The Health Policy Project ended in 2016. Work continued under Health Policy Plus (HP+) until 2022.
PUBLICATION
Author(s): Health Policy Project
Primary Language: English
Date: 3/31/2015
Abstract:
The Malawi government introduced the Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS) program in 2000 and in 2007 the Ministry of Health-Reproductive Health Directorate (MOH-RHD) developed Youth Friendly Health Services Standards with the aim of providing quality services to young people. In 2014, the MOH-RHD and the Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, with assistance from the USAID-supported Evidence to Action project, conducted its first comprehensive evaluation of the YFHS program. The evaluation assessed the quality of YFHS compared to the existing national standards, in the context of the current sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of Malawian youth.
This brief summarizes the sexual knowledge and behaviour of youth in Malawi and suggests key questions for policy makers and program managers to consider in order to improve YFHS in Malawi.
