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Al Jazeera
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Rabson Kondowe

‘It’s nothing’: Malawi nurses reject wage rise amid economic turbulence

Pilirani Wanja, a medical personnel at Ndirande Health Centre, demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine during the cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022 [Eldson Chagara/Reuters]

Blantyre, Malawi – In his seven years as a nurse in Malawi’s civil service, Mathews Saindi has never found financial stability. Things just keep getting worse, he says.

Three years ago, his monthly salary of 330,000 kwacha ($198), although not a lot, could cover the basics for his family of four with careful budgeting. Today, he is struggling to make ends meet as the local currency has significantly lost value.

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