{"id":2531,"date":"2019-10-19T18:26:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2019-10-19T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T18:26:24","slug":"justice-and-peace-desk-takes-health-sector-expenditure-reports-to-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/justice-and-peace-desk-takes-health-sector-expenditure-reports-to-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice and Peace Desk Takes Health Sector Expenditure Reports to Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Obert Mkandawire*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To strengthen citizen participation\nin health decision making processes at local level, the Justice and Peace Desk\nof the Diocese of Karonga facilitated the dissemination of 2018\/19 Chitipa\nDistrict health sector expenditure report to communities in the areas of\ntraditional authorities Mwenemisuku, Mwenewenya and Nthalire from 16 to 18\nOctober, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the meetings, community\nmembers interfaced with district council and health management team officials\nresponsible for planning and administration namely, Director of Planning and\nDevelopment (DPD), Tamanya Harawa; DIP Coordinator, Willy Kanyika and Chitipa\nDistrict Health Services Administrator, Victor Chithabwa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the meetings, the DPD\noutlined various funds that the council receives while Willy Kanyika and Victor\nChithabwa from Chitipa District Health Office explained the expenditure to the\npeople.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Misuku, community members complained\nthat the health facility has taken long without being maintained; with the\nLabour Ward being the worst affected. The Health Service Administrator assured\nthe gathering that the Labour Ward will be renovated soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nthalire, community members raised\nconcerns on the delays in elevating Nthalire Health Centre to Rural Hospital.\nThey claimed the elevation of the health facility will ensure that critical\nsurgical operations are done as quickly as possible without referring them to\nChitipa which is about 125 kilometres away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his response, the DPD stated\nthat the council intends to place some officers at Nthalire, who would mirror\nthe main officers at Chitipa District Hospital to ensure effective delivery of\npublic health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking their turn, the members of\nthe District Health Management Team present revealed that Press Trust has\nalready assessed capacity of Nthalire Health Centre and will construct extra\nbuildings to ensure expansion of the facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three communities were\nunanimous in asking government to address the issue of drug stock out, which is\nbeing worsened by Tanzanians and Zambians who seek medical attention in their\nfacilities. The Administrator urged the community to report to him any cases of\nabuse of the ambulance and cases of drug pilferage after a concern from Wenya\nCommunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DPD revealed that Misuku and\nNthalire have not been included in the current Constituency Water\nInfrastructure Fund respectively even after some processes had been initiated\nalready including choosing of committees and sending of plans to the council. The\ncommunity also lamented lack of consultation by their Members of Parliament on\nWater Infrastructure Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The community appreciated the role\nJustice and Peace Desk has played in bringing duty bearers to interface with\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an initiative under the, \u201cPromotion of high quality, accountable and\nresponsive public health service<\/em>\u201d project being implemented by the Justice\nand Peace Desk of the Diocese of Karonga with financial support from Open\nSociety Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*The author is Project Officer for\nOsisa Health Governance Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Obert Mkandawire* To strengthen citizen participation in health decision making processes at local level, the Justice and Peace Desk of the Diocese of Karonga facilitated the dissemination of 2018\/19 Chitipa District health sector expenditure report to communities in the areas of traditional authorities Mwenemisuku, Mwenewenya and Nthalire from 16 to 18 October, 2019. During […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice-and-peace-desk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}