Minister probes Kasungu hospital for rejecting free blood donation due to...
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has taken it upon himself to investigate serious allegations that medical personnel at Kasungu District Hospital rejected a blood donation of 100 people because there...
View ArticleMalawi Girl Guides Association courts adolescents in HIV/AIDS testing
Through the project called Accelerating children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative (ACT), Malawi Girl Guides Association (MAGGA) has taken a step further by lobbying adolescents aged (10-19) to go for...
View ArticleMalawi AIDS Commission to equip sex workers to overcome their challenges
National AIDS Commission (NAC) said capacity building to commercial sex workers could help them understand their human rights and be able to demand services which they have been denied for so long. NAC...
View ArticleMalawians in Bristol to run 1okm for charity: To raise funds for Malawi...
Malawians based in Bristol in United Kingdom will be running the Great Bristol 10k run on Sunday 7th May 2017, to raise funds for hospitals in Malawi through the Malawi Health Care Support (MAHECAS)...
View ArticleMamaye campaign on maternal and newborn health phases out
Having advocated on issues of maternal and newborn health in the country for five years, Mamaye, a campaign managed by Parent and Child Health Initiative (PACHI) has phased out. This was disclosed at a...
View ArticleMalawi govt has no money to increase drug budget – Finance Minister
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has said government has no money to increase the drub budget for the public hospitals as the district health offices have exhausted...
View ArticleMatchaya tips Malawians on hospital operations
The Blantyre District Health Officer (DHO) has tipped Malawians on hospital operations as regards to patient consultation saying many people jump to conclusions that medical personnel do not attend to...
View ArticleRumphi women lead in cervical cancer screening
The Rumphi District Health Office (DHO) has lauded women in Rumphi district for their huge turn up each time the health office conducts cervical cancer screening in its rural health centres. Rumphi...
View ArticleMANERELA+ orients faith community on Sexual Reproductive Health
A delegation of Religious Leaders who convened at Peters Lodge in Zomba on Wednesday have issued a rousing call for action on Sexual and Reproductive Health as well as Reproductive Rights. Some of the...
View ArticleFirst Lady holds interface meeting with youths on sexuality and HIV prevention
First Lady Getrude Mutharika has called on all stakeholders in the country to address the gap of access to essential reproductive health information and utilization of Reproductive health services...
View ArticleUK Aid through UNICEF supports Malawi with K1.7bn for cholera control
UNICEF has provided medical and other supplies to Chikwawa and Nsanje, to support the Ministry of Health’s response to a cholera outbreak in the area that threatens to spread to other districts...
View ArticleEmbangweni mission hospital in MK32mil debt, pray for help
Health services at Embangweni Mission Hospital under CCAP Synod of Livingstonia have come to a halt as the management is struggling to clear out MK32million debt it owes different medical suppliers. On...
View ArticleMalawi risk of bird flu outbreak
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development in liason with the Ministry Health have announced that the country is risk of the deadly “Avian Influenza” commonly known as Bird flu. This...
View ArticleMalawi study reveals 141,044 abortions: Northern Region has more cases
A research study has revealed that 141,044 women had an abortion in 2015 at an annual rate of 38 abortions per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 49, clearly indicating how common abortion is in... The...
View ArticleUnskilled husband attempts ceasarian operation on pregnant wife at home
Malawi Police in Chikwawa are hunting a husband who attempted to do a ceaserian operation on his pregnant wife in chief Ngabu’s area and has left a wide knife wound in the abdomen. District Health...
View ArticleMzimba reports 145 cases of unsafe abortion in three months
Cases of unsafe abortion in Mzimba South are on the increase as statistics from December 2016 to February 2017 indicates that over 145 women conducted back street abortions in the district. Top Bill...
View ArticleCSO Alliance advocate for Right to Nutrition Bill
In a bid to address issues of nutrition, members of the Civil Society Organizations Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) has stressed the need to have a proactive Nutrition Bill that will address the challenges...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi medical students campaign for improved health care
University of Malawi Medical Students Association (UMMSA) Saturday conducted sensitizations campaigns in Blantyre aimed at informing Malawians about improved health care. UMMSA President, Parth Patel...
View ArticleMalawi and China sign MOU to promote traditional medicine, healers
Malawi government on Tuesday signed the memorandum of understanding on traditional medicine with the Peoples Republic of China to enhance traditional healers. Speaking during the signing ceremony in...
View ArticleTNM pumps K3.6mil towards ‘Operation Smile’ surgeries
Premier mobile network and ICT provider TNM today is pleased to announce the donation of K3.6 million to Operation Smile, a team of volunteer surgeons who will undertake free screening and surgeries at...
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