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chaiwone wawo
7 years ago

And then some mad IMF/World bank comes to say Malawi has a blotted civil service. What nonsense. We have worse ratios in almost everything: teacher-learner ratios, doctor-patient ratio, nurse -patient ratio etc. Where does this notion of a blotted civil service come from?

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koma abale inu eeh
7 years ago

Can we really afford this? The targets of 570 : 100000 ratio of caregiver : service receiver is based on ideal, at capacity. And should be reserved for rich countries, and just something for us, poor countries, to strive for. We can’t even afford to pay the nurses and other healthcare providers we have: many go for months without getting paid. Akadye ku chalichi eti (how do we expect them to provide, even food, for their families)? So, as much as these data are meaningful, especially for academic reasons, they should be given, and more importantly, taken in perspective of… Read more »

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