Wakisa Mulwafu (Prof)

MBChB, FCS, FCORL, Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.

Latest Contribution

Photo of ENT clinic at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

Developing ENT and audiology services in Southern Africa (Part 2)

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT

In the last issue of ENT & Audiology News, we heard from retired Professor Christopher Prescott on the challenges faced and progress made made locally to address the inequity and inequality of access to ENT and allied health professional services...

Photo showing audiometry in rural Zimbabwe.

Developing ENT and audiology services in Southern Africa

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT

Much has been said of the paucity of ENT and its related services in low- and middle-income countries. This article from a retired paediatric otolaryngologist discusses the progress that has been made locally to redress these health inequalities. He has...

Grommet trainer photo

Addressing ear and hearing care through task sharing: the Malawian experience

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology

How can ear and hearing care be addressed in a setting with limited resources? Wakisa Mulwafu, Chris Prescott and Johan Fagan present an innovative model for training ear surgery technicians to perform endoscopic myringoplasty under local anaesthesia on a large...