Dorothy Ngoma elected leader of Malawi nurses and midwives
Top nurse and activist Dorothy Ngoma has been elected to head the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives President (NONM) after beating three other contestants during the elections which took...
View ArticleEgypt donates ophthalmology equipment to Mzuzu Hospital, Malawi grateful
The Arab Republic of Egypt on Tuesday donated to Mzuzu Central ophthalmology equipment worth MK60 million as a way of supporting Malawi Government’s bid of ensuring that the country’s health facilities...
View Article‘Baby delivery’ crisis at KK hospital, women protest
Guardians to expectant mothers in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota on Monday morning marched to the District Commissioner’s office to express their discontentment following a rise in still births...
View ArticleMalawi’s LICO gets Red Ribbon award for Aids work: Irish envoy presents cheque
The Irish Ambassador to Malawi Aine Hearns, on Monday handed over US$ 10,000 to a Rumphi based home based care, Life Concern Organisation, for emerging this year’s winner of Red Ribbon Award at a...
View ArticleDiabetes Association of Malawi endorses Teras herbal drug with stern warning
The Diabetes Association of Malawi (DAM) has become first Malawian health-related grouping to endorse herbal drug Teras which is claimed to cure both diabetes and cancer despite outlawing herbal drugs....
View ArticleSalima hospital gets theatre equipment from Airtel Malawi
Airtel Malawi on Wednesday donated various equipment at Salima District Hospital wealth K2.5 million. Speaking during the ceremony, Airtel Zonal business Manager, Misheck Kabinda said the company...
View ArticleJB hold talks with US group SABIN on NTDs
Malawi former president and Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation International, Joyce Banda, on Tuesday, December 9, 2014,held a high-level consultative meeting with SABIN senior management at their...
View ArticleHealth officials worried over waste in Ntcheu markets
Ntcheu District Health officials have expressed concern over poor waste management which has led to unhealthy sanitation and hygiene in market centres in the district. Speaking in an interview after...
View ArticleHalf a million HIV positive Malawians denied ARVs
Half a million people living with HIV/AIDS in Kamphata area in Lilongwe, failed to access the life prolonging drug, ARV, last month as clinic officials sent them away to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH),...
View ArticleMalawi nurses, doctors to go on strike over pay hike
Malawi doctors and nurses are planning to go on a nationwide strike demanding government ton increase their allowances and higher pay, a situation that will put further strain on the country’s...
View ArticleICA church cheers mental patients at Bwaila hospital
As part of cooperate social responsibility International Christian Assembly (ICA) on Saturday visited Bwaila hospital Mental department in Lilongwe where among other things they were involved in...
View ArticleGSK tells Malawi doctors to step up Non-Communicable Disease fight
Global healthcare company Glaxosmithkline (GSK) has urged Malawian doctors and healthcare professionals to re-double efforts in the fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Vice President for East...
View ArticleMalawi important to GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical work
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says Malawi is an important part of its strategy as the global pharmaceuticals company seeks to become a leading and relevant healthcare provider in Africa. “Apart from supplying...
View ArticleMalawi healthcare in £1m funding boost by Scots richest woman
Scotland’s richest woman, Ann Gloag, has donated £1 million aiming to improve healthcare in Malawi . The Scottish tycoon gave the money to St Andrews University’s new Global Health Implementation...
View ArticleZomba Central Hospital water supply disconnected
Many patients at Zomba Central Hospital (ZCH have been left stranded after the health facility had its water cut off Thursday by the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) over unpaid bills amounting to...
View ArticleConcern Universal for continued AIDS effective response
Concern Universal National Aids Coordinator, Mphatso Magwaya has appealed to all stakeholders involved in HIV and AIDS response activities to enhance public awareness on the pandemic for the reduction...
View ArticleChina, Malawi ink deal on mobile solar power for hospitals in rural areas
The Governments of Malawi and the Peoples Republic of China on Friday signed an agreement for the provision of mobile solar power systems worth about K5 billion to be used in the health sector in the...
View ArticleYOMODE in HIV/Aids awareness training drive
Youth Movement for Development (YOMODE), a Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI) youth development initiative, on Friday organized a day-long HIV/AIDS Training of Trainers Workshop for its...
View ArticleKamuzu Central Hospital now ‘death trap’ –Health watchdog
Malawi Health Equity Network executive director Martha Kwataine has said the health care system at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has turned the facility into “a death trap.” Doctors at...
View ArticleTNM hands over K3.5m water tank project at Ntcheu Hospital
Malawi’s premier mobile phone company, TNM today handed over a MK3.5 million water tank project to Ntcheu district hospital which aims to ease water shortage that the hospital has been experiencing...
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