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July 22, 2025Open Access

Service availability and readiness for out-patient integrated management of multimorbidity in public primary health facilities in Malawi: A mixed methods analysis

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GBGift Treighcy Banda-MtaulaSSStephen A. SpencerSSSangwani Salimu

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Overview

Mixed methods analysis finds only 30% of facilities are ready to manage multimorbidity, indicating gaps in care delivery.

Key Points

  • Most facilities (83%) offered services for chronic conditions like diabetes and HIV.
  • Only 30% of surveyed facilities achieved the necessary readiness score of 70% for multimorbidity management.
  • Among conditions, chronic kidney disease had the lowest readiness score at 22.9%.
  • Barriers included nonfunctional equipment, drug stockouts, and lack of clinical guidelines for effective care.

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Banda-Mtaula et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a061be6551bb0af8cd993https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.22.25331935
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