Lack of information on sexual reproductive health affecting Malawi youths
Lack of information in Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) is affecting the rural youth in the country as they are more vulnerable to getting infected by HIV, according to the National Youth Council of...
View ArticleKamlepo bemoans ‘indignity’ of male and pregnant female patients in mixed...
Rumphi East Member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party-PP) has expressed concern that hospital patients in Rumphi were forced to be in mixed sex wards. Kalua said in Parliament that at...
View ArticleUnsafe-motherhood! Malawi babies born in hospital corridors: MP says lack of...
Many Malawian women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds and the situation is dire at Chimoto Health Centre in Dedza, parliament has learnt....
View ArticleUNICEF commits to 300,000 children at risk of malnutrition in Malawi
With 6.5 million people – a third of the population – in Malawi facing acute food shortage, UNICEF has committed to continue vital nutrition support for the country’s 300,000 children who are at risk...
View ArticleFirst Lady calls for joint efforts to fight unnecessary maternal and infant...
The First Lady Getrude Mutharika says the battle against unnecessary deaths of women and children require collective efforts from all sectors of the society. The first lady was speaking in Blantyre on...
View ArticleMinister, official contradict on user fees for Malawi public hospitals
Health minister Peter Kumpalume and the ministry’s public relations officer have contradicted on whether Malawians will start paying in public hospitals or not. Kumpalume said the government has no...
View ArticleMASM surplus drops, post net profit of K471 million
One of the country’ medical scheme service providers, Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM) has reported a net profit of K471 million in 2015. This is a decrease compared to 2014 net profit of K579......
View ArticleMPs bombard health minister over Phalombe Hospital: Kamlepo asks ‘is Phalombe...
Health minister Peter Kumpalume had tough time in parliament when opposition legislatures from the north and centre took him to task over failure by government to start construction of Phalombe...
View ArticlePastors in ‘HIV healing’ claims should be prosecuted- Evangelical Association...
An Evangelical of Malawi clergy has proposed to government to draft a law that would send to jail all pastors or prophets that discourage people from taking taking their life-saving drugs , describing...
View ArticleMalnutrition a big problem in Malawi—CSONA
People of Dowa have been urged not to be lured by higher prices to sell all their harvest to vendors to reduce hunger, stunting and malnutrition in the country. Speaking during a global day of... The...
View ArticleCentral Medical Stores Trust rolls out HIV/AIDS workplace policy
Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) on Saturday launched an HIV/AIDS workplace policy to guide the trust in impact mitigation of the pandemic for the future. Speaking during the launch at Crossroads...
View ArticlePatient dies after a ward caught fire at Zomba Mental Hospital
One patient has died while 26 others survived when a male ward caught fire Tuesday night at Zomba Mental Hospital, police have confirmed. Zomba Mental Hospital (ZMH) Director Immaculate Chamangwana...
View ArticleAlarming rate of ARVs defaulters among women in Nsanje
Friends of Aids Support Trust (FAST) has embarked on a campaign in Nsanje district mobilizing men to take a leading role in the fight against gender based violence and new HIV and Aids infections....
View Article13 die of cholera in Karonga as the disease affects 235 others
Health officials in Karonga are blaming fishermen for the continued cases of the deadly cholera disease in the lakeshore district. Lewis Tukula, a district environmental health officer said there are...
View ArticleMalawian men fall in love with HIV self-testing – PSI
Population Service International (PSI) Malawi and UNITAID are currently piloting the HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) project in the country and the exercise is proving more acceptable by men as compared to...
View ArticlePetroleum Importers donate medical items worth K2.5mil to Kamboni Health Centre
Petroleum Importers Limited (PIL) has donated various medical items worth K2.5million to Kamboni Health Centre in Kasungu as part of its social corporate responsibility. Presenting the donation, PIL...
View Article155 times global blood donor set to donate blood in Malawi
New York-based 155 times global blood donor, Arjun Prasad Mainali is expected to visit Malawi on 20th August, 2016 where he is expected to donate blood. He is expected to a long trip from United...
View ArticleNurses college sends 200 students home as typhoid fever hits
Over 200 nursing students at St Lukes Nursing College at Malosa in Zomba have been sent home following the outbreak of typhoid fever at the college. College authorities said 40 students were admitted...
View ArticleMANERELA+ in Drug Adherence Campaign, warns fake doctors claim to have cure...
Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living or Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) has warned Malawians against fake traditional and witch-doctors who claim to have medicine that cure HIV/Aids. The...
View ArticleMalawi Midwives horne skills in ‘citizen journalism’: Ready to tell own stories
About 30 midwives across the country have been equipped with citizen journalism skills to help them write and report their daily work experiences for the public to see the correct picture of their...
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