Pregnancy is supposed to be about life not death therefore giving birth is a cause for celebrations. Raising a child is also supposed to be a pleasant experience. In as much as the country is registering a decrease in child mortality at a quicker rate, the health care delivery system is still not favourable for the survival of children under the age of 5 thereby putting questions as to whether Malawi will achieve the Millennium Development Goal number 4 by 2015 which calls for the reduction of under-five mortality rate by two thirds.

This picture here was taken in Ndirande, Safarao (with consent from the parents and the care givers) where under five care services are being offered under a tree. You wouldn’t expect to see this in Blantyre, being a city, but this is really happening.