Two Malawians raise funds for Cardiac Equipment
Two Malawians based in Botswana will next month November cycle for up to 94.7 kilometres in South Africa to raise funds towards the purchase of a heart machine. Gaffar Hassam (Group Chief Executive...
View ArticleFake doctor exits Malawi for paper work
The Rwandan-born Dr Nice Oliver, who claimed that he is a South Korean trained physician is currently outside the country for paperwork, Nyasa Times understands. Nice was detained and questioned by...
View ArticleMAHECAS to raise £100,000 for Malawi cancer programme
Malawi Health Care Support (MAHECAS), a UK basedcharity organisation that dedicate its services in assisting health provisions in Malawi plans to raise £100,000 for the cancer programme in the southern...
View ArticleMalawi gratitude to China for K150m medical drugs donation
Malawi government through Minister of Health, Jean Kalilani expressed gratitude to China for the donation of medical drugs and equipment worth K150 million, saying it will help improve the quality of...
View Article100 men underwent vasectomy, BLM offers free service
About 100 men underwent vasectomy out of 389,379 people who chose family planning method at Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM), 2013 data reveals. Latest data from the sexual and reproductive healthcare...
View ArticleKamuzu Central Hospital suspends operations over water crisis
Kamuzu Central Hospital has suspended all theatre operations and others clinical works that require running water because of water crisis that affected the medical facility . Nyasa Times understands...
View ArticleMale fistula case at Thyolo hospital
Medical camp to save Malawi government K300 million The East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) medical/surgical camp which starts Monday at Thyolo hospital has created a twist...
View ArticleMalawi govt denies reports of suspected Ebola case
Malawi government has denied that there is a suspected case of the Ebola virus at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). Some media outlets reported that Malawi registered its first Ebola case after...
View ArticleConcern Universal to distribute 400 000 mosquito nets
Concern Universal, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), with funding from Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) will distribute over 400 000 long-lasting mosquito treated nets to households in all...
View ArticleWhite Ribbon Alliance petitions Malawi govt over increased maternal mortality
The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) in Malawi, a grouping that advocates for safe motherhood and welfare of nurses and midwives has petitioned the government over the increasing deaths of women during...
View ArticleMalawi researchers to tap into GSK’s £4m for cancer, diabetes
Health researchers from Malawi are in line to tap from a £4 million first round of funding that one of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals firms GSK has made available for eight African countries to...
View ArticleTNM gives K2.1m radiant warmer to Mulanje Mission hospital
Premier mobile network operator, TNM on has reached out to mothers and newly born babies at Mulanje Mission Hospital with a donation of an Infant Radiant Warmer machine worth K2.1 million. Hospital...
View ArticleMalawi in blood donation awareness campaign
Malawi’s Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalilani has appealed to all the stakeholders in the country to go for blood donation. saying this will help to save lives of people languishing in different...
View ArticleMalawi men asked to take part in family planning
Malawian men have been advised to play an active role on issues of family planning if safe motherhood is to be achieved in the country, National Coordinator for Initiative on Safe Motherhood Chimwemwe...
View ArticleQueens hospital suspends surgical operations: Malawi water crisis
The ongoing shortage of water supply in Malawi has forced the country’s referral hospital Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) to suspend some of its operations. Residents living in and around...
View ArticleFresh appeal for funds to help ex-Malawi News editor undergo kidney transplant
Friends of Limbani, a task force that took trouble to raise funds for former Malawi News Editor Limbani Moyo, who was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012, has made a fresh appeal to well-wishers for...
View ArticleMalawi researchers in vaginal ring study for HIV prevention
Malawi researchers are currently studying if women might be able to protect themselves from HIV infection and pregnancy by inserting a vaginal ring. The researchers are into an MTN 020 (ASPIRE), a...
View ArticleMadonna to build children’s unit in Malawi Queens Hospital
US pop diva Madonna on Thursday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is...
View ArticleMake health researches studies purposeful to Malawi -Kalilani
Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalilani has appealed to all individuals and non – governmental organizations to take Health research findings more purposeful to Malawians. Dr Kalilani made the remarks in...
View ArticleMalawi to start door-to-door HIV testing – Minister
Malawian Health Minister Dr Jean Kalilani has said the country cannot afford to fold its sleeves in the fight against the HIV virus, else even the registered gains will be taken away, saying government...
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