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DOBO
DOBO
7 years ago

When solving serious problems, there are always a need to seriously identify the root causes of the problems as in this case the Drug Thefty in Malawi. Further more, to identify the root causes is more difficult than than identify the problem itself. To be honest enough, these people are not serious enough to solve problem and they don’t know what they are talking about.Look, they targeting facility Pharmancies and drug stores as only outlet of drugs at the facility.For your information, drugs from the Pharmancy are dispensed to various words where accountability is 0%.To target Pharmancy personnel will yield… Read more »

Winston Msowoya
Winston Msowoya
7 years ago

How dare you send a thief to catch a thief? People who are in well placed positions are the ones who steal drugs.The people of Malawi knew this theft long time ago and you must not pretend that this issue is new and unknown to the high authorities.Frankly speaking,Malawi has joined a chain of failed states in Africa such as Zimbabwe where patients are told to bring with them sheets,blankets,pillows and things like that,in the Congo DRC patients are required to bring their own medicines and pay the doctors if they are available in that case.Let’s agree that the leaders… Read more »

Wise man from Bangwe
Wise man from Bangwe
7 years ago

This is so stupid!!! Make selling of drugs such as intibiotics without doctors presription illegal. Arrest and prosecute illegal vendors. You will stop this in a month but you can not police vendors because there is a network involving police and some politicians so you pick on health facilities so you can blame pharmacy assistants and poor district health officers. Palner, Maquire will eat your money to the last cence and you will not see an effect. By the way, maybe you are also part of the allowance eating network? Why come up with such a silly move.

Ze Roberto
Ze Roberto
7 years ago

This so called God fearing nation never stops amazing me. Look, it takes another country to tell us on how to put our house in order. What is wrong with blackman? Despite all the systems and so called heads of departments we have in the country who day in day out go to offices but we can’t stamp out the problem of drug theft.

nyani
nyani
7 years ago

Bwana magwira…i myself is a communication expert …this campaign will yield nothing…we need a new approach and management of our health system

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