Mangochi men endangering lives of young girls
The Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH) at the College of Medicine says it is committed to improving reproductive health delivery system in Mangochi to benefit more people in the district.
CHR is working in Mangochi in different projects including educating people in reproductive health, family planning and, with funding from CORDAID of Netherlands, rehabilitates infrastructures such as dwelling units for health workers.
Programme Manager Davie Kabwira said Mangochi, which is a satellite district for the Collage of Medicine, has poor health indicators since most men are not involved in reproductive health issues.
“Men in Mangochi are on record of marrying young girls because they are not knowledgeable on reproductive health issues and do not want to take part. We are sensitizing them on the effects of early pregnancies.
“Teenage pregnancies are a major contributing factor to high maternal mortality as most of them face problems when giving birth,” he said.
Kabwira added that they are advising men in the district to take the issue seriously rather than leaving it for women only.
He said CHR is engaged in campaigns persuading men to attend antenatal clinics with their wives so that they can get the message on the need for pregnant women to go to health facilities in time, to minimize maternal mortality.
He said CHR is also orienting Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA)’s in the district to stop attending to pregnant women, but refer them to health facilities where they can be attended to by skilled health personnel.
Kabwira therefore asked people including politicians to work hand in hand with the Ministry of Health in educating people on reproductive health issues to serve lives of many women who die during pregnancy.
About 16 women are said to be dying every day in the country as a result of pregnancy and child birth related complications.
According to the Multiple Indicator Cluster survey done in 2006, maternal mortality is estimated at 807 per 100,000 live births. –Mana
Tagged with: College of Medicine, CORDAID, Davie Kabwira, Mangochi, Reproductive health
Une kwangali comment, poti ndili mgulu lomweli. Ndisinda basi, kaya wina afune! olo asafune! oh yes!!
The women groups from Malawi where are you?It was really an insult from the whole president making such remarks to mothers, sisters, cousin of our motherland Malawi.Ndiye munthu akabelekako ka 5 ndi mlandu???Akanawapepetsa azimayi akumalawi.Ife tinabadwa ana 14 and my father had so much respect for my Mum.Uku ndikuyankhula kopotoka maganizo.Our Malawian women should be respected than encouraging azibambo mikhalidwe yoyendayenda and yet you are saying that you campaining against HIV in Malawi.From now onwards atsogoleri onse aphunzire kuyankhula zinthu zoyenera otherwise asamazanong’oneze bondo zinthu zikayamba kupanga backfire.Munayankhula nokha munkaona ngati ushasha nthawi imeneyo.
I have looked at all these comments. Some have good facts while others dont know what they are talking about. Perhaps its out of anger against a Cheya but this is not only about Mangochi rather the whole nation. It is very wrong to say people from Mangochi refuse education, I have Yawo friends that are very educated. Lets refrain from insulting each other here, it is barbaric to do so.
However, I think it goes back to parenting, poverty, cultural values and general exposure. These factors are very important. when i was growing up as a kid, I wanted to explore and this is what the young girls from Mangochi are doing. But my parents were able to check on my steps, this helped me to safely grow into who i am today. It might happen that for some other reasons, Mangochi has poor parenting practices. But we should not forget that Mangochi is the No.1 tourist destination in Malawi which leaves the young girls vunerable.
You see now, there are many factots to be considered. Like the other dude commented, lets do a research and resolve this problem.
Its not good to critisis our friends who are living in Mangochi as you know in the Bible there is acertain verse where Jesus Christ says to the people “aliyense amene sanachimwepo chibadwileni ayambe ndiye kumponya miyala mkaziyu’ and when it happens like that, each one of them disappeared from the place.
Showing that each and every person has got his or her wrong side and the only one who is having the powers of critisising is God lets just put it all in the hands of God and keep on playing for the people of Mangochi and of other Districts.
Yours Lovely Friend
EDWARD BANDA
Leave them like that.They don’t know that we Yao’s we produced the most ejukweted president in Malawi ever…
Ikhakala nkhani yokwatilayi timakhulupilila kuti Mkazi kukana mwamuna ndi sambi…Koma akati ma trip akumangochi mumafuna kuphana maofesi chifukwa chaku mpondasi.Ku Mangochi kunasakamila atumbuka ambiriambiri atabwera kuzagula nsomba..kumangoti nasanga mwanakazi muweme chomene.Ndiye pano ayao tivutike…..isa foseki.