Duration: 2014-2015
Budget: 2.000.000€
In the first Country Strategy Paper 2009-2013 between Flanders and Malawi sector budget support was included as the main funding arrangement in the healthcare sector. Therefore, Flanders committed to supporting the national health plan, i.e. the Health Sector Wide Approach 2011–2016 (HSWAp).
The Government of Flanders already approved a contribution of EUR 2 million to HSWAp three times, namely for the Malawi financial years 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2012/2013. In 2011 the contribution to HSWAp was channelled via UNICEF for the Extended Programme on Immunization at the request of the Ministry of Health.
In the Country Strategy Paper 2014-2018 between Flanders and Malawi cooperation is focused exclusively on the agriculture and food security sector. To ensure continuity in the healthcare sector, from which Flanders is withdrawing, final funding was provided for an amount of EUR 2 million during the first year of the Country Strategy Paper 2014-2018. Within the framework of the phase-out in the healthcare sector a contribution of EUR 2 million was allocated to HSWAp for the Malawi financial year 2014-2015.