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The Government through other Ministries and Departments developed the legal and
policy frameworks meant deal with violations of child rights. Some of these legal and
policy frameworks include the Child protection and Justice Act, the Trafficking in
Persons Act, the National Policy on Orphans and other Vulnerable Children, National
Early Childhood Development Policy, National Social Support Policy, National
Education Policy, National Human Rights Action Plan among others. These Legal, Policy
frameworks and strategies carry with them stiffer penalties that those found abusing and
exploiting children have to face. All these are efforts meant to effectively eliminate child
labour in Malawi. In order to establish the current magnitude of child labour, the
Government through Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development
International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Fundamentals engaged National Statistics
Office (NSO) to conduct the National Child Labour Survey which was done in 2015 and
the results were released in 2017. The Survey revealed a 38 percent magnitude of child
labour among children aged between 5-17 years. This is still huge number that needs
more efforts to eradicate it.
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In 2018, the Government through the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower
Development introduced and implemented Jobs for the Youth Program. Under the
program youth who have graduated from different colleges and universities are recruited
as interns in different Government Ministries and Departments. The first phase will end
in July 2019.
Article 16 - Right to Health
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Malawi’s health system is organized at four levels namely: community, primary,
secondary and tertiary. These different levels are linked to each other through an
established referral system. Community, Primary and Secondary level care falls under
district councils. The District Health Officer (DHO) is the head of the district health care
system and reports to the District Commissioner (DC) who is the Controlling Officer of
public institutions at district level.
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From 2011-2016, the HSSP I guided the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders. The
goal of the HSSP I was ‘to improve the quality of life of all the people of Malawi by
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