UNDP Malawi

In Malawi, UNDP supported the Malawi Government undertake an HIV/AIDS Impact Assessment Study in the Public Sector covering the Ministry of Health and Population; the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology; the Ministry of Water Development; and the Malawi Police. Employees in these institutions account for over 70% of the Malawi Public Service.
This study is the first of its kind in Malawi, and has provided useful insights on the impact of HIV/AIDS in the public sector, especially aspects of capacity erosion that require urgent action to have the capacity replenished as soon as possible More...

As a follow-up to the implementation of the HIV/AIDS Impact Assessment Study in the Public Sector recommendations, the Government of Malawi in collaboration with UNDP undertook to identify critical capacity gaps that required urgent replenishment, as part of its capacity stabilisation efforts. This study focused on ten (10) ministries, which were selected by the GoM primarily because of the nature of their services and challenges to meet human resource capacity requirements in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other chronic factors that contribute to the high vacancy levels within the public service More...