Minister of health opens a three-day national prescriber workshopby editor

The workshop was to discuss plans on how to improve pharmaceutical services to ensure the supply of essential drugs to health facilities

A three-day drug policy seminar held in Blantyre; Malawiby editor

The aim of the workshop was to sensitise key decision makers from the public and private sectors on the implications of implementing the Pharmacy; Medicines and Poisons Act (1988) and the development of a clear drug policy to acheive better efficiency of the pharmaceutical supply system

WHO donates K15;000 to Puli PHC activitiesby Editor

Professor G. Monekosso; regional director for Africa of the United Nations World Health Organization pledged MKW 15;000 to help finance PHC activities in Puli area in the Blantyre district. The donation was made to assist constuction of a build for growth monitoring; improving activities of Traditional Birth Attendants [TBAs]; and construction of a well

Information; education and communication messages and materials: survey report

The main objective of the survey was to take an inventory of all IEC materials and messages currently in use throughout the country. The findings showed that: a) knowledge of health workers and their clients on key messages in most critical programme areas was low; b) some peripheral units were underserved in the supply of IEC materials; c) most units experienced storage problems for IEC materials; and d) most health workers lacked basic skills in effective use of IEC materials