Malawi on Monday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Breastfeeding Week in Ntchisi. The occasion was graced by Minister of Health Dr Peter Kumpalume and some notable members of the ministry and...
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Salima district health office (DHO) public relations officer Angela Nyongani has commended efforts by the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) and other stakeholders for agreeing with government to start supporting people living in Chitala,...
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Mary’s Meals one of the organizations dealing with school feeding programs in Malawi has disclosed that it has lost its 2015 to 2016 last term resources in Karonga due to cholera disease which led to...
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Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that Malawi will totally eliminate Trachoma, a dangerous eye infection by 2020 if communities under medication and supervision adhere to medical precautions and advice. MoH authority highlighted total elimination...
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Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) has expressed the need for youths in the country to continue donating blood, saying the country’s hospitals continue experiencing persistent blood shortage. MBTS Senior Public Relations Officer for the Northern...
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The South African High Commission Office in Malawi has reiterated the need for Malawi to continue to promote women in all sectors of the society. Her Excellency Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone, South African High Commissioner to Malawi...
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One of the philanthropists in the country, Lewis Kamundi who is also Executive Director of Malawi Youth Dream (MYD) has underscored the need for the country to strive at efforts that would alleviate the burden...
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United States of America (USA) Ambassador Virginia Palmer on Wednesday swore in 15 Peace Corp Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) volunteers. The ceremony, which took place at Palmer’s residence in Lilongwe, marked the start of...
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Mulanje district social welfare department has underscored the need for coordinated and harmonized Early Childhood Development systems if the future of children in the district is to be kept in shape. District Child Protection Officer...
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Malawi Police are investigating the theft of a washing machine from Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyte. The machine was taken out of the hospital on a pretext that it was going for repairs but...
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Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe is refusing to admit patients suffering from TB because the hospital stopped providing food to patients for over a month now. A source at the hospital said even serious TB cases...
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Malawi government says a project on the use of drones to increase the test of infants on HIV and AIDS is on course. Health ministry spokesperson Adrian Chikumbe said although the project rolled out in...
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Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust has donated medical supplies worthy K5 million and cash amounting K500, 000 to Gogo Chatinkha Maternity Unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre to help improve service delivery. The...
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Four suspects arrested over theft of a washing machine from Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyte have been remanded to Chichiri Prison after being formally charged at Blantyre Magistrate Court with theft by public servant....
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Airtel Malawi has donated K5.5million towards towards a mothers’ day fun run organised by Nation Publication Limited (NPL). This year’s Mother’s Day Fun Run is aimed at improving safe motherhood in Mzimba District. Handing over...
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National Audit Office (NAO) audit has revealed that donor money amounting to K925, 918, 030.14 were looted from the health ministry’s finance, human resources and HIV and AIDS department. The auditors pounced at the Department following...
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Water challenges will now remain history for communities of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chowe in Mangochi, thanks to Benaa Association for Culture and Development, a Muslim Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that supports vulnerable people for drilling 2 boreholes...
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This week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Global Fund Inspector General, Anti-Corruption Bureau and Malawi Police took joint action to secure evidence of theft, diversion, and resale of U.S. Government-funded anti-malaria commodities. The...
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The Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (Copua) said the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill contains some gaps which need to be addressed before Parliament endorses it. Malawi Parliament is yet to debate on...
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Mzuzu Rotary Club members on Saturday donated blood to Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) in a drive to avert shortage of blood in hospitals at a time when most students were on holiday. The Rotary...
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