2010: 30 nurses die of AIDS in Malawi

  1. Posted on Thursday 20 January 2011 - 09:00
    Chancy Namadzunda
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    Chancy Namadzunda, AfricaNews reporter in Lilongwe, Malawi
    Nurses Organization for Nurses and Midwives (NONM)-Malawi has revealed that about 30 nurses died of AIDS related illness in 2010. The recording is under the 'caring for care givers project' which is being implemented in the country with the funding from the Norwegian Nurses Organization (NNO).
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    Project Manager Harriet Kapyepye said since the roll-out of the project, about 12 000 health care workers in the country have been trained since 2005 and they are supporting about 300 orphans.

    “We have also seen about 445 nurses declaring that they are HIV positive, 2400 registered health workers living with HIV/AIDS. We have also managed to reduce AIDS related deaths in the profession from about 55 to 30 in 2010,” she said.

    NNO second vice president Jan-Eric Nilsen said it is rare to see nurses hard-working amid many challenges they are facing.

    The fiver year term project was aimed at strengthening the local organization and mitigates the impact of HIV among the nurses.

    Malawi has about 9000 nurses who look after 13 000 000 citizens of the nations and many of them opt to work in European countries where they get many benefits than back home.

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