Closing in on doctor, patient ratio

'' While some people have described reading as a dying culture in Malawi, Umoyo Trust has demonstrated that reading can help solve the acute shortage of medical personnel in the country.Indeed, Malawi is a country where major hospitals like Queen Elizabeth. Kamuzu Central, Zomba Central and Mzuzu Central have an acute shortage of doctors.  Some district hospitals do not even have a single doctor.The problem is mainly due to lack of resources and poor remuneration in government hospitals.  This is compounded by the fact that there is only one institution in the country training doctors, the College of Medicine in Blantyre, and space to accommodate undergraduates at the institution is limited.

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Trust donates health care books to ministry

The Ministry of Health last Thursday received 713 health care handbooks entitled Pamene Palibe Dokotala that will help in primary health care. Umoyo Trust, a local non-governmental organization based in Blantyre, made the donation at Capital Hill in Lilongwe. The handbooks will be distributed for use by health surveillance assistants in Balaka and Phalombe districts. Speaking when he made the donation, Umoyo Trust Chairperson James Manda said the book will be used as reference material, guiding diagnosis, prescription, medication and treatment of various ailments.

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