Moses Murandu
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Moses Murandu | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Maluti Adventist Hospital, St Monica’s Maternity Hospital (Midwifery), University of Birmingham (PhD) |
| Awards | Ethel Bell Award,[1] Journal of Wound Care in March 2018
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | False Bay Hospital, University of Wolverhampton |
| Patrons | Fondation de France[2] |
Moses Murandu (~1966) is a Zimbabwean scientist and nurse working at the University of Wolverhampton.[3]
Murandu grew up in rural Zimbabwe with his father and younger brother.[4][1] As a child, he was directed by his family to dress his wounds with salt.[4] He also recalled that when his father, Aron Majazi Munawa, had extra funds, he would instead use sugar to treat open wounds.[5][4]
Murandu experienced the illness and death of his younger brother as a child. He went on to study nursing and midwifery in Lesotho and South Africa respectively.[1] After the end of Apartheid, Murandu worked in South Africa as a nurse at False Bay Hospital where he was subjected to racism from the staff and patients.[2] In 1997, Marandu was recruited to the United Kingdom to work as a nurse in the National Health Service[4]
After finding that sugar was not commonly used in British hospitals, Murandu set about making the case for the treatment.[4] He self-funded an early study, and gained support from staff at the University of Birmingham and completed the first trial of the treatment in 2011 at Selly Oak Hospital.[6][3][7]
Murandu has won numerous awards from the journal Wound Care, including in 2017, first place in the category of "The best research from a Developing Country"[8] He continues his work as a senior lecturer and researcher in natural health remedies at the University of Wolverhampton.[2]