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Leprosy hits 7 districts in Malawi as typhoid fever terrorises Neno : Cholera...
Leprosy, a disease older than the Bible, is back in Malawi and has hit seven districts. [caption id="attachment_100959" align="alignright" width="600"] A patient shows the effects of leprosy on his...
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Patients paying for public hospital services: Scam At Nsanje DHO
The health services which are supposed to be provided for free to Malawians in government's public health facilities are said to be paid for as some medical personnel at Nsanje District Health Office...
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Malawi health minister warns clinicians who force patients pay in public...
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has moved in swiftly to warn clinicians that they would be fired if they force patients pay money in public hospitals. [caption id="attachment_100631"...
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Minister Kumpalume embroiled in MK50m bribe from MP Bisnowaty over...
Malawi’s Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume, MP, has embroiled himself in a procurement controversy after he allegedly receiving a MK50 million bribe from fellow Member of Parliament, David...
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Drugs worth K5bn stolen yearly in Malawi hospitals, says Health Minister
Drugs worth five MK5 billion are stolen every year in the country's public hospitals, Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume revealed when he visited Nsanje District Health Office Thursday. [caption...
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Health expert calls Malawians to go for early HIV testing
Director for HIV/AIDS Department in the Ministry of Health, Dr Frank Chimbwandira has said it is important to test early for HIV so that people can get on life-saving treatment as soon as possible....
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Malawi should establish national health insurance – HRCC
The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) has called on government and key stakeholders to fast track the establishment of a national health insurance in Malawi as a means of contributing to the...
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Zomba Hospital phases out malnutrition ward
Zomba General Hospital has phased a malnutrition ward which admitted children suffering from kwashiokor and marasmus. [caption id="attachment_101549" align="alignright" width="600"] Nurses in the...
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Daughters of Nyasa supports Namulenga Health center
Proudly Malawians women group based in England, called Daughters of Nyasa, have donated several items to patients at Namulenga Health Centre in Mulanje District. [caption id="attachment_101616"...
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Jappie tells Malawi hospitals to grow own maize to feed patients
Information minister Jappie Mhango has told district health officers to change their mindset and be innovative by growing maize to feed patients. [caption id="attachment_96958" align="alignright"...
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Bed bugs invade Machinga health centre: Newly born babies affected
Newly born babies at Magamba Health Centre in Machinga risk unorthodox welcome into the world with a bed bug bite as the insects are now a menace in labour and maternity wings. Women in the wards are...
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Public hospitals to have non clinicians as DHOs: CHAM, Malawi govt sign MoU
Government says it is replacing medical doctors with specially trained administrators as district health officers so that the clinicians can be well utilised in their area of medicine. [caption...
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Kumpalume says Malawi meets WHO standards on reducing child mortality rate
Minister of Health, Dr Peter Kumpalume has said Malawi has managed to meet World Health Organization (WHO) standards on reducing child mortality rate. [caption id="attachment_101891" align="alignright"...
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Karonga loses 7 expectant mothers in 6 months -Official
Seven expectant mothers have died in a space of six months in the lakeshore northern district of Karonga, a development officials say is being triggered by shortage of blood and lack of effective means...
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Mutharika sees Malawi defeating Aids by 2030
President Peter Mutharika has said he is determined to completely eliminate HIV and AIDS pandemic by the year 2030. [caption id="attachment_102200" align="alignright" width="600"] President Peter...
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Sex health clinic stops at KCC, moves to Bwaila hospital
The Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has closed its 7c Section which was treating patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other related cases, the hospital's authority...
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Mamaye trains Malawi journos on health reporting: Analyses maternal situation
Mamaye Movement, an initiative that aims at improving maternal and newborn survival by engaging the public, has, has appealed to the Malawi media to write more stories on health related issues....
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Malawi Aids patients warned against ‘faith healing’: 5 die
People living with HIV and Aids (PLWHAs) have been warned that they are risking their lives by abandoning anti-retroviral therapy (ART) on advice from faith leaders. [caption id="attachment_79204"...
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Zika virus now global concern than Ebola, says World Health Organisation:...
Zika virus - which may cause severe birth defects - could be a bigger threat to global health than the Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Africa and the World Health Organization...
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Health crisis dominate Malawi press: Dialysis unit shuts down at QECH, KCH...
The crisis in Ministry of Health has dominated the Malawi press to buttress the fact that the southern African nation is going through a serious financial squeeze. [caption id="attachment_101889"...
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