Malawi is a country experiencing many challenges in executing its efforts to combat HIV and AIDS.  Nevertheless it is a country on track, making impressive gains against the disease, with UNV doctors among those playing key roles in achieving them.  UNV Doctors have been working in Malawi since 2004, when six were posted there under UNV’s Southern African Capacity Initiative.   

Malawi is a country experiencing many challenges in executing its efforts to combat HIV and AIDS.  Nevertheless it is a country on track, making impressive gains against the disease, with UNV doctors among those playing key roles in achieving them.  UNV Doctors have been working in Malawi since 2004, when six were posted there under UNV’s Southern African Capacity Initiative.   

Teresa Calderón is a national UNV Health Specialist. She supports the National Zero Malnutrition Programme through community health actions with a focus on nutrition, providing technical assistance to improve the quality of health care for Bolivian families, especially mothers and children. One of her field visits was to the remote and isolated community of Ucumaci in a very arid region of the country. She was very impressed by the health centre she visited there, which she described as an oasis in the middle of the desert.