As part of the 2017-2022 Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Malawi released an updated set of National Health Indicators and accompanying targets. hese indicators support monitoring for the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)’s five-year strategic plan. They were developed as part of a consultative process, led by the Central Monitoring and Evaluation Division (CMED) that included all Departments and Programmes of the Ministry.
The new National Health Indicators update a previous list of 110 National Health Indicators released in 2003. The current list was adapted taking into consideration the current Malawi MoHP priorities as outlined in the HSSP II, the WHO Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, every effort was made to create a streamlined high-level list of indicators to allow the MoHP to focus on tracking impact on its key priorities.
Beyond this list, CMED will continue working with Departments to define additional programme-level indicators to enable additional monitoring at tactical and operational levels. In the next step, the online Indicator Documentation Tool will be updated to reflect the new indicator set, followed by trainings of departments.
