Government appeals to private sector for support in the fight against cholera
Through the Office of the President & Cabinet, the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus and Cholera is appealing to the public, private corporate companies and organizations for support in the...
View ArticleMinister Mia impressed with LWB interventions on cholera fight
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Abida Mia has said that she is impressed with the interventions which Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) is implementing to help in combating the spread of cholera outbreak in...
View ArticleCholera rages in Malawi with 105 cholera deaths and 3415 new cases recorded
The rising cases of cholera, that forced the Presidential Taskforce on CoVID-19 and cholera to suspend the opening of second term of primary and secondary schools in Blantyre and Lilongwe, has so far...
View ArticleSMD Urges Authorities To Encourage Students To Get Cholera Vaccine
The decision to delay the normal school opening calendar in some parts of the country was one of the government’s first response to cholera outbreak. Two weeks down the line government through the...
View ArticleSave the Children donates medical supplies to Malawi Government
As the cholera scourge continues to claim lives of productive Malawians, Save the Children International – a child rights-based organization – on Wednesday donated medical drugs and supplies to the...
View ArticleAmref Health Africa-Malawi mobilizes K40m worth of medical supplies for...
Amref Health Africa-Malawi has mobilized K40 million worth of medical supplies for combating the raging cholera outbreak in six districts of Balaka, Chikwawa, Machinga, Mangochi, Lilongwe and Zomba....
View ArticleMalawi runs out of cholera vaccine
The Ministry of Health has said the country has used all the 2.9 million cholera vaccines in all health facilities. The Ministry has therefore called upon Malawians to observe good hygiene as the...
View ArticleFormer Finance minister Mwanamvekha tells govt to control cholera outbreak
Former minister of Finance in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government Joseph Mwanamvekha has told the government to control the cholera outbreak as the death toll hits 916. Mwanamvekha...
View Article28 die of cholera in a single day as villagers release all cholera patients...
Ministry of Health say twenty eight people died of cholera within 24 hours on Sunday, making it the highest number of cholera deaths to be recorded within a day since the first case of the disease was...
View ArticleMalawi NCD Alliance calls for urgent integration of NCDs into HIV prevention...
Malawi NCD Alliance has called for urgent integration of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) into HIV prevention and care to ensure there is equitable access to health services in public health...
View ArticleMalawi runs out of oral cholera vaccine as death toll continues to soar
Malawi has run out of oral cholera vaccine stocks, triggering fears of more cholera cases as the death toll continues to rise. In the past 24 hours on Monday, 30 people died of cholera, bringing the...
View ArticleMalawi asks for 7.6 million doses of cholera vaccine
The Malawi government has asked for a donation of 7.6 million doses of cholera vaccine from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Ministry of Health announced that it had used all the 2.9 million...
View ArticleUSAID Malawi Momentum Tikweze Umoyo hands over cholera medical supplies to...
USAID Malawi Momentum Tikweze Umoyo Project has handed over various medical supplies to five district health offices of Chitipa, Karonga, Nkhotakota, Kasungu and Salima. The supplies are part of the...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS deaths go down by 50% in Malawi
Official statistics show that deaths due to HIV and AIDS has dropped by 50 per cent since 2010. The tuberculosis death rate has also drastically gone down to unprecedented 14 cases per 100,000 people...
View ArticleUK supports Malawi with K600m as cholera response
The United Kingdom (UK) has committed over K600 million (£500,000) towards Malawi’s cholera emergency response as the country is currently experiencing its worst cholera outbreak ever recorded. As of...
View ArticleMangochi reports 6,756 cholera cases, 103 deaths since July 2022
Mangochi District Hospital has reported 6,756 cholera cases with 103 deaths since July 2022. Principal Environmental Health Officer for Mangochi, Semu Kholola made the remarks during a media tour...
View ArticleEpilepsy awareness association fund raising walk 315kms from Blantyre to...
National Epilepsy Association of Malawi (NEAM) will on Saturday, February 4 embark on a a 315km walk from Blantyre to Lilongwe with the aim of raising awareness on the disease, end stigma towards it...
View ArticleMother care group advocates for health post
Three buildings—two of medium size and one which is large enough—have been built to almost window level with cement blocks in the midst of farmlands and forests. This is in Chivwamba in Group Village...
View ArticleMinister satisfied with efforts in containing cholera
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has expressed satisfaction with the efforts made in the management of cholera in hospitals despite some challenges. Chiponda was speaking on Wednesday...
View ArticleMalawi moving towards reduction of TB incidences by 2030
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Program (NTLEP) Manager, James Mpunga, has disclosed that Malawi is on the right course towards achieving the reduction of the incidences of tuberculosis...
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