Malawi

Malawi has a generalised HIV epidemic with an estimated prevalence of 12% (15-49 year olds) with an estimated 920,000 Malawians living with HIV. The most at risk populations (MARPs) in Malawi include women and girls, especially young women in stable relationships; men and women in concurrent sexual relationships; armed forces; PLHIV; MTCT; sex workers, clients of sex workers, and partners of clients of sex workers; men who have sex with men; young people (10-24 year olds) in and out of school and orphans and other vulnerable children.

Click for: 2010 UNGASS progress report

National Network

The Malawi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (MANET+) was established in 1997 as a coordinating and facilitating body with the main goal of promoting effective networking amongst associations and support groups of people living with HIV and AIDS and their collaborators. MANET+ membership includes all interested PLHIV support groups or associations in the country as well as individual members.

For more about MANET+ click here

Campaign Platform

The World AIDS Campaign has been involved in Malawi since 2011 supporting development of a civil society platform consisting of the national network of PLHIV, women's organisations, youth groups, MSM groups and faith based organisations. The World AIDS Campaign has partnered with the Malawi Network of AIDS Service Organisations (MANASO), a Malawian local non governmental organization dedicated to contribute to the reduction of HIV prevalence and alleviation of suffering caused by the HIV epidemic in Malawi.  It achieves this through coordination, capacity building, mobilization and allocation of resources to AIDS Service Organizations (ASO) in Malawi.

For more about  the Malawian campaign platform click here