Africa-Press – Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse government is set to commence the construction of 55 health centers across the country beginning July 1, 2022. Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda told the news conference on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in the capital Lilongwe that the move will ease congestion in public health facilities.
“We will soon start constructing 55 new health posts in various rural areas in Malawi and construction of offices for the Public Health Institute of Malawi.
“We have also noted that many health centers are not in a good condition in the country and currently, we are working on improving these health facilities so they can be fully functional,” said Chiponda.
According to Kandodo, the country has been battling with a number of emerging health issues including Polio, Cholera and Covid-19 hence the need to have facilities that could help in the fight against the diseases to avoid further spreading of the diseases.
The construction is also part of the implementation plan of the Malawi COVID-19 Social Economic Recovery plan that is aiming at Building Resilient and Sustainable Health System and currently, the construction project of the Infectious Disease Centres is underway in Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre.
The Ministry has asked Malawians to take extra measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases in the country which are currently on the rise. The ministry has also urged citizens to follow all the Covid-19 prevention strategies put in place to avoid contracting or infect others with the disease.
The total of fully vaccinated people in the country is currently at 1,473,644 and as one way to ensure that the pandemic is contained in the country and people are safe, the Ministry has disclosed that it will soon start implementing the door to door campaign and mobile vaccine express in additional to the routine delivery modes.
The Ministry also discredited the rumors if the existence of monkey pox from Chiradzulu District Health Office which was recently circulating causing people to panic.
The minister said the ministry is using the WHO recommended Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) and an investigation into the alleged Monkey pox case in the country which included a specialist opinion from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital indicated that there is no confirmed case of disease but it was chicken pox instead.
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