Medical workers under the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) who are members of the National Organization for Nurses and Midwives (NONM) have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Thursday protesting against government’s failure to increase their salaries. The sit in comes after the expiry of the seven-day ultimatum which NONM gave to Malawi […]
Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) has disowned a call from National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (NONM) and Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) to issue an ultimatum or industrial action to demand government to pay salary arrears for health workers in mission hospitals. CHAM Chairman Father Peter Mulomole said the association’s secretariat was not consulted when […]
Malawians should brace for tough times in a week time when nurses in the county down their tools as the National Organisations of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has given Malawi Government seven days to pay nurses working under Christian Hospitals Association of Malawi(CHAM), their monetary entitlements or else the nurses down tool. NONM […]
Malawi Government has warned its employees in the health sector to expect a delay in the payments of their February salaries and nurses have since bemoaned the sad development. According to a Memo from the Secretary for Health, a Mr. B.K Chapalapata to all district and central health directors and officers, the salary delay is […]
The Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi has cautioned the Nursing and Midwifery fraternity that use of un prescribed uniform is disrespectful of the Ethical Code of Conduct of the Nursing and Midwifery profession and punishable by law. The warning comes after observing that some Nurses and Midwives are failing to observe the stipulated dressing code and […]
Top nurse and activist Dorothy Ngoma has been elected to head the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives President (NONM) after beating three other contestants during the elections which took place at Natural Resources college in the capital city Lilongwe over the weekend. Ngoma, a former lecturer at Kamuzu College of Nursing, got 85 votes while […]
Health services temporarily came to a halt Monday when Malawian nurses and midwives across the country marched to present a petition to President Joyce Banda demanding her immediate action on their longstanding grievances. The nurses and midwives technicians have since given the president a 48-hour ultimatum (from the time of receiving the petition) to act […]
The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives in Malawi (NONM) has threatened to re-mobilise nurses for a nationwide strike to protest against tricks being played by the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi (NMCM) regarding upgrading of nurse midwife technicians to state registered nurses. Recently, government announced it had allocated K15 million to NMCM for […]
The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has announced that starting from Monday, nurses are starting a national wide strike to force government to implement a February presidential directive. In February this year, President Joyce Banda made a directive on the conversion of Nurses Midwifery Technicians to Professional Diploma registered nurses and midwifery. […]
The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has given the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi a 14 days ultimatum on the Conversion of nurses midwife technicians to diploma registered nurses. The conversion program, which was reached at a meeting the nurses held with the country’s president Joyce Banda in January, was […]
Government has said it is aware of the challenges and constraints facing nurses and midwives as they strive to contribute to the achievement of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara made the remarks in Zomba when she graced this year’s International Nurses […]
A Mzuzu based nursing officer has appealed to health authorities in the country to ensure that health care workers are provided with necessary equipment for them to deliver effectively. Anna Ziba, Principal Nursing Officer at St. John’s Hospital made the call over the weekend at Mzuzu Central Hospital during activities marking this year’s celebration of […]
Nurses at Kasungu district hospital on Thursday marched and presented a petition to management in protest of poor working conditions at the facility. Among others , the health workers are bitter with a directive by management to put a bar of K20,000 for nurses who want to earn extra cash by working over-time using locum. […]
Health workers at Dedza District Hospital Monday morning became the first essential service providers to join the on-going nationwide civil servants’ strike which has now entered its second week. The workers have defied a call from their mother body, National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives in Malawi (NONM), to only join the strike once government […]
A national crisis looms large after nurses and other staff in public hospitals have threatened to join ongoing civil servants’ stay-away if government fails to heed their grievances within 14 days.. The threat paints a grim picture for over 90 per cent of Malawians who rely on public hospitals for medical and health care services. Civil […]
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (Nonm) says a two-day planned strike starting from Monday next will go ahead as government has not come up with substantial offer. The nation’s top nursing body is joining the industrial action being organised by the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) in protest against what has been described as […]
Nurses and midwives say they will support a two-day stay-away on February 11 and 12 which is being called by the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU). The nurses through their mother body, National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (Nonm), have since pledged to join the strike in protest against meager salaries and poor working conditions. […]
The Vice President Khumbo Kachali said Friday there is a vacancy rate of 75% of nurses and midwives in the country which puts extreme pressure on them to meet expected delivery of quality health services. The Vice President expressed the sediment at Kamuzu College of Nursing In Lilongwe when he officially opened the 3rd National […]