Seed Global Health and Malawi’s Ministry of Health Reaffirm Strategic Partnership

As Malawi accelerates its Health Sector Strategic Plan, building a well-trained, highly skilled and resilient health workforce remains one of the most critical levers for progress.  

In July, the Seed Global Health team, led by Country Director Anda Nyondo, met with the Minister of Health Hon. Madalitso Baloyi, Deputy Minister Hon. Charles Chilambula, and Deputy Director of Reproductive Health Juliana Kanyengambeta. The Seed team presented Seed’s 2030 Strategic Plan and country strategy for Malawi and highlighted key achievements from 2025. 

At the heart of the meeting was an agreement on a bold, shared vision to train and mentor more than 4,000 health workers (1,340 doctors, 500 nurses, 1,750 midwives, and 500 mental health professionals) across Malawi by 2030. 

This ambitious collaboration builds on strong progress from 2025, when Seed-supported partnerships contributed to graduating more than 450 midwives, more than 270 nurses, and nearly 200 doctors.   

By embedding 11 clinical educators who serve as visiting faculty at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) and St. John of God University, Seed is helping strengthen simulation-based clinical education, expand maternal and newborn care referral systems, and elevate clinical specialities in paediatric critical care and family medicine. 

Beyond training health workers, the discussion cantered on the health sector transformation, with Seed presenting several core priorities, including: 

• Establishing the Chatinkha Maternal and Newborn Centre of Excellence at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital to advance care for mothers and newborns in need of highly specialized care.  

• Scaling the midwifery Model of care beyond Limbe Health Centre to additional district health facilities, thus ensuring more mothers receive respectful, person-centered care.  

• Integrating climate and health vulnerability assessments into workforce education and national policy, equipping health workers to mitigate and respond to climate-driven health crises. 

Minister Baloyi expressed strong interest in continuing to collaborate with Seed to champion Malawi’s health workforce achievements globally. She also requested a dedicated platform for regular interaction between Seed and the Ministry of Health to align priorities, track health workforce targets, and address operational challenges in real time. 

This engagement reinforced Seed’s long-standing commitment and partnership with the Malawian government to build a resilient, self-sustaining health system catering to every mother, child, and community across the country.