Malawi National Health Communication Strategy, 2015-2020
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SSDI-CommunicationDate of Publication
2009The overarching theme of the National Health Communication Strategy (NHCS) is Moyo ndi Mpamba: Usamalireni! (Life is Precious: Take Care of it ). The NHCS is anchored in the Social Ecological Model of Communication and selected behavior change theories.
Utilizing the Life Stages Approach, it promotes healthy choices at critical junctures in life based on what is most important and meaningful to people at those times. The ultimate aim of the National Health Communication Strategy is not only to reduce mortality and morbidity rates but also to build a nation of individuals who have the knowledge, skills and motivation to make healthy choices and strengthen the health and well-being of communities across the country.
The NHCS has adopted the Moyo ndi Mpamba: Usamalireni theme with its focus on wellness, not merely the absence of disease, as the primary unifying concept. It makes use of all
available communication channels—mass media, traditional media, mobile phones,social media, community mobilization and interpersonal communication.
More Moyo ndi Mpamba Usamalireni Malawi resources
- Global Handwashing Day 2015 Social Media Toolkit
- The Infection Control Symbol Package
- Behavior-Centered Approaches to Improve Health Outcomes
- Barrier Analysis Questionnaires
- WASH FIT / WASH FIT Mobile
- Advancing Gender in The Environment: Gender in Fisheries—A Sea of Opportunities
- The Behavior Change Framework
- Small Doable Actions: A Feasible Approach to Behavior Change
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 10 Reasons WASH is a Pathway to Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls
- GESI Toolkit
- Mobilising Communities for Action on Health and Social Change- Community Mobilisation Strategy
- SSDI–Communication Toolkit- Moyo ndi Mpamba
- Malawi- Moyo ndi Mpamba Campaign Marriage Counseling for Newlyweds Training Manual
- Malawi- Moyo ndi Mpamba Campaign Family Health Booklet
- Moyo ndi Mpamba Radio Serial Drama Design Document
