Lack of staff hampering functionality of Mzimba eye clinic
A K100 million kwacha eye clinic in Mzimba district is not yet operational months after completion, reportedly due to “some technicalities,” Nyasa Times has established. The facility, built with...
View ArticleMalawi to introduce paying fees in hospitals -Minister
The Malawi government says it will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals be used to finance a health fund, Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has disclosed. Cabinet was currently working...
View ArticleSouth Malawi still facing acute medical needs a month after the floods
An estimated 140.000 Malawians affected by the floods remain in very high need of medical services in the hard-to-reach Nsanje and East Bank areas, with cholera representing the most immediate threat,...
View ArticleCholera hits 36 in Nsanje, 2 Malawi nationals die
Two people have died while 36 others are under treatment following an outbreak of the deadly waterborne disease in Nsanje district. A visit at Ndamera Health Centre in the district on Wednesday where...
View ArticleWHO intensify support to prevent cholera in Malawi floods camps
World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa is intensifying country support to prevent cholera from reaching internally displaced person (IDP) camps along the border of Malawi and...
View ArticleCancer cases on the rise in Malawi, wary medical expert
Malawi’s oncologists Richard Nyasosera has expressed concern that the number of cancer cases in the country continues to increase for both men and women. According to the Nyasosera currently at Kamuzu...
View ArticleFirst Lady wary on low number of children taking ARVs
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has bemoaned the low number of children c infected with HIV/Aids who are receiving anti-retroviral treatment, arguing that more needs to be done to increase the...
View ArticleMalawi nurses start strike over pay rise demands
Medical workers under the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) who are members of the National Organization for Nurses and Midwives (NONM) have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from...
View ArticleMangochi told to take DHO to task over Nurse’s rudeness
Communities from Malombe, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chowe in Mangochi have been asked to get organized and dare the office of the District Health Office (DHO) for failure to transfer a rude nurse at...
View ArticleWoman in unassisted child birth: Pangs of CHAM nurses strike
A strike by medical workers under the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) has started manifesting its nasty stint with a woman delivering without any medical help at Mlanda Health Centre in...
View ArticleMalawi introduces hospital ‘bypass’ fees: Pegged at K1,500
Malawi government has introduced user fees for walk in patients in major public hospitals who seek treatment without being referred by either nearest health facilities which is pegged at K1500 per...
View ArticleMalawi Medical council moves in on ‘quack’ Rwandan doctor
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has moved in to investigate the claims by Dr Nice Oliver, a Rwandan national who is claiming that he is a Korean trained medical doctor. In an interview with Nyasa...
View ArticleMen dodging voluntary circumcision in Ntcheu
Men are reportedly shunning the voluntary male circumcision (VMC) campaign, since it was launched in Ntcheu district two years ago, a development that has stamped a feeling of worriedness on medical...
View ArticleMalawi govt repaying US$6.4million to Global Fund
The Malawi government is currently refunding MK3 billion (about US$6.4 million) to the Global Fund for misusing the funds in the year 2010. The Global Fund used its independent auditors to reveal the...
View ArticleDrug shortage hits Malawi public hospitals–Report
Malawi’s government hospitals are experiencing critical shortages of medicines putting the health of patients at risk forcing some hospitals to turn patients away. Health Rights Education Programme...
View ArticleKyungu pours venom on Karonga Hospital over abuse of resources
Paramount Chief Kyungu, the most senior traditional leader in the districts of Karonga and Chitipa, has blamed the abysmal standards of services being offered at the Karonga District Hospital on abuse...
View ArticleReuters corrects Malawi article on Global Fund: As Beam ‘well-wishers’ get...
Reuters news agency has corrected a news item that had erroneously reported that the Global Fund had cancelled US$574 million of grants to Malawi. In an update, Reuters reported that Global Funda has...
View ArticleMinister says HIV/Aids affect efforts in land and housing management in Malawi
Efforts to provide land and housing management services to the public have over the years been affected by the effects of HIV and Aids in workplaces, Minster of Lands, Housing and Urban Development...
View ArticleMalaria still major health concern in Malawi
Despite fervent efforts to combating it, Malaria is still a major health concern in the country, chief of health services in the Ministry of Health Dr. Charles Mwansambo says. Mwansambo said “women and...
View ArticleMinister explains hospital user fees, health fund and reforms
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has explained that government will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals to be used to finance a health fund to address underfunding within the health...
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