"Improving nutrition is a precondition to reducing #child mortality, improving maternal health, combating diseases, and eradicating poverty and hunger,” - UNICEF Rep Shadrack Omol said at a press briefing on Germany's additional nutrition support to Malawi. KfW Bundesentwicklungsministerium

📸 15-year-old Thewile Linkson washing her hands at Jombo Primary School in Chikwawa district. Handwashing is everyone’s responsibility. EU in Malawi 🇪🇺 , European Commission

Handwashing with soap can help reduce the transmission of infectious diseases like #Cholera #ForEveryChild, Safe Hands #GlobalHandWashingDay2023 UNICEF Africa

A solar-powered water system constructed with support from USAID and UNICEF is serving at least 60 households in Rumphi and helping to curb the spread of #cholera and other waterborne diseases. #ForEveryChild, safe water USAID Malawi

Investing in hand hygiene is important and stops diseases like #Cholera. Malawi lags with just 2.5% investment in Water Sanitation and Health Budget. Let's prioritize hygiene #ForEveryChild, Hygiene. World Bank Malawi Government🇲🇼 unicef.org/malawi/reports…

"I am optimistic that with improved sanitation, more women will come to give birth here.” - Mercy Khonje, mother of two, after giving birth at Mzokoto Health Center, Rumphi”. Read Mercy’s story: unicef.org/malawi/stories… UK in Malawi

Untreated water exposes #children to water borne diseases like #cholera. See how a solar-powered water system at Kaporo Health Centre in Karonga is providing safe piped water to the hospital, school, and communities: shorturl.at/dlZ69 Funded by #USAID through #UNICEF.

#ForEveryChild, access to safe water

Good hygiene saves life. 📷 5-year-old Bridget Billy washes her hands with safe water and soap at Nansolola Community-based Childcare Centre so that she is protected from diseases like #cholera.

Access to safe water is every child’s right. Through #USAID’s support, #UNICEF installed a solar powered deep well, two water tanks, and a hand washing facility at Mwazisi Health Centre to improve hygiene and access to water supply: shorturl.at/jqVWY

#ForEveryChild, hygiene Thanks to support from UNICEF Germany, through the #LivingSchoolsProject, students at Fumbwa Primary school in Dedza district now have piped water and water tanks and they now practice good hygiene: shorturl.at/nCKUX

In Chikwawa, UNICEF and partners are supporting a village hygiene project that has so far constructed and rehabilitated 12 boreholes, built 6,700 latrines and constructed five water schemes, ensuring 24,000 people in the district have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

#CycloneFreddy floods damaged water facilities in Chinele Village in Blantyre district. Today, the village has two new boreholes that are providing safe water to 400 people, including children, thanks to collaboration between #UNICEF and Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) in support of Malawi Government🇲🇼.

Following recent floods in Malawi's #Nkhotakota & #Karonga districts which have affected 20,000 people, displacing 9000 - including 4000 #children, UNICEF & partners are supporting the Malawi Government🇲🇼 response, assessing the situation & providing essential supplies to the affected.

Kudos to Embassy of Japan in Malawi for providing health centres like Nyamithuthu in Nsanje with medical, sanitation, and hygiene supplies to help prevent infection and fight diseases like cholera: shorturl.at/bjCM2

Hand-washing with soap and water is one of the best ways to protect yourself and those around you from diseases like Pink eye (conjunctivitis). Let’s teach our children to wash hands frequently. #ForEveryChild, health.

Today, the #UNICEF Rep Shadrack Omol accompanied the Minister of Health Hon Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda MP and WHO Rep Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo to meet #Nkhotakota flood-affected families and children. UNICEF is supporting #Malawi Government's emergency response. #ForEveryChild, partnerships.

“We lacked safe water and guardians spent much time looking for water instead of caring for patients,” - Biton Mpwahiwa, health worker at Nyamithutu Health Centre in Nsanje, which now has clean water supply, thanks to cholera response support from #Japan: shorturl.at/knuKL