Basic profile & location

Likuni Mission Hospital is located about 9 km from Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi.

It is run by the Missionary Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi and is part of the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) network.

Capacity & coverage

The hospital has 231 beds.

It serves a catchment population of roughly 168,000 people from peri-urban and suburban areas around Lilongwe.

Each year, it treats about 45,000 patients.

It manages over 3,000 deliveries annually and provides emergency obstetric care.

Services, challenges & initiatives

Frequent power outages in Malawi have been a challenge for the hospital, affecting critical areas such as operating theatres and laboratories.

To address this, the hospital installed a solar power system in 2019 to provide stable energy for essential services, reducing reliance on costly diesel generators.

The hospital has also been part of health initiatives such as exploring newborn hearing screening programs.

Research & health data

Studies of COVID-19 patients at the hospital found that most were women, under 40 years old, and from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Only a small percentage required hospitalization, mostly older patients.

Earlier health research highlighted gaps in recordkeeping for conditions like tuberculosis.