A streamlined digital health check for all arriving travellers.
Featured Port of Entry
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) — Lilongwe, Malawi
To ensure a smooth and safe arrival, Malawi has implemented a streamlined digital health declaration system. Please follow the steps below to complete your health check before arriving at the Port of Entry.
Select your point of entry, arrival date, route, and recent travel history.
3 Enter Your Details
Use your travel document name (Passport or ID) and provide reachable contact details.
4 Answer Health Questions
Accurately declare any symptoms you have today and any relevant recent exposures.
Phase 2: Generate and Scan the QR Pass
5 Review and Submit
Check your entries, provide consent, complete the human check verification, and then submit.
6 Save the QR Pass
The completion screen generates a QR code and a reference number; ensure you save this image.
7 Show the Pass
Present the saved QR image to the Port Health Officer upon your arrival.
8 Officer Screens
The officer scans your QR pass to retrieve answers and complete primary or secondary screening. If scanning fails, present your reference number. If you do not have a pass, the officer will screen you directly at the post.
Note for Travellers: For a complete visual guide of the mobile interface and screening flows, please refer to the official institutional guide:
The Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) conducted a 5-day workshop in Lilongwe uniting Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) training for surveillance officers with Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) capacity building for Chipatala Cha Pa Phone (CCPP) hotline staff.
25 September 2026 4 min read Lilongwe
Workshop Feature
Participants during the EIOS and CCPP Hotline Event-Based Surveillance Training in Lilongwe.
Photo: Moses Nyambalo Phiri
To significantly enhance the country’s capacity to detect and respond to emerging public health threats before they escalate, the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) conducted a comprehensive five-day training workshop from 21 to 25 September 2026 at the Lifestyle Boutique – Lilongwe Hotel.
The initiative uniquely combined a refresher course in Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) for public health surveillance officers with specialized Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) capacity building for staff operating the national Chipatala Cha Pa Phone (CCPP) health hotline.
Why Early Warning Matters
Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) is a web-based, state-of-the-art platform supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and international health partners. It enables public health teams to systematically scan formal news outlets, social networks, blogs, and digital media to pick up early signals of potential disease outbreaks and biological risks—often well before traditional clinical reporting systems capture them.
EIOS serves as a critical pillar within Malawi’s Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) framework. However, maintaining high-level surveillance capabilities requires routine practice and continuous skill reinforcement.
Aligning with Global Best Practice
Skills naturally fade without continuous practice. Malawi’s refresher training mirrors global best practices where nations periodically consolidate EIOS capabilities. For example, Sri Lanka’s 2026 EIOS training built upon its foundational 2023 course to establish a dedicated EBS core team and refine standard operating procedures for signal triage, verification, documentation, and reporting.
Two Components, One Integrated System
The five-day intensive workshop brought together approximately 40 key stakeholders and was structured into two distinct but complementary phases:
1Days 1–3: EIOS Refresher for Officers
PHIM surveillance officers engaged in real-time simulated health events and hands-on exercises to master the full signal management pathway:
Identification & Screening of mass web data
Assessment & Verification with local context
Analysis of public health risk severity
Documentation & Escalation to decision-makers
2Days 4–5: EBS for CCPP Hotline Staff
Community members are often the first to observe unusual illness clusters or animal deaths. Chipatala Cha Pa Phone operators were trained to:
Recognize predefined EBS signals during routine calls
Capture core epidemiological details accurately
Escalate threats promptly to district & national focal points
Log actionable signals separately from routine inquiries
Building on Existing National Infrastructure
A key principle of this initiative is sustainability. Rather than creating redundant or parallel reporting channels, PHIM is strategically integrating the established Chipatala Cha Pa Phone (929) hotline into Malawi’s formal Event-Based Surveillance architecture.
This linkage broadens the nation’s early warning inputs, dramatically accelerates threat detection and response times, and directly supports Malawi’s international commitments under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005).
