President Chakwera Warns of Crackdown on Unaccredited Operators in Government Institutions
By Lovemore Katanda
President Lazarus Chakwera has called on the Ministry of Education to track down people operating in government institutions such as education and health without proper accreditations as one way of improving service delivery in all state entities.
Speaking during the official launch of a magnificent Clinical Research Excellence and Training Open Resource (CREATOR) Building at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), and construction works for the administration block in Blantyre, President Chakwera said education and health remain crucial in achieving the Malawi’s 2063 agenda, hence the need for people to strictly follow proper standards when operating in such institutions.
“If someone wants to start a school or a college, they must prove that they are up to standards,” he said.
Chakwera added that CREATOR will help in improving health research in Malawi and the SADC region and increasing the scale and quality of research endeavours while also enriching postgraduates’ specialists within the country.
Chakwera further explained that construction works for the KUHES administration block, once completed, will help address the problem of shortage of office space at KUHES.
In her remarks, Minister of Education Madalitso Kambauwo Willima said the Clinical Research Excellence and Training Open Resource is a symbol of bridging the research gap, adding that this will help to enhance research capacity by 30 percent and improve health service delivery in Malawi.
Willima indicated that 500,000 researchers have been trained in various fields such as education, health, and other scientific disciplines, adding that 34 percent are females.
The Minister also thanked President Chakwera for bringing back meaningful infrastructure development in the country and ensuring that learning institutions offer high-quality education that meets international standards.
KUHES Vice Chancellor Professor Henry Mwandumba hailed the partnership existing between KUHES and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, saying the mutual working relationship between the two institutions has helped the nation to improve health service delivery and address health challenges in Malawi.
“The launching of this state of the art project is the right step towards research and training. Our main focus will be digital, innovation, and the provision of quality, health service delivery,” he explained.
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme Executive Director of Research Professor Macpherson Mallewa said his institution will continue conducting quality research that will benefit all Malawians on health service delivery and help Malawi become self-reliant on procurement of drugs and medicine.
The state-of-the-art project has been funded by the Malawi Government, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the University of Liverpool.
