into the country, preparedness and readiness for a timely, consistent and coordinated response in the event of COVID-19 outbreak. The Preparedness and Response Plan is based on three scenarios- when there is no COVID-19 case, when a COVID-19 case is confirmed (an imported or sporadic case) and when more people are affected by COVID-19 either as clusters or with community transmission.
The Plan was developed through the cluster system approach led by the Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events and the Ministry of Health. There are 10 operational clusters: Health, Inter-cluster coordination; Protection and Social Support, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Education, Food Security and Transport and Logistics. The following have been included as ad hoc clusters: Communication Cluster, Employment and Labour Force Protection, Economic Empowerment Cluster and Enforcement Cluster. All clusters are required to align their preparedness and response interventions to this plan’s strategic objectives. These clusters have mainstreamed monitoring and reporting into their activities to track preparedness and response activities. The purpose of this is to enable government to be informed of progress, existing capacity and resource gaps with respect to the response, as well as to generate information for resource mobilization. It also enables clusters to fulfil their accountability responsibilities. Inter-Cluster Coordination is therefore crucial by ensuring that the activities of all clusters are coordinated, monitored and evaluated. The Protection cluster is cross cutting and its activities have been mainstreamed across all clusters. The plan recognizes people with special needs like the elderly, people with disabilities, chronically ill, PLWHA, injured persons, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and children as particularly vulnerable and needing special protection measures.
All Cluster Monitoring Matrices are listed at the end of this publication.
The main objective of this COVID-19 Plan is to prevent, rapidly detect and effectively respond to any COVID-19 outbreak thereby reducing morbidity and mortality in the country. Due to the evolving nature of the novel coronavirus, the Preparedness and Response Plan will be updated every 3 months or on a need basis. The Plan has been developed to establish operational procedures for preparedness and response to COVID-19 based on risks identified by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and other emerging context-based criteria. This multi-sectoral Plan aims to ensure prevention of COVID-19 spread into the country, preparedness and readiness for a timely, consistent and coordinated response in the event of COVID-19 outbreak. The Preparedness and Response Plan is based on three scenarios- when there is no COVID-19 case, when a COVID-19 case is confirmed (an imported or sporadic case) and when more people are affected by COVID-19 either as clusters or with community transmission.
The Plan was developed through the cluster system approach led by the Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events and the Ministry of Health. There are 10 operational clusters: Health, Inter-cluster coordination; Protection and Social Support, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Education, Food Security and Transport and Logistics. The following have been included as ad hoc clusters: Communication Cluster, Employment and Labour Force Protection, Economic Empowerment Cluster and Enforcement Cluster. All clusters are required to align their preparedness and response interventions to this plan’s strategic objectives. These clusters have mainstreamed monitoring and reporting into their activities to track preparedness and response activities. The purpose of this is to enable government to be informed of progress, existing capacity and resource gaps with respect to the response, as well as to generate information for resource mobilization. It also enables clusters to fulfil their accountability responsibilities. Inter-Cluster Coordination is therefore crucial by ensuring that the activities of all clusters are coordinated, monitored and evaluated. The Protection cluster is cross cutting and its activities have been mainstreamed across all clusters. The plan recognizes people with special needs like the elderly, people with disabilities, chronically ill, PLWHA, injured persons, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and children as particularly vulnerable and needing special protection measures.
All Cluster Monitoring Matrices are listed at the end of this publication.
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