2024 Flash Appeal Humanitarian Response Monitoring
Interactive dashboard for monitoring humanitarian response impacts within the 2024 UN drought response plan.
Malawi
Response Planning and Monitoring
Malawi Cholera and Floods Flash Appeal 2023 (February - June 2023), Revised in March Following Cyclone Freddy
The Tropical Cyclone Freddy weather system brought torrential rainfall to southern Malawi from 12 to 15 March 2023, causing devastating floods and mudslides and leaving a trail of destruction across 15 districts. View more >
Malawi Cholera Flash Appeal 2023 (February - June 2023)
Cholera outbreak in Malawi was officially declared on 3 March 2022, after the first case was reported in Machinga district at the end of February 2022 leaving 4.8 million people in need of assistance in 15 priority districts. View more >
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Malawi
Malawi: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of October 2025)
Food Insecurity The Government of Malawi declared a state of disaster on 25 October in response to worsening food insecurity driven by prolonged dry spells, high commodity prices, and broader macroeconomic pressures. The declaration covers 11 districts…
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Malawi
WFP Malawi Country Brief, February 2026
In December, WFP reached 1.3 million people with food and nutrition assistance, distributing 12,161 mt of food and USD 768,318 through cash-based transfers. WFP launched the lean season (November to March) response programme in November 2025…
Malawi
WFP Malawi Country Brief November 2025
In Numbers 483 mt of maize distributed for 2025/26 Emergency Lean Season Response 43,479 people assisted for 2025/26 Emergency Lean Season Response USD 64 million six-month net funding requirements (December 2025 to May 2026) representing 58 percent of total…
Malawi
Malawi: Flood 2026 - DREF Operation (MDRMW025)
Date of event 04-02-2026 What happened, where and when? Persistent heavy rains triggered widespread flooding across several districts, particularly lakeshore areas such as Nkhotakota, which has been the most severely affected. Nkhotakota District experienced two waves of devastating floods, first…
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Malawi
Malawi vaccinates 1.3 million children in response to polio outbreak
**Blantyre—**Around 1.3 million children in Malawi have been vaccinated against polio in a four-day campaign following the detection of a new polio case in late January 2026, the first such case since the detection of wild…
Malawi
Malawi mobilizes government and community commitment to early warnings
Malawi is mobilizing government commitment and community engagement to improve forecasts and early warnings and build resilience in a country regularly battered by extreme weather and climate shocks. Four days of high-level discussions and field visits under…
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Rapid Flood Response Funding: Malawi and Mozambique secure over USD22.3 million within seven days
Abidjan, 30 January 2026 - The Regional Emergency Preparedness and Access to Inclusive Recovery (REPAIR) Program has disbursed over USD22.3 million within seven (7) business days to support urgent national flood response operations in Malawi and…
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Meetings and events
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17 Mar 2026Mardi
- United Nations Communications Group (Public Information Officers) until- Who: Public Information Officers
- Inter-Sector Coordination Meeting (OCHA, Sector leads and co-leads) until- Who: OCHA, Sector leads and co-leads
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18 Mar 2026Mercredi
- Information Management Working Group (IMWG) (OCHA, Sector IMOs) until- Who: OCHA, Sector IMOs
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24 Mar 2026Mardi
- United Nations Communications Group (Public Information Officers) until- Who: Public Information Officers
- Inter-Sector Coordination Meeting (OCHA, Sector leads and co-leads) until- Who: OCHA, Sector leads and co-leads