Health Sector Strategic Plan II (2017-2022)

The Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) 2017-2022 is the health sector’s medium term strategic plan outlining objectives and activities and guiding resources over the period 2017-2022. It succeeds the HSSP I  (2011-2016). The aim of the HSSP II builds on the successes achieved under the previous plan while addressing areas where targets were not met and progress slow.

Under the HSSP I Malawi made substantial health gains. HSSP I targets for Under-5 mortality and infant mortality were surpassed, 63/1000 live births against a target of 78/1000 livebirths for the former and 42/1000 livebirths against a target of 45/1000 for the latter. There was also a steady decline in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), which was estimated at 439/100,000 live births in 2016, down from 675/100,000 in 2010. Despite the progress, Malawi’s MMR and neonatal mortality rate (NMR) are among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The HIV prevalence among women and men age 15-49 age decreased between 2010 and 2015-16 from 10.6% CI [9.6%-11.6%] to 8.8%, CI [8.0%-9.5%].