Malawi’s effort to contain its current polio outbreak is being carried out as external financing tightens, according to The Guardian. The paper quotes Malawi Ministry of Health immunisation programme manager Dr Mike Chisema saying “the funding space has really shrunk,” and reports that donors fund 55 percent of Malawi’s total health expenditure, citing academic research.
The Guardian reports that Malawi has mounted a major vaccination campaign and that emergency supplies were airlifted in by the World Health Organization. The report also says the response is being complicated by misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, including on social media.