Malawi government has moved to address grievances the female sex workers have been raising in relation to the strict Covid-19 preventive measures the government is implementing to tame the coronavirus disease pandemic. The Covid-19 preventive measures had reportedly forced sex workers to reduce their charges by 30 percent as the largest constituency of their clientele […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed influential female human rights activist Martha Kwataine as a presidential advisor on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) overcrowding State House with the inflation-busting league of advisors. Kwataine appointment came to light when she spoke during a governance and human rights commentators dinner meeting on expanding the civic space to safeguard Malawi’s democracy […]
One of Malawi’s leading ICT for health organization Baobab for Health has appealed to government to train more members of staff in ICT for public hospitals. Baobab executive director and renowned health activist Martha Kwataine said this in Lilongwe during a visit by Minister of Information Communication Technology, Mark Bottoman. Baobab Health Trust was established […]
A renowned health activist Martha Kwataine has warned government against firing health workers suspected to have stolen medical drugs as ordered by President Peter Mutharika, saying the government would lose more money in law suits than thefts of the drugs. Kwataine was reacting to Mutharika’s order to Secretary to Government George Mkondiwa that he should […]
Malawi government hit hard by cash flow problems, has failed to employ 51 doctors, 21 of which have now secured jobs in Lesotho. President of Medical Doctors in Malawi Association, Douglas Lungu confirmed the development. “We have sunk so low, this government has really sunk so low,” fumed Lungu, a medical doctor himself by profession. […]
Influential female human rights activist Martha Kwataine has resigned from her position as executive director of Malawi Health Equity Network (Mehn) and is heading to an international NGO, ActionAid. She told a local radio on Wednesday that she resigned at MEHN, an organisation she founded nine years ago in October and was serving notice as […]
Malawi government is scalling down on patient meals as food budgets fall, health figures reveal meals in public hospitals from three a day to one a day. Hospitals affected include Bwaila District Hospital in Lilongwe where admitted patients have been told that they will be having one meal a day from the normal three meals The […]
Malawi health watchdog has issued an unprecedented warning about public hospitals ward staffing levels, saying the high nurse-to-patient ratio is “a ticking time-bomb” for the country. Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director, Martha Kwataine, has warned that the understaffing of health workers is unsafe. Kwataine said research has shown the risk of harm and […]
Nkhotakota district hospital bi-annual report on safe motherhood indicates 51 newborn babies’ deaths from July – December 2014; the problem has been attributed to negligence of medical personnel although the tendency is failing to die at the hospital. Despite the increased infant death, a nurse (Name withheld) on duty in pediatric ward on Thursday March […]
Malawi Health Equity Network executive director Martha Kwataine has said the health care system at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has turned the facility into “a death trap.” Doctors at KCH are reportedly diagnosing patients using guess work due to lack of essential equipment and the hospital’s laboratory equipment is most times not functional. […]
Malawi has managed to reduce new HIV infections with current figures indicate that new infections now stands at 35,000 per year from 52,000, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. In an interview (MoH) spokesperson Henry Chimbali disclosed that the reduction in the new HIV infections are mainly attributed to an increased number of […]
The K65.2 billion 2014/2015 budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Health has worried officials at the Malawi Health Equity Network-MHEN, who have since urged Members of Parliament to consider channelling some of the funds from the Farm Input Subsidy Program-FISP to the health sector. Presenting the budget in Parliament Tuesday afternoon, Minister of Finance, Economic […]
Poor Malawians will continue be plagued by drug shortages in public health following the revelation Ministry of Health has made that it cannot manage to raise K28 billion which is a grid amount of money required to buy essential drugs. It is common to see poor Malawians being given prescriptions only from public hospital so […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has said the rolling out of the Television White Spaces (TVWS) project, currently in its pilot phase, will take Internet to the rural masses. The TVWS project is being implemented by Macra in collaboration with the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College physics department, with an aim of providing broadband […]
Malawi analysts have hailed President Peter Mutharika State opening of parliament’s speech, saying it was progressive and well-focused. Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) boss Dalisto Kubalasa said the speech was rich because it highlighted a number of commitments which would help better the lives of ordinary Malawians. “We are optimistic. We are seeing that quest, […]
Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) on Wednesday said Ministry of Health is underfunded looking at the 2013/2014 budget. MHEN Executive Director, Martha Kwataine said this in Lilongwe during a meeting with parliamentary health committee on the use of health research evidence in policy making. “Clearly, Ministry of Health has been underfunded. While the Minister of […]
It is indisputable fact that issues concerning citizenry healthcare services are one of the priorities of every functional government of the people in a democratic society like Malawi. The masses in every country who take part of their precious time once in a very five years casting their vote electing political leaders, gate nothing much […]
Executive Director for the Malawi Health Equity network (MHEN) Martha Kwataine has suggested that it would be proper if Malawians started paying for the provision of health service in the country in order to improve on its delivery. Kwataine said this on Thursday in Lilongwe during a public debate which was aimed at exploring and […]