By Moses Nyirenda, MANA
Mchinji District Council has applauded international nongovernmental organization, known as Our Aim Foundation, for promoting quality health services in the district.
The Council’s Director of Health and Social Services, Dr Juliana Kanyengambeta said the foundation has assisted in adopting measures aimed at improving quality health services which include the construction of a health clinic.
Kanyengambeta
“Our Aim Foundation has done a commendable work in promoting healthcare among people in Mchinji.
“The foundation has constructed a health facility at Mkanda community where people, who are 15 kilometers away from a government hospital, are able to access health services.
“In addition, the facility has also addressed mobility challenges which people were facing during the rainy season as many people were unable to access health services at the district hospital during rainy period due to mud logged roads,” Kanyengambeta said.
The Foundation’s founder Nisha Mandani
She said the construction of the clinic has reduced the pressure which nurses and doctors were experiencing at Mkanda Health Centre due to high number of people who were visiting the hospital to access health services.
“Before the construction of the community clinic, doctors and nurses at Mkanda Health Centre were facing problems to provide treatment to the patients as they were recording huge numbers of patients.
“So the coming in of the community clinic at Mkanda has relieved workload which medical personnel were having at Mkanda Health Centre,” she said.
Interim country director, Blessings Banda
The foundation also invites medical specialists from outside the country, who provide special services such as eye and diabetes treatment to the patients from different communities in Mchinji.
Our Aim Foundation was formed in 2008 and is currently implementing a project in Mchinji aimed at improving health services and also building capacity among women.
The founder and president of the foundation, Nisha Mandani said the objective of her foundation is to transform the living standards of people in the country.
“Our mission is to transform people’s lives through hope and empowerment and we are also more focused on promoting good health through provision of quality health services to the people,” she said.
The Foundation’s interim country director, Blessings Banda said they are also committed to promoting good maternal health in Mchinji and are planning to construct maternity wings in hospitals around the district.