The National Association of Nurses in Malawi says it is embarking programmes aimed at improving the conduct of nurses in the country and reduce complaints against them in the hospitals thereby ensure patients’ welfare. National Association of Nurses in Malawi, Executive Director, Harriet Kapyepye said in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) that they are […]
Government has warned medical personnel particularly nurses against disregarding ethics when serving patients and under-performing as it is spending millions of Kwachas in training them. Deputy Minister of Health Harima Daudi said it was depressing to see many health workers deliberately failing to apply what they are trained to do. She also asked the medical […]
Malawi’s hospitals are in trouble and patients will suffer most as nurses have decided to boycott work after their normal working hours because the Ministry of Health has refused to their allowances called ‘locum’. The nurses justified their demand because of the recent devaluation of the Kwacha. The central bank devalued the Kwacha nearly to […]
Malawi’s medical regulating body has approved a request to allow Muslim nurses to wear the Islamic headscarf – or hijab – while on duty. The request came from the education arm of the Muslim Association of Malawi – the Islamic Information Bureau. “It has taken us almost one year communicating with [officials from] Nurses and […]
At the opening (2 February 2012) of the Irish Forum for Global Health IFGH) conference in a bitterly cold Dublin, Dorothy Ngoma, Executive director of the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi, listed facts that certainly raised eyebrows in regards to Malawi and its health status. By 2050, the population of Malawi is expected […]
Malawi nurses at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe are complaining of working under less than suitable conditions saying they live in “substandard houses in shanty” townships and have petitioned government to give them decent accommodation. The petition has been signed by 51 nurses who also ask to be allocated at institutional houses close to […]