{"id":32096,"date":"2022-10-05T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk"},"modified":"2022-10-05T20:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:09:09","slug":"malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","title":{"rendered":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawian UK Nurses Association (MUNA), an embodiment of like-minded Malawian physicians based in the UK, held their first-ever fundraising event on Saturday, August 6 in Maidstone, to address one of its objective of addressing health inequalities they have invested interest back home and their host country, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Gracing the event was High Commissioner to the UK, Dr. Thomas Bisika, accompanied by his team from the London mission \u2014 who urged Malawians in diaspora to support the cause.<\/p>\n

In her speech, MUNA president, Charity Gladstone, reiterated that in collaboration with the directors of Kamuzu Central Hospital \u2014 Dr. Jonathan Ngoma and Mabel Chinkhata, they identified 1A male surgical ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital as one of the wards in desperate need of refurbishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ward admits patients pre- and post-operatively, including complex trauma, neurosurgery and those surgical patients needing high dependency care,\u201d Gladstone told the large audience in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ward is congested, as it is designed to accommodate 45 patients but instead admits 120 patients. There is lack of resources as ward environment is substandard and presents a number of challenges including infection prevention, provision of care in a dignified environment, just to mention a few.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that these challenges impact negatively on mortality rates, length of stay and surgical outcomes, saying \u201ccaring for the ill and their families in the very best environment is important\u201d to the association.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such, we want to help our mother country in renovating this ward in partnership with the teams on the ground. Our aim is to have an improved and future proofed acute inpatient ward environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malawian Kent Community, led by Maines Msiska hosted the event with sponsorship from Malawian UK companies such as Motto Money, Wisechoice, Shannon Healthcare, Totally Care and African council.<\/p>\n

The estimated cost for phase 1 of this project is currently \u00a330,000 and the MUNA executive team of Gladstone, Patrick Vundule, Sala Khulumula, Charlotte Kamundi, Susan Msatida, Stella Mwanza, Clement Ndau, Maines Msiska and Patricia Liyao, therefore appealed to all potential donors to support the association in reaching this goal.<\/p>\n

For enquiries, Malawians are encouraged to contact MUNA on [email protected] alternatively donations can be made by visiting the following link: https:\/\/mumb2g40xcm.typeform.com\/to\/korMlacK.<\/p>\n

MUNA was formed in June, 2020 and was registered as charitable company in September, 2020 as a non-profiting organisation to promote its members\u2019 welfare by enhancing their living and working standards.<\/p>\n

It also acts as a catalyst to achieve excellence in Nursing Education and development in the UK and Malawi and have also made significant contribution towards the fight against CoVID-19, that include holding an online conference (webinar) last year aimed at demystifying wrong apprehensions of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

It also held another COVID-19 webinar tackling tackling \u2018Lessons Learnt & the Recovery Trial\u2019 from the pandemic and another that touched on \u2018Mental Health & Well-being \u2014 Pandemic Coping Strategies\u2019.<\/p>\n

MUNA\u2019s other activities include working with other stakeholders (NGOs\/agencies\/individuals) in carrying out research, or health needs assessments that can inform policy, practice and allocation of resources.<\/p>\n

It networks with other nursing associations in diaspora and around the globe; participates in research and development and supports training for MUNA members in the UK and also supports training for nurses in Malawi as well as participate in investigations in health care issues.<\/p>\n

Thus, the fundraiser \u2014 to develop a strong financial resource base to enable efficient planning, implementation and ongoing evaluation of projects in Malawi and the UK. Meanwhile, in his remarks, Dr. Bisika advised the Malawians in UK to abide by the laws of their host country.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawian UK Nurses Association (MUNA), an embodiment of like-minded Malawian physicians based in the UK, held their first-ever fundraising event on Saturday, August 6 in Maidstone, to address one of its objective of addressing health inequalities they have invested interest back home and their host country, United Kingdom. Gracing the event was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-32096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"\nMalawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawian UK Nurses Association (MUNA), an embodiment of like-minded Malawian physicians based in the UK, held their first-ever fundraising event on Saturday, August 6 in Maidstone, to address one of its objective of addressing health inequalities they have invested interest back home and their host country, United Kingdom. Gracing the event was […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\"},\"wordCount\":613,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\",\"name\":\"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK - Malawi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK","og_description":"Africa-Press – Malawi. Malawian UK Nurses Association (MUNA), an embodiment of like-minded Malawian physicians based in the UK, held their first-ever fundraising event on Saturday, August 6 in Maidstone, to address one of its objective of addressing health inequalities they have invested interest back home and their host country, United Kingdom. Gracing the event was […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK","datePublished":"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk"},"wordCount":613,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk","name":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-05T20:09:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-633defb6b3d20.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-uk-nurses-association-fundraise-for-health-inequalities-in-malawi-and-uk#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Malawian UK Nurses Association fundraise for health inequalities in Malawi and UK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}