Brilliant ongoing cross-party support from Malawi APPG in Westminster
27 February 2023
We are thrilled that at last week’s AGM of the Malawi All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum re-affirmed their support for links with Malawi.
We are grateful to the following Parliamentarians who have been elected and re-elected as: office bearers. Our particular thanks to Chair, Patrick Grady MP for his leadership.
Chair & Registered Contact: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party)
Honorary President: Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Labour)
Vice Chair: David Mundell (Conservative)
Vice Chair: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Vice Chair: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Vice Chair: Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party)
Vice Chair: Chris Law (Scottish National Party)
Vice Chair: Margaret Ferrier (Independent)
Vice Chair: Ms Lyn Brown (Labour)
Vice Chair: Lord Purvis of Tweed (Liberal Democrat)
Vice Chair: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)
Vice Chair: Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party)
Vice Chair: Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party)
The SMP provides secretariat to the APPG (not using Scottish Government funding). Interim CEO, Stuart Brown who is ex-officio Secretary was happy to attend.
The AGM heard from Pacharo Matchere, of Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM). Pacharo, who is a registered nurse from Malawi with over 16 years’ experience in public health, spoke of CHAM’s training of health personnel in Malawi and of the Cholera outbreak in Malawi. Water Aid’s Jenny Wells also addressed the AGM on their recent report (together with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) on WASH and antimicrobial resistance: Prevention First: Why clean water and hygiene are best medicine against the spread of drug-resistant infections. More info here.