Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN): MHEN Welcoms Appointment of Health Commissioners

Saturday 19 January 2013

MHEN Welcoms Appointment of Health Commissioners

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Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) Executive Director Martha Kwataine welcomed the appointment of new commissioners for the Health Service Commission which will have the difficult task of looking into the five year back log of promotions, recruitments and disciplinary issues in the public health service.

President Joyce Banda made the appointment on November 28, 2012 with Lillian Ng'oma, formerly Commissioner for Disaster Management and Preparedness as chair of the Health Commission.

Kwataine, however, warned the new commission to take politics out of promotions and recruitments.

"The grading system is in shambles and I hope they will sort it out. There are nurses who are on higher grade compared to district health officers and this has created discontentment in the health service, which has impact on human resources for health," Kwataine told a local daily, The Daily Times.

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ABOUT MHEN

Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN), which was formed in 2000, is an independent alliance of organisations and individuals promoting equity and quality in health for all people in Malawi. The current membership is about 50 organisations, Associations, Coalitions, Training Institutions and Health professionals. The alliance works to improve the distribution, quality and access to health services throughout Malawi . MHEN seeks to accomplish this by influencing government policy and practice, as well as activities of donors and civil society through advocacy, networking, research, information dissemination and budget monitoring. The Goal of MHEN is to Promote equity and equality in healthcare systems in Malawi . The network has activities in networking with parliament and government, budget / drug monitoring research and advocacy.