A NURSE from the Capital is helping protect his colleagues in Malawi from Aids and HIV.
Geoff Earl is working to make sure staff at Mzimba District Hospital are routinely provided with gloves and masks to protect them from the disease, which are both common in the African country.
Mr Earl’s latest visit to Malawi led to him talking to the country’s health minister to discuss improving consultation with nurses on health policy.
Mr Earl said: “Nurses are on the frontline in healthcare in every country in the world so it is critical to the success of healthcare systems everywhere that nurses share their expertise with decision makers.”
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
First xenophobic evacuees arrive in Malawi
The first bus carrying 120 Malawian evacuees fleeing the South African xenophobic attacks arrived here Sunday, a government statement said Monday.
According to the statement from the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, another bus with 240 evacuees is expected soon.
"The Malawi Government has hired seven buses to ferry those Malawians willing to come back following the xenophobic attacks that began two weeks ago," reads the statement.
The statement said a reception centre had been set up here where the evacuees will be sheltered pending onwards transfer to their final destinations.
The statement also said since most of those fleeing South Africa left their travel documents the Department of Immigration would screen them to avoid people fro m other countries taking advantage.
Meanwhile, the Malawi government is discouraging Malawians from travelling to South Africa.
Joyce Banda, the Foreign Affairs Minister, said if Malawians "have to travel to South Africa they should avoid visiting informal settlements" where poor South A f rica, who are carrying out the xenophobic attack, stay.
The attacks on foreigners, which started in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, have spread to other cities as Cape Town and Durban.
In a televised address Sunday marking the Africa Day, President Thabo Mbeki condemned the attacks, saying the South African economy was built with the help of c i tizens from other countries.
According to the statement from the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, another bus with 240 evacuees is expected soon.
"The Malawi Government has hired seven buses to ferry those Malawians willing to come back following the xenophobic attacks that began two weeks ago," reads the statement.
The statement said a reception centre had been set up here where the evacuees will be sheltered pending onwards transfer to their final destinations.
The statement also said since most of those fleeing South Africa left their travel documents the Department of Immigration would screen them to avoid people fro m other countries taking advantage.
Meanwhile, the Malawi government is discouraging Malawians from travelling to South Africa.
Joyce Banda, the Foreign Affairs Minister, said if Malawians "have to travel to South Africa they should avoid visiting informal settlements" where poor South A f rica, who are carrying out the xenophobic attack, stay.
The attacks on foreigners, which started in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, have spread to other cities as Cape Town and Durban.
In a televised address Sunday marking the Africa Day, President Thabo Mbeki condemned the attacks, saying the South African economy was built with the help of c i tizens from other countries.
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