By Erik Chiputula:
President Lazarus Chakwera has stressed on the need for more financing in the health sector if Malawi is to attain aspirations of the 2063 development agenda.
Chakwera made the remarks on Friday night during a reception co-hosted in his honour by the Chikondi Health Foundation and the Sarah Walker Foundation at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee United States of America.
The President is in the USA attending this year’s United Nations General Assembly.
The event was aimed at mobilizing resources for the health sector in Malawi, following the successful work done by the Chikondi Health Foundation in mobilizing financial and technical support for the operations of Lilongwe’s Blessings Hospital over the past ten years.
Addressing delegates to the gathering, Chakwera said a well financed health sector is key towards the social economic development of a country.
The president then appealed to the US donor community to channel more resources towards Malawi’s health sector if Malawi’s 2063 dream of becoming a self reliant nation is to be achieved.
“An investment in Malawi’s health sector is a contribution to the human capital development of the country,” said Chakwera.
Chakwera and the First Lady were accompanied to the Reception by Nancy Tembo Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khumbize Chiponda, Minister of Health and Ambassador Justice Esme Chombo, Malawi’s Envoy to the United States, among others.
Prior to the reception, the delegation was taken on a tour of Lipscomb University’s Schools of Nursing and Engineering, where the President and First Lady interacted with students who travel regularly to Malawi to conduct mobile clinics in rural areas alongside Malawian health workers.
The Malawian delegation returns to New York on Saturday where Chakwera has a scheduled meeting with diaspora Malawians upon arrival.
