Communities
Nkhoma, Malawi
African Mission Healthcare partners with Nkhoma Mission Hospital in Malawi, a small land-locked country known for its people’s kindness and generosity - earning it the nickname the “Warm Heart of Africa.” It remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with more than half its citizens living below the international poverty line of $2 per day.
Nkhoma Mission Hospital
Nkhoma Mission Hospital has been a beacon of light for a large rural community in central Malawi since its founding in 1915. Since then, the hospital has grown into a 250-bed teaching and referral institution offering a broad range of services and outreach programs.
Nkhoma Mission Hospital is one of African Mission Healthcare’s Mission Hospital Teaching Network’s 10-year signature grant recipients. Our investments have supported the launch of family medicine residency training in 2017 and a surgical residency under the Pan–African Academy of Christian Surgeons in 2022.
Treating Patients Today
How African Mission Healthcare is helping treat patients in Malawi:
- African Mission Healthcare’s Surgical Access for Everyone (SAFE) initiative has increased operative volumes, met the community's needs, increased training opportunities, and generated income for the hospital through performance-based financing.
- Dr. Catherine Hodge and her team have transformed Nkhoma’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- African Mission Healthcare has equipped NMH’s intensive care unit (ICU) and provided scholarships for Nkhoma staff to study at African Mission Healthcare Mission Hospital Teaching Network partner Kijabe Hospital in Kenya.
Training Health Workers for Tomorrow
How African Mission Healthcare is helping train health workers in Malawi:
- Since 2017, African Mission Healthcare has funded Nkhoma Mission Hospital’s family physician residency program, which is currently expanding from five to eight residents.
- African Mission Healthcare’s investments in housing and surgical sponsorship have helped train five surgical residents.
- African Mission Healthcare’s investments in hospital equipment and infrastructure have also strengthened the training experience for over 400 nursing students.
Transforming Hospitals for the Future
How African Mission Healthcare is helping transform Nkhoma Mission Hospital:
- Constructed and remodeled the administrative block.
- Remodeled the outpatient department.
- Partnered with Medical Benevolence Foundation to plan a surgical and ICU complex.
- Upgraded the hospital’s electrical system to protect equipment from dangerous power instability.
- Installed an oxygen plant that supplies Nkhoma Hospital and other health facilities in the region.