KARONGA DIOCESE DONATES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO KARONGA DISTRICT HOSPITAL
In an effort to assist in healthcare services delivery in Karonga, the Karonga Diocese on 5th April 2024 made a donation of hospital beds, mattresses, syringes and face shields to Karonga District Hospital (KDH). The Health Desk Officer (HDO), Mr....
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Karonga Diocese Health Desk conducts review and mentorship meetings for TB community volunteers in Karonga and Chitipa District
By Vincent Shaba The Health Desk conducted review and mentorship of volunteers in Chitipa and Karonga Districts under a community TB care project entitled Invest for impact against TB/HIV. Meetings took place from the 23rd of March this year. The...
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Karonga Diocese Health Facilities to Have a Harmonised HR Policy
By Veronica Kimangira A three-day conference aimed at reviewing the Human Resource Policy, which will be used by all health facilities under the Diocese of Karonga is underway at Zutu House in Karonga. The Health Desk of the Diocese, with...
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Health Desk Holds TB Project Review and Planning Meeting
By Deodatus Muriya The Health Desk of the Diocese of Karonga says the Invest for Impact against TB and HIV has registered improvement this quarter in terms of new and presumptive TB cases as compared to the same period last...
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World Vision International Donates Assorted Drugs To Karonga Diocese Health Desk
By Vincent Shaba World Vision International (WVI) has donated assorted Anti-Malaria drugs to the health facilities under the Health Desk of the Diocese of Karonga. The drugs include Lumafantrine Artemether (LA), Artesunate in different dosages and Quinine (tablets and concentrate)....
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The 2nd Interplast team visits Malawi
By Vincent Shaba Barely a month after the first team visited Malawi in February, another team of four members arrived on the 31st of March through Mbeya in Tanzania. The team includes two medical doctors namely Dr. Joachim Groschel, an...
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Interplast Team in First 2019 Visit to Malawi
By Vincent Shaba* A 6 member team of 2 Doctors, 2 Nurses, Anesthetist and a student arrived in Malawi on the 28th of February from Germany. This is the first of multiple Interplast teams to come to Chitipa District in...
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Patrick Msukwa’s Life Saved by Karonga Diocese TB Community Volunteers
By Mwawi Shaba* Patrick Msukwa is a 45 year old man from Kapoka 1 Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku. He is married and has 6 children. He earns his living by doing smallholder agriculture; growing maize and...
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2018 Third INTERPLAST Team Arrives in Karonga Diocese
By Vincent Shaba On the 18th of August, a third INTERPLAST Team in 2018 arrived from Germany. This is a 5 member team of Orthopedic Surgical Specialist comprising of Dr. Joachim Groschel (Anaesthetist), Dr. Thomas Vasters (Surgeon), Angelike Moehrer (Surgical...
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Health Desk Distributes Enablers to Community TB Volunteers
By Vincent Shaba The Health Desk of Karonga Diocese embarked on distribution of enablers to Volunteers in Karonga and Chitipa districts from the28th of July, 2018. [caption id="attachment_1104" align="alignnone" width="960"] Community TB Volunteers putting on t-shirts as part of their...
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