Jacqueline Kouwenhoven
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Jacqueline Kouwenhoven is a member of parliament for Rumphi West in Malawi. Her tenure began on 2014-05-20. She was born in the Netherlands but arrived in Africa in 1983, working in healthcare in Cameroon and Mali before setting in Malawi in 2000.
Quotes
[edit]- The only way of avoiding such cases was through strengthening the primary health care.
- Organizing refresher courses for health surveillance assistants to disseminate and engage communities, pregnant women especially in early health seeking behaviours.
- By strengthening the primary health care and sensitizing the communities on family planning and identifying danger signs soon, the government would be saving a lot of money in the already bad economy.
- I in not concerned with remarks made by ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top officials on Thursday in Bolero, Rumphi during a presidential rally.
- DPP gurus took turns at the rally addressed by President Peter Mutharika to brand Kouwenhoven a "foreigner" and that people in the area should vote another legislator in next year's elections.
- It is incredibly important that children get structure in their lives and that they get off the streets.
- With secondary education, girls marry later and have fewer children. That is already a huge step forward. In addition, young people learn to use computers and become more aware of modern developments. In this way, they can later help the entire community move forward.