Mlanda has a small medical center which is funded by a central hospital called Nkhoma which is 2 hours away, and Nkhoma provides the medical center with staff wages and medicine but there is no provision for maintenance, equipment, bedding and other services.
Mlanda Health Center
The Medical Center has five main wards, including a Children’s ward and Maternity Ward. There is also an HIV out reach center, outpatients department and several side rooms.
A committed staff team is led by two medical in-charges; Matthews Matandikwa and Victor Maude.
Beyond caring for the sick and injured, the health center primarily deals with maternity, under 5 clinics and HIV testing.
Achievements
- Decorated and refurbished the children’s and maternity ward including new
Refurbished Children's Ward
mattresses, bedding and toys.
- Decorated two other medical wards and staff accommodation
- Provided bed linen, curtains and mosquito nets for three wards
- Provided a bicycle ambulance for the medical center, ensuring the elderly and pregnant can get medical attention.
- Run three successful AIDS Awareness days with the medical center, attracting thousands of people.
- Kept the AIDS Awareness testing facility open for 3 years, until the hospital could afford to pay for the staff.
- Provided computer training for all of the health center staff
Future
In the future, Sustain Mlanda wants to:
- Refurbish more of the health center
- Develop the maternity facilities at the medical center
Maureen and her babyProvide more mattresses
- Provide more bedding
- Provide specialist equipment required
- Provide more training in computers, HIV and administration.
- Provide more support for HIV patients
- Provide support for young mothers
- Provide a borehole (well) for the health center, due to poor water supply.
