Mulanje Mission Hospital works together with a local government hospital to serve a population of 685,000 people in the Mulanje district of south east Malawi. Mulanje Mission was established towards the end of the 19^th century, and the initial health facility on the present site operated as a maternity clinic only. Nowadays the 220 bedded hospital provides a full range of medical, surgical and paediatric services. Together with the adjacent College of Nursing,  MMH has become well known for its high standards of care, under the governance of Blantyre Synod of the Central Church of Africa Presbyterian (CCAP).