Ministry of health and sanitation says the proportion of population without access to sanitary facilities has reduced from 28 percent in 1992 to 6 percent in 2024
Secretary for Health Dr Dan Namalika says the development has reduced diarrhea disease; intestinal worms bilharzia and eye infections
In a statement commemorating 2025 sanitation and hygiene week Namalika says government is working with partners to improve sanitation and hygiene coverage in the country
The Ministry has called on stakeholders to expand intervention that ensure increased access of safety managed sanitation to all Malawians for better health and livelihoods outcomes
The week is being commemorated under the theme: sanitation and hygiene: a way of life.
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