Question 1
Malawi is considered one of the less developed countries in the world. Its economy mainly relies on foreign aid. Neno district is one of the smallest districts in the country. It is faced with many health challenges; for example, it only had three exam rooms and two nurses, one working during the day and the other one during the night. It has limited access to VCT, ART and TB treatment services. Water and electricity supply was considered inconsistent.
Question 2
PIH objectives included establishing personal banks account, which acted as the temporarily as project account. APZU formed some teams in which their main job was to offer prevention and treatment programs for HIV, TB, sexually transmitted diseases and proper care to women’s health (Giffin, Robinson & Institute of Medicine, 2009). The other objective was to create more job opportunities for the people as more people were hired in the treatment and preventions programs. They also planned to build houses at the hospital to accommodate all working health staff.
Question 3
APZU procured chemotherapy medicine from India, and this resulted in Neno district becoming the first one in Malawi to treat cancer. Neno hospital received more workers to facilitate the effectiveness of the services. More amenities were provided these included extra exams room, water and electricity supply (Giffin, Robinson & Institute of Medicine, 2009). A lab technician was also introduced to Neno. There was also the introduction of a top up system, which was based on the performance of the workers. It made many nurses want to go there.
Question 4
The role of CHDI was to empower the small farmers to increase their economic capabilities and to offer them with knowledge about the inputs and services so that to increase their output. The CHDI also increased farmers’ access to the local markets. CHDI provided advises services to the PIH in the matter involving the quality of the health services that is provided (Kidder, 2010). Initially, CHDI funded the major project of PIH but later it decided not to fund the projects. It also assisted in the construction of more infrastructures in the Neno district; for example, it had promised to build houses that would accommodate all the staffs working in the health projects.
Question 5
It supported the coordination of programs such as prevention and awareness of the common illness. MOH gave advice to groups such as CHID hence more emphasis was put on the poor districts such as Neno district. MOH used to employ and assign new working staff in the district hospital (Kidder, 2010). The MOH increased the quality of health services offered by the health staffs by supporting and introducing the top-ups system that was based on the performance of the workers. The ministry of health contributed to the advancement of the facilities used in the hospital; for example, it bought a huge X-ray machine although it took time for it to be installed.
Question 6
The community now can obtain health facilities due to the introduction of more hospitals with advanced treatment facilities. Education programs offered by APZU for proper health care and importance of catchment areas improved greatly the lives of the people (Herce et al., 2014). There is a community development due to the advancement of the infrastructure around the district; for example, more roads have been constructed, houses for the working staff and proper water and electricity supplies. The community got job vacancies to work in the health facilities resulting in the number of unemployment reduced.
Question 7
Indeed, the effort made by PIH and APZU is a success in term of achieving developments. It is because the impacts made to the community by both organizations are very great (Herce et al., 2014). Some people who have got their daily bread from the achievements of the organization. As the growth trend chart states, there is much development of Neno district compared to its previous years.
References
Giffin, R. B., Robinson, S., & Institute of Medicine (U.S.). (2009). Addressing the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A realistic assessment of the challenge: workshop summary.
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Herce, M. E., Elmore, S. N., Kalanga, N., Keck, J. W., Wroe, E. B., Phiri, A., Rigodon, J.
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