Tag: Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

The Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has said the adverse effects of climate change are increasingly impacting, not only the environment but also the health and well-being of communities. She made the remarks in Lilongwe Tuesday, when she opened a regional workshop on health for delegates from Africa, Europe and organisations dealing with climate change and health aimed at uniting diverse African stakeholders to drive policy changes and build resilient health systems. Chiponda said that African countries should unite if the issue of climate change impacts on health is to be addressed. “Let us have a common position as Africa, all of you are pushing the 2063 agenda which is being championed by African Union and all of us are striving that by 2063 we need to move from w...

Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and Cholera led by Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda is briefing the nation on Tithetse Cholera Campaign. Other ministers present include that of Water and Sanitation, Abida Mia and Justice, Titus Mvalo and other stakeholders who are on a drive to end the cholera outbreak. Chiponda says so far the country has registered a decrease in deaths of cholera patients whose fatality rate is now at 3.2 percent. The campaign seeks to reach out to all 49,000 villages across the country so that the fight against cholera should be meaningful and councils are to be re-energised to ensure messages of prevention are well articulated in the communities. The Health Minister says Chlorine and ORS distribution will be enhanced in the campaign. She has disclos...

Key stakeholders in the health sector across the country have gathered at Makawa School Ground in Mangochi for this year's commemoration of National Community Health Day in Malawi. The day is set aside with respect to community health workers' crucial role in providing health care in communities. Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, is presiding over the commemoration.

The Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has launched the revised Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for health professionals. Speaking during the launch in Lilongwe, Chairperson for MCM, Professor John Chisi, expressed hope that the new guidelines will curb common professional misconduct by health workers. Meanwhile, Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, applauded MCM for intensifying efforts aimed at protecting the public, a development which is in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 3. Established in 1987 by the Act of Parliament, the MCM has both ethical and legal responsibilities.

World Bicycle Relief has handed over 140 bicycles to the Ministry of Health, for Health Surveillance Assistants to reach hard-to-reach areas with service delivery. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo chiponda says the donation has come at the right time when the country is carrying out vaccination campaigns. World Bicycle Relief Country Director, Anthony Kinnaird, says they intend to donate more than 8,000 bicycles in Zomba and Kasungu.

A few days before the 2021-22 financial year comes to an end, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has confirmed that implementation of Health Facilities Project has failed to take off as planned. The initiative targeted to rehabilitate public health facilities, thereby helping the Central Government meet its goal of improving access to healthcare services. District councils were earmarked as implementers of the project. Following its failure to take off, implementation of the project has been differed to the 2022- 23 fiscal year, meaning that service seekers have to wait a bit longer for challenges they face in accessing healthcare services in public facilities to be addressed. On December 22 2021, the National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) wrote a circul...