The Coalition for Health Workers (HRH PLUS) has engaged the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi (NMCM) to challenge a steep hike in annual practice licence fees introduced last month, securing an agreement that employers should now cover the cost for nurses and midwives. Speaking after the high-level interface, HRH PLUS Technical Advisor Benson Phiri […]
A senior nursing lecturer at Mzuzu University has thrown his hat into the ring for the presidency of the National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (NONM), promising to tackle long-standing grievances over uniforms and pay if elected in November. Dr Griffin Baxter Chirambo told Nyasa Times he believes he is the right candidate to lead […]
Mzimba Central legislator Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba swapped the debating chamber for the open road on Saturday morning, joining nursing students in a fundraising ‘big walk’ aimed at raising money for needy nursing students across four institutions in the northern region. Mumba, who served as Guest of Honour at the event, didn’t just show up to […]
Malawi’s government has been accused of breaching international health guidelines after unveiling plans to send 500 nurses to Israel under a controversial labour agreement — a move activists warn could deepen the country’s own critical healthcare shortage. The bombshell deal, struck on a government-to-government basis, has ignited fierce debate, with critics questioning the timing given […]
Nursing students across northern Malawi are coming together this Saturday for a mass charity walk aimed at raising a staggering K20 million to help fellow students struggling to keep up with their tuition fees. The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (NONM) Students Chapter in Mzuzu has organised the ambitious fundraiser, with participants set to […]
Malawi Police in Liwonde, Machinga district, have arrested a 21-year-old woman after she allegedly disguised herself as a nurse and posed as medical staff at Machinga District Hospital. Tiyamike Mkandawire was taken into custody after hospital officials grew suspicious of the woman, who was found wearing a nurse’s uniform and moving freely around the hospital […]
President Lazarus Chakwera, on Saturday, November 28, 2020, during the launch of year 2020 of nurses and midwives at Bingu International Convention centre, declared the nurses and midwives in the country as national heroes. The President commended nurses for their sacrifice and commitment in providing the best healthcare services in the country. “If I may, […]
Lack of institutional accommodation has been pointed out as one of the major challenges that lead to low quality of patients care and poor clinical experience by nurses and midwives in the country. This was noted when the Minister of Health, Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda met with representatives of the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives, […]
Human Resource for Health Coalition has welcomed President Lazarus Chakwera introduction of special award for most dedicated health workers in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Speaking during his weekly national address Saturday night, Chakwera said five health workers nominated by various medical associations will be receiving the award every three months for their dedication […]
Dozens of health workers , who are on strike at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe to protest against working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, including a “critical” shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to treat patients, have reacted to remarks made by Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango that they are making unrealistic demands. […]
Association for Malawian Midwives (AMAMI) has appealed to community and faith leaders to take steps in condemning attacks and stigmatization of healthcare workers over fears of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection to the communities. The association says it has received complaints from nurses and midwives that some landlords are evicting them from their houses while some […]
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (Nonm) has asked its members to proceed to work normally after assurances by the government to resolve their grievances which include lack of protective equipment and welfare in the wake of coronavirus (Covid-19). The nurses have also demanded government to give them risk allowance of 70 percent of […]
In times like this coronavirus , Malawi need good government, a government that saves lives and protects the country and President Peter Mutharika has stamped its authority with is directive to employ 2 000 health workers to cope with the Covid-19 outbreak . The Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director George Jobe said, has said […]
Officials from the National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) have advised health care workers remaining t a health centre in Dowa to leave the post. NONM’s executive director Shouts Simeza said all the remaining heath workers at Bowe health centre should leave the place following the recent attack on a nurse by […]
Three nurses at Ntcheu district hospital have been suspended for negligence which led to an amputation of a three-year-old baby’s arm. The chief executive officer of the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi Isabela Musisi said two of the nurses have been suspended for three months whilst one has gone on suspension for six months. […]
Over 3, 000 hospital professionals are holding demonstrations across the country to force the government to recruit them. National chairman of the concerned health workers, Donald Zgambo said the workers have presented petitions to all councils at the end of the peaceful protests. The unemployed health workers include nurses, clinicians and doctors. In Ntcheu, the […]
Health authorities in Dowa say they are investigating why some villagers in the district destroyed a vehicle and a house of a nurse at Bowe Health Centre following the death of a pregnant woman. The villagers said they destroyed the property in anger after the nurse refused to wake up to help the women deliver […]
A nurse at Mpala Health Centre in Mulanje has been sent in forced leave pending a decision by the ministry of Health after she allegedly turned back a pregnant woman who wanted to deliver at the health facility. Mulanje district hospital spokesperson Innocent Chinvinda said a fact finding team from the hospital proved that the […]