Malawi 's government last month imposed a comprehensive ban on "dual practice," prohibiting public‑sector doctors and nurses from working in private clinics, hospitals, pharmacies or diagnostic centers while still employed by the state. The directive goes even further, ordering any public health worker who owns or partly owns a private facility to divest within 30 days or face dismissal and possible legal action. The move follows the publication of an investigative report by the Nyasa Times