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Malawi opens first ever Eye-Care centre at Mzuzu Central Hospital
A consortium of partners dedicated to the eradication of avoidable blindness in Southern Africa, has handed over a health facility to Malawi government aimed to complement government effort in eye care...
View ArticleKapoloma residents push for removal of ‘doctor’ for ill-treating patients
Communities surrounding Nainunje Health Centre which is in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapoloma in Malawi’s southern district of Machinga are calling for the removal of a Medical Assistant...
View ArticleMalawi maternal mortality rate reduced – Chief Kwataine
Presidential Initiative on Safe Motherhood and Maternal Health chairperson Senior Chief Kwataine has painted a rosy picture on reducing the country’s maternal mortality rate Chief Kwataine reported...
View ArticleMalawi NGO Yoneco trains youths in sexual and reproductive health
Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco), a local non – governmental organization has said it is important to make youth friendly health services available and accessible to young people to enable them...
View ArticleDrug theft caused unnecessary deaths and disabilities, says Malawi health...
In a move aimed at reducing and controlling theft and mismanagement of drugs in public hospitals, the Ministry of Health has ordered all hospitals to use three locks system at their Pharmacy doors. The...
View ArticleWorld Vision launches project for improving health facilities in Malawi
World Vision Japan and World Vision Malawi will on Thursday launch a three-year project that will assist in improving access to health facilities in the area of maternal and child health. The project...
View ArticleMen shun PMTCT services in Malawi –Kalondolondo report
A latest study on issues of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi has revealed that men shun involvement in the PMTCT largely because of cultural and traditional beliefs....
View ArticleNurses at Kasungu hospital present petition on allowances
Nurses at Kasungu district hospital on Thursday marched and presented a petition to management in protest of poor working conditions at the facility. Among others , the health workers are bitter with a...
View ArticleAnother Malawi mum delivers baby with abnormal features
A Malawian woman in the eastern district of Balaka on Thursday delivered a baby wihout a skull where a light transparent membrane is exposing the brain and other parts inside. Malawi mum delivers baby...
View Article450,000 people on life-prolonging AIDs drugs in Malawi
Findings by the Malawi’s Ministry of Health have shown that 450 000 people are on Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) in the country. Secretary of Nutrition and HIV and Aids in the Office of the President...
View ArticleMalawi makes headway in immunisation drive
Immunisation has proven to be one of the cost-effective public health intervention programmes that have saved millions of lives from childhood vaccine preventable diseases, Malawi’s Ministry of Health...
View ArticlePSI Malawi launches new ‘silver touch’ condom campaign
Population Services International (PSI) at the weekend launched a campaign to promote the new brand of condom known as silver touch in Mangochi as one way of contributing towards the reduction of the...
View ArticleMalawi medics, activists push govt. to review abortion laws
A strong call has gone out to Malawi government authorities to immediately consider reviewing the country’s existing restrictive abortion laws to save lives of women and girls mostly from poor families...
View ArticleMalawi to delay use of new malaria drug: Duo-cotecxin
Malawi government says it will not scale up the use of new anti-malaria drug Duo-Cotecxin until the management policy of the disease is reviewed and the new drug is adopted in the reviewed policy....
View ArticleMalawian nurses stranded in UK – report
An unidentified number of Malawian nurses, who migrated to the United Kingdom in search of greener pastures, are said to be stranded in that country after finding themselves out of work due to changes...
View ArticleNurture your profession, Malawi Midwives advised
A Mzuzu based nursing officer has appealed to health authorities in the country to ensure that health care workers are provided with necessary equipment for them to deliver effectively. Anna Ziba,...
View ArticleMalawian among top 10 genius young scientists in Africa: Dr Kingdom Kwapata
Malawian molecular geneticist Dr. Kingdom Kwapata has been named among the top ten genius young scientists in Africa for 2013. The list was announced by Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (Fara)...
View ArticleDrugs availability in Malawi hospitals normalising- Minister
Government says drugs availability in hospitals is normalising following the delivery of 80 percent of medicine and other pharmaceutical which the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) has procured...
View ArticleMalawi Govt launches family planning programmes
Government on Tuesday launched two large scale investments in family planning programmes namely the Malawi family planning and the Strengthening Public Private Partnership (PPP) for reproductive health...
View ArticleJB donates K1m to Malawi Red Cross, inaugurates flag week
Malawi President Joyce Banda has inaugurated the annual Red Cross flag week with a call on people and organizations to come forward and support the Malawi Red Cross to continue carrying out...
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