Malawi committed to improve sanitation to build healthy nation – Muluzi

Malawi government is committed to continue improving water and sanitation in its drive to build a healthy nation, Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has said after attending official opening f the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention in New Dheli, India.

.The convention has drawn over 50 ministers from 67 countries and was graced by India President Shri Ram NathKovind.

In a presentation at the conference, Muluzi told the delegates that the conference is an opportunity for Malawi to learn from India’s success story in its drive to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by October 2019, a goal that Malawi is also pursuing.

Said the minister: “As of 2014, India had sanitation coverage of about 39 percent, but has made progress in four years to  about 93 percent. This is a tremendous achievement and as a country, we would want to learn from them as to how they have  managed to achieve that. Malawi is also targeting to achieve the ODF status by December 2019.”

On his part, Malawi’s High  Commissioner to India, George Mkondiwa urged companies and individuals to join forces with government in the ODF campaign, saying India is making progress because of individuals and companies that are taking part in contributing to the good cause in various ways such as adopting a street, school, city with some just contributing money or sanitation materials.

While in India, Muluzi visited United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  offices where he led Malawi delegation in learning how a mobile app is digitising vaccine management in India which can be replicated in Malaiw health system  as it is  set ti introduce the End to End Drug GTrafficking system in 2019 to cub drug theft in Malawi with support from Global Fund and other development partners.

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