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Blessings in disguise? Malawi delivers 840 babies on Christmas Day

Maravi Post Reporter

…………….Mangochi tops number of babies delivered on Christmas day

By Chisomo Phiri

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-A report from Ministry of Health (MH) indicates that over 840 babies were delivered on Christmas day for this year with highest number registered in Mangochi.

According to data presented by Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health Adrian Chikumbe on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Mangochi alone has registered 102 new babies with 47 males and 55 females.

Chikumbe said, in total, out of 16 districts in the country, 849 babies were delivered on the day in which 417 are boys and 432 are girls.

He however, said the figures could go up as these deliveries are from only 16 districts of 28.

Chikumbe said, this means that some districts such as Mangochi have high fertility rate which need promotion of family planning methods so as to trim down the figures..


Below is the breakdown of data recorded:
Mangochi 102 ( 47 males + 55 females)
phalombe 40 ( 20 males+ 20 females)
Karonga 39 ( 21 males+ 18 females)
Machinga 76 ( 30 males+ 46 females)
Salima 61( 30 males + 31 females)
Dedza 27( 17 males + 10 females)
Dowa 66( 32 males+34 females)
Mwanza 27( 13 males+ 14 females)
Nchisi 33( 13 males+ 20 females)
Chitipa 19( 10 males+ 9 females)
Balaka 37( 21 males+ 16 females)
Zomba 51( 25 males+ 26 females)
Ruphi 26 ( 13 males+ 13 females)
Lilongwe 61( 28 males+ 33 females)
Nsanje 41 ( 26 males+ 15 females)
Mulanje 77 ( 33 Males+ 44 females)
Central Hospital:
Zomba Central Hospital 30 ( 14 males + 16 females)
Mzuzu Central Hospital 12 ( 7 males+ 5 females)
Kamuzu Central Hospital 5 ( 4 males+ 1 female)
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital 19( 11 males+ 8 females)


The data was recorded in CHAM and public facilities.

Health

Malawi government to recruit 600 nurses 

Henry Chizimba

Adrian Chikumbe: Malawi government to recruit 600 nurses to be in line with the number of nurses to patients.

Government through the Ministry of Health, said it will soon recruit new nurses to work in all government hospitals in order to achieve the recommended nurse to patient ratio in Malawi.Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health, Adrian Chikumbe, confirmed this in an interview this week. In the interview, he revealed that the recommended nurse-patient ratio by the International Council of Nurses is 1 nurse to six patients. He however, said due to various reasons, Malawi has failed to reach the recommendation.

For example, he said in 2015 the Malawi ratio was one nurse to 80 patient, which was abnormal.

“As government, we are making strides to make sure that the doctor patient ratio is achieved and we will also recruit 600 nurses to be in line with the number of nurses to patients,” said Chikumbe.

Chikumbe admitted that achieving the recommended nurse to patient ratio, is still a challenge but government will make sure that the number of nurses is increased.

He also revealed that the Ministry of Health has not fired the health personnel who were involved in drug theft, claiming “they are still under investigation.”

According to Chikumbe, some of the health personnel are waiting to appear in court.