Government corruption “cripples” Malawi’s health sector

by IRIN News

Corruption has diverted funds from already under-funded health facilities. Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez/IRIN

Extensive looting of public funds by government officials in Malawi has dangerously undermined the country’s public health sector, with hundreds of public health workers striking in recent weeks to protest late payments of their September salaries.

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