Mr. Simon Woodworth:

Although Malawi is an Irish Aid priority country and Irish Aid's priorities in Malawi are centred on nutrition, the Supporting LIFE project relates to health informatics and primary health care. While we are aware that Malawi is part of the Irish Aid programme, we have a slightly different set of objectives and a slightly different focus. That is not to say we are not aware of the objectives of Irish Aid.

Reference was made to capacity building. As part of the Supporting LIFE project and beyond, we are investigating and doing distance education work with the university in Malawi. We are looking at ways of building the capacity of the university staff to engage with the global academic community in order that they can built up their knowledge and credentials and boost the capacity of the university there.