First Lady Monica Chakwera of Malawi has extolled First Lady Margaret Kenyatta’s Beyond Zero initiative that has expanded access to medical services for at-risk groups.
The visiting Malawian First Lady spoke during a guided tour of an ongoing Beyond Zero medical camp dubbed mini-medical safari at the ‘Nyumba ya Wazee’, old people’s home in Kasarani by her host Margaret. Monica highlighted that she was impressed by the creative healthcare delivery model of mobile clinics and medical safaris and wished to replicate the same in Malawi.
Beyond Zero Coordinator Angella Langat briefed the two First Ladies on the free medical services being offered to the senior citizens and the staff of the old people’s home run by nuns from the Catholic Church’s Little Sisters of the Poor.
The Kasarani-based Nyumba ya Wazee, a charitable home, caters for the elderly of all faiths from low-income families in Kenya and neighbouring countries. The Beyond Zero mini-medical safari was held at home to give the elderly, whose access to healthcare services was impeded by the COVID-19 pandemic a chance to receive quality medical care.
Other organizations partnered with Beyond Zero at the medical camp, providing screening for prostate cancer, cervical and breast cancer as part of activities to mark October month for the breast cancer global awareness campaign.