Parkinson`s disease awareness –  Malawi

On 29th November 2024, The School of Life and Allied Health Professions (SLAHP) of Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Movement Disorders Day. These are conditions of the nervous system that affect how the body moves.

Parkinson`s disease is the most common movement disorder and affects over 10 million people worldwide. It causes slowness of movements, tremors, body stiffness, problems with balance, and many other non-movement problems including constipation and memory loss.

With funding from the International Brain Research Organization and the Dana Foundation awarded to Dr. Gwedela from Biomedical Sciences and Dr. Tiwonge Phiri from QECH, a documentary on the diagnostic journey and daily lives of people with Parkinson`s disease who attend the adult neurology outpatient clinic at QECH was aired on MBC TV.  The documentary can be viewed on-demand on the KUHeS YouTube channel through the following link: