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Caring in wards without water

BMJ 2021; 373 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1602 (Published 22 June 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;373:n1602
  1. Alison Shepherd
  1. The BMJ
Dennis Lupenga/WaterAid/Wimbledon Foundation

Loveness Saulosi prepares food for her daughter, a patient in Mkunzi health centre in Ntchisi district in central Malawi.

As covid-19 continues to hit Malawi, more than half its health facilities lack handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets, and almost a fifth do not have clean water on site.

Ntchisi, a rural district of 300 000 people, has …

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