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our work

Filling the gaps

8

million

people, nearly half of Malawi's rural population, live beyond an hour's walk of a health facility. We’ve been working to fill the gaps and strengthen the health system for more than 25 years. We do this in partnership with local communities, health officials and our implementing and development partners.

We provide community-based health services and education to under-served populations in rural communities

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a group of people
students in class
improving health now

Community Based Healthcare

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Building capacity for the Long Term

Health Workforce
Development

while supporting health worker training to increase capacity and promote equitable deployment of frontline care providers.

an ambulance
a group of people
students in class
improving health now

Community Based Healthcare

We provide community-based health services and education to under-served populations in rural communities,

students in class
improving health now

Health Workforce
Development

while providing health workforce training to increase capacity and promote equitable deployment of frontline care providers.

Our Model

Local • Sustainable • Holistic

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Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Addressing Social Determinants of Health

GAIA addresses the social determinants of health to ensure rural Malawians are able to thrive. We address economic, educational, healthcare and environmental inequities and we bring communities together to strengthen interpersonal relationships and create an enabling environment for change.

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Normalizing Health Seeking
Normalizing Health Seeking

GAIA normalizes health care seeking among rural, marginalized, and often left behind populations through community wide mobilization and sensitization coupled with targeted messaging and tailored service provision to reach people where they are.

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Creating Access
Creating Access

GAIA creates access to quality health care now through the provision of community outreach services and mobile health clinics in areas far from fixed facilities and we are training the next generation of frontline health care workers who will staff rural and remote health facilities in the future.

See our STRATEGIC PLAN
Theory of Change
impact

Preventable Illness Doesn’t Get the Last Word

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3.3M

mobile clinic client visits provided in rural southern Malawi

636k

malaria cases treated

129k

HIV tests conducted, with a decrease in positive results from 23% in 2008 to 2% in 2025

176k+

sexual and reproductive health consultations, enabling safe birth spacing and improving maternal, neonatal, and women’s health

760

nursing scholar graduates to date, 80% of which are women

Our pROGRAM areas
students in class
improving health now

Community Based Healthcare

students in class
Building Capacity for the long term

Health Workforce
Development

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