Malawi women warned over skin-lightening creams:It can cause cancer, says...
The Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board has warned people especially women against using products that contain corticosteroid as cosmetics because they risk suffering from skin cancer after prolonged...
View ArticleMalawian married women fear to insist on condom use -YONECO
Most Malawian married women are often afraid to ask their husbands to use a condom during sex as one way of preserving their marriage, there by exposing themselves to contract an HIV Virus which causes...
View ArticleMalawi sex workers form advocacy group part of Pakachere Institute of Health
Love or hate them, the sex workers are part of the community. The sex workers in Malawi’s central region border district with Zambia, Mchinja have formed an advocacy group to help government in child...
View ArticleMalawi cancer cases rise- study
Cancer cases are on the increase in Malawi, the Ministry of Health drawing data from a study by the national cancer registry have suggested. Ministry of Health spokesman Henry Chimbali acknowledged...
View ArticleNo ‘freebies’: Malawi reintroduces paying services in public hospitals
Malawi government is reintroducing paying for the provision of health service in the country in order to improve on its delivery, Principal Secretary for Ministry of Health Charles Mwansambo has...
View ArticleMalawi to motivate health workers to improve service delivery -Minister
Government has said it is aware of the challenges and constraints facing nurses and midwives as they strive to contribute to the achievement of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) and the...
View ArticleMalawi to destroy drugs worth US$2.3m: Expired at Central Medical Stores
Malawi’s Central Medical Stores Trust (MCST) has revealed will destroy expired drugs valued at US$2.3million (about K874 million)/ At the moment drug shortages in hospital seem to normalize. MCST...
View ArticleMalawi to start distributing new ARVs by July
Government will start distributing the new Tenafovir based HIV treatment regime by July replacing Staduvidine based therapy that is currently used. Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer Henry...
View ArticleMalawi divorce cases increase due to genital infection: Health expert calls...
Male circumcision may be one of the possible solutions to family breakups in the country, one of the country’s health experts has said. Health and Communication Expert, Timothy Bonyonga said most women...
View ArticleBleeding after delivery contributes 34 percent of death to Malawi women –...
Bleeding after delivery which is also known as postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) accounts for approximately 34 percent of deaths amongst women in Malawi. According to Bridget Malewezi, a medical officer and...
View ArticleSilence on illegal clinics in Northern Region worries Medical Council of Malawi
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) says it is surprised and worried that people in the northern region do not report illegal health facilities and any malpractices by medical practitioners. MCM’s...
View ArticleEarly infant diagnosis of HIV facing challenges in Malawi district hospitals-...
Quality of Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV exposed infants and DNA services remains a challenge in the fight of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission in the districts of Mwanza and...
View ArticleJB opens maternity home in Dowa: Pushes for higher Safe motherhood agenda in...
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday opened the 36-bed Dowa Maternity Waiting Home near the district hospital with a call to all expecting mothers to report to the hospital in time for safe delivery....
View ArticlePharmanova donates drugs to Dowa hospital: Malawi safemotherhood
Pharmanova Limited has made a donation of 200 cartons of medical drugs and delivery kits Dowa District Hospital. The company presented the donation to Malawi President Joyce Banda when she opened a...
View ArticleMalawi Queen’s Hospital to have two new operating theatres
The Gogo Chatinkha Maternity Wing at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) will soon have two additional operation rooms to address the deficit the department is facing when conducting cesarean...
View ArticleMalawi leader JB takes Safe-Motherhood campaign to AU: Calls for more...
Malawian President Joyce Banda, on Saturday the 25th of May, called for more protection of the girl-child and mothers on the African continent. President Banda was speaking during the celebration of...
View ArticleGlobal Fund, UN Aids promises Malawi more funds to fight against HIV Aids
Top officials of the Global Fund and UN Aids say they are impressed with the strides the Joyce Banda administration is making in the fight against HIV and Aids. Global Fund Executive Director Dr Mark...
View ArticleMalawi Pres. Banda launches UN Aids/Lancet Commission: From Aids to...
President Joyce Banda on Sunday launched the UN Aids/LANCET commission dubbed “From Aids to Sustainable Health” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Banda co-chairs the commission together with African Union...
View ArticleMachinga Chiefs decry increasing pregnancy, early marriages among adolescent...
Traditional leaders in Malawi’s estern district of Machinga are citing the high rate of early pregnancies and marriages as the major contributing factors towards the increasing rate of school dropout...
View ArticleGlobal leaders hail Malawi progress on safe-motherhood
Global maternal and child health leaders have commended tremendous strides that have been made by Malawi’s Safe Motherhood eleven months down the line following commitments made at the Family Planning...
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