Skip to content
Login Register

President of Malawi visits Royal College

24 Apr 2018

The President of Malawi, His Excellency, Peter Mutharika, visited the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Accompanied by Her Excellency Gertrude Maseko the First Lady of Malawi and Dr Alasdair Allan, the Scottish Government’s Minister for International Development and Europe, the visit (which took place on Monday 23rd April) was the first in a programme of events in Scotland this week.

The College and Malawi have had a long history of ties, dating back to David Livingstone’s first expeditions to Africa in the 19th century. A number of David Livingstone’s first edition publications are held in the library at the College alongside a wide variety of Livingstone’s surgical instruments and his medical degree which was granted by this institution in 1840. As part of his tour of the College, His Excellency the President received a presentation on a selection of these artefacts by Mr Neil Wilson, Dr Livingstone’s great-great grandson.

Collaboration continues to develop today with a variety of projects in Malawi. A group of fellows briefed the President on the work in their area of expertise which includes:

  • Endoscopy training in Mzuzu, Malawi
  • Burns prevention work
  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Livingstone fellowships
  • The plans to develop undergraduate dental training in Malawi

Professor David Galloway, President of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons said:

“We are delighted to welcome the President to our College. Our connections with Malawi are strong, while they started with David Livingstone but continues now with the involvement of many of our members. We recognise the value of international volunteering and global citizenship and so we are committed to continue this long tradition and to encourage to develop collaboration with colleagues in Malawi into the future.”

Categories: Engagement, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion


Share this story:

Latest news and statements

Key priority areas

Workforce Recovery and Transformation
Health services in many parts of the world are over-stretched due to workforce shortages, rising demand for services and difficulties in retaining staff.
Read more
Wellbeing
A healthy healthcare workforce is essential for patient care. When the workforce is exhausted, experiencing burnout, and struggling to balance their work and personal lives, it impacts on everyone.
Read more
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to standing up for equality, diversity and inclusion. We want our College to reflect the diversity in the NHS workforce and in the patients that we care for.
Read more
Climate Change and Sustainability
Climate change has caused great harm to our planet and warnings of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding will all place a significant burden on our health outcomes.
Read more
Health Inequalities
The health inequalities in our society have been both highlighted and exacerbated by the covid pandemic. There is a need to do things differently.
Read more
COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the lives of healthcare professionals, and the urgent need to learn whilemfocusing on delivering the best care for our patients has been an enormous challenge.
Read more

Topics


Archive


Key links



Contact us

rcpsg@grayling.com
07714307976

Log in

Log in to access your Dashboard, book events, pay your subscriptions and access eLearning material.

Log in

Register an account

New users must register before logging in. You do not need to be a member of the College in order to register.

Register

Help

Having difficulty registering or logging in? Forgotten your username or password?

Get Help