Optimizing Human Resources for Health to Sustain Epidemic Control in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)​

Donor

Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC)

​Duration

Five Years

Location

In CHAM and Government Facilities

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​Project Overview

​CHAM with funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been supporting 566 needy students from 9 CHAM training colleges that were enrolled in 2016 and 2017 with scholarships. In 2020, CHAM continued supporting 77 students under the following cadres; NMT, Biomed, DCM and CCM with tuition bursaries. Out of the total bursaries (i.e. 566), 431 students completed their studies in 2019, 42 students finished in 2018, and 16 students were dropped out of the scholarships as they repeated classes which was against the terms of the scholarships. The total number of students who have completed their studies under the scholarship is 473.