42 people admitted at Thyolo District Hospital after drinking ‘Thobwa’
About 42 people have been admitted at Thyolo District Hospital where they are receiving treatment after allegedly drinking locally brewed porridge also known as ‘thobwa’ in vernacular which is...
View ArticleMBC sends Matchaya to China on skill enhancement tour: Winner of Health...
The Blantyre District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Medson Matchaya winner in the health category of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation-MBC Innovations Awards left for China on Tuesday on a skill...
View ArticleFinance Minister warns Central Medical Stores Trust
Finance Ministers Goodall Gondwe has said Treasury will bail out Central Medical Stores Trust which is struggling to pay off a debt of K13 billion to some of its suppliers but warned the institution...
View ArticleNtchisi registers low HIV prevalence rate
The Ntchisi district health office (DHO) says engaging traditional leaders in the fight against HIV and Aids has helped to reduce the HIV prevalence rate in the district. An official from the DHO...
View ArticleJournAIDS Malawi launches HIV project of preventing mother-to-child...
As a way of scaling up the prevention of Mother to child HIV transmission, Journalist Association against AIDS (JournAIDS) has embarked on a project dubbed Strengthening advocacy for Prevention of...
View Article2017 District Candlelight Memorial: Salima District eager to attain zero HIV...
Authorities in Salima district have expressed hope during their 2017 District Candlelight Memorial that they would manage to eradicate spread of HIV in few years time. Richard Chiunjiza Nthala, Salima...
View ArticleCall for improved services towards hepatitis patients in Malawi
Two health rights organizations have called for improved quality service delivery for hepatitis patients saying the current treatment patients are receiving is of poor standard. Speaking during a news...
View ArticleMalawi health expert warns against abuse and overuse of antibiotics
A health expert has warned against the use of antibiotics without medical prescription saying the tendency can lead to drug resistance. Head of Pathology Department at College of Medicine, Rajab...
View ArticlePhalombe hospital construction starts, Mutharika lays foundation stone:...
The construction of the long-awaited $22 million Phalombe district hospital has started with President Peter Mutharika laying a foundation stone commissioning construction works at Migowi in the...
View ArticleKaronga District Hospital privatises mortuary, charging K10 000 for embalming...
Karonga District Hospital officials have confessed that the hospital has privatized some of its services including a mortuary due to lack of resources and that embalming services is now charged at a...
View ArticleMalawi, UNICEF launch humanitarian drone testing corridor: The first project...
Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has launched Africa’s first air corridor to test the use of drones in humanitarian missions. The government has launched the unmanned aerial...
View ArticleYouth Action Movement challanges Parliamentary Causus on sexual reproductive...
Parliamentary Caucus on Population and Development has been challenged to view lack of access to sexual reproductive health services and comprehensive sexuality education as a key barrier to the...
View ArticleWorld Relief introduces nutritional project in Nkhatabay
World Relief has rolled out a nutritional project in Nkhatabay District to fight stunted growth among children which is currently at 33 percent in the district. Introducing the project dubbed ‘Chiyambi...
View ArticleMalawi hospitals fail to treat boy born with congenital arhinia
A four year-old boy Tiyamike Chakalamba who was born with congenital arhinia is struggling to survive after hospitals’ failure to treat his condition. Tiyamike was born in April, 2013 at Salima...
View ArticleLunguzi says Malawi should tread carefully on mandatory HIV test for pregnant...
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee of Health and Population, Juliana Lunguzi, has said there is no need to press the panic button by putting in mandatory HIV and Aids testing in the country...
View ArticleUnpaid debts crippling Embangweni Mission Hospital
Unpaid debts of close to K10 million are crippling operations at CCAP Livingstonia Synod’s Embangweni Mission Hospital. Embangweni Mission Hospital director, Kumbukani Zgambo, said some communities...
View ArticleZomba City Council calls for sanitation
The Zomba City Council (ZCC) has appealed to residents in the city to observe proper sanitation and hygiene as the country celebrates 53 years of independence from colonial rule. Zomba City Mayor Melia...
View ArticleMalawi to roll out 2017 Bilharzia mass campaign
Ministry of Health (MoH) will on July 10, roll out its 2017 Bilharzia Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign which aims at eliminating Bilharzia and intestinal worms by the year 2020 in the country....
View ArticleMadonna says Mercy James children unit at Malawi Queen’s hospital set to open
Madonna’s has said the Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, located at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the city of Blantyre, is due to officially open next week....
View ArticleMalawi making progress in fertility rate reduction as UK co-hosts...
A high level Malawi delegation will from Tuesday, 11 July attend international family planning summit which seeks to accelerate progress on the commitment to increase modern contraceptive prevalence...
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