Moses Murandu

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]