Martha Kwataine

Martha Kwataine is a Malawian health and human rights activist, and the former executive director of the Health Equity Network (MHEN). In October 2006, Kwataine joined the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN), and became its executive director. Quotes “As a health access activist, my role has to be to link policymakers with the reality on the ground. I have to ensure that the national budget translates into improved health service delivery," “I have to ensure that the national budget translates into improved health service delivery.” “I lobbied hard for the reintroduction of these scholarships since rural Malawians should not be punished for living where they do.” “This is money spent on allowances and four-wheel drive vehicles that race in the streets of the capital, yet 80 percent of Malawians are in the rural areas where health problems are forever acute,” “The challenge we have is that such incidences result in loss of trust in the health care service delivery of our public hospitals. As a nation, we’re sending contradicting messages by telling people and mothers to access services in our public health care facilities and yet there are no medicines,” External links Category:Living people Category:Activists Category:Hman rights activists