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Malawi Police thwart Bwaila Hospital protests: Arrest ring leader
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested a member of staff at Bwaila District Hospital, thwarting a scheduled protests as the arrested person was the ring leader. [caption id="attachment_97341"...
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NGO accuses Malawi religious leaders for fuelling HIV
A Lilongwe based non-governmental organisation has accused some religious leaders in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chimutu in the district of perpetrating tendencies that fuel the spread of...
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Sad tale of maternal deaths in Malawi
In Lilongwe the Capital of Malawi, Bwaila hospital is located in the middle of the central business district. The hospital is surrounded by an array of shops that sales various merchandise and a bus...
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High HIV prevalence rate among Malawi gay community worry Cedep
Centre for the Development of people (Cedep) has expressed worry over the increasing HIV prevalence rate in Mulanje among the gay community. [caption id="attachment_72418" align="alignright"...
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Malawi Council set to change nurse and midwives laws
Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi is up and down Malawi soliciting views from people on how best to change the laws that govern nurses and midwives work to be in tandem with human rights and...
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Thyolo youths top in abortion, sex diseases rate
Officials in Thyolo are brain storming on how best to deal with high unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rate among youths of 18 and below Youth officer for Thyolo Doreen Mbendera...
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Employ 300 nurses, activist pleads with Malawi govt
Firebrand nurses activist Dorothy Ngoma is pleading with the government to take back 339 nurses it fired after the High Court of Malawi told a nurses organisation and government go back to mediation....
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Speed up salaries for public health workers, nurses body asks govt
National Association of Nurses and Midwives has asked the government to speed up payment of salaries for public health workers, saying the delay is infringement of the rights of the workers. [caption...
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Foreigners to pay for health services in Malawi public hospitals – Minister
Government says it is working out modalities on how Mozambicans living on border districts with Malawi can pay for health services they access in public hospitals. [caption id="attachment_100631"...
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University of Malawi students tipped on HIV prevention as condom shortage hits
Malawi's youths are and other sexual active groups are finding it difficult to access condoms in some public hospital which puts lives of the youths in danger. [caption id="attachment_107103"...
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Malawi govt, US launch campaign to stop drug thefts in public hospitals
Malawi and US governments have joined hands to fight rampant drug thefts in Malawi which is costing both governments about US$11 million (over MK7 billion) per year. [caption id="attachment_96842"...
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Alarming!Many Malawians battling diabetes
Malawians are facing a health epidemic as officials from government are expressing concern that diabetes is rising fast in Malawi and could surpass malaria as a major killer if not checked. [caption...
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Sex workers alliance formed in Mwanza
Mwanza District Council intends to establish a female sex workers alliance as a way of curbing the spread of HIV and Aids in the border district. [caption id="attachment_48128" align="alignright"...
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Lilongwe overwhelmed with Sexually transmitted infections
Officials at Lilongwe District Health Office say they are alarmed and overwhelmed with the number of sexually transmitted diseases which has hit 9000 in the last four months. Richard Mvula,...
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MP Lunguzi says district hospitals receiving inadequate funding
Chairperson for the Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi on Friday said that District Hospitals across the country are receiving inadequate financial funding from government which is...
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Karonga hit by Cholera outbreak, 100 cases across Malawi
Government says over 100 people were down with the disease in the past four months and the situation seems not to improve in Karonga which continues to receive continuous heavy rains with five death...
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Malawi govt suspends 4 health workers for negligence
Blantyre Health office has suspended four health workers for negligence after they closed health facilities because of, among other reasons, attending workshops. [caption id="attachment_107998"...
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Yellow fever scare in Malawi: ‘No need to panic’ says Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health has said there is no need to panic over reports of Yellow Fever outbreak, saying the risk of infection in Malawi is minimal but government will increase its surveillance in the...
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Bwaila Hospital staff boycott work: Protest against dilapidated OPD room
Patients at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe on Wednesday waited much longer to get medication as Out of Patients Department (OPD) opened later than 2 pm after medical assistants protested against using the...
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Malawi govt to honour MK7.5bn debt to Central Medical Stores Trust – Minister
Government has committed itself to honour its outstanding debt of around MK7.5 billion to the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) accumulated in the period 2011 to 2014. [caption id="attachment_108241"...
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