Silungwe says Livingstonia Synod softens up on sexual reproductive health
Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP) of the Livingstonia Synod, through its health department is implementing a Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) project to bridge information gap and...
View ArticleHospital runs 45 years without mortuary, needs K20 000 to start functioning
The dream of Dwambazi Rural Hospital in Nkhotakota to have a mortuary at the facility is shuttered due to a mare K20 000. The facility, which was opened in 1972 has a room which was... The post...
View ArticleMalawi govt prosecutes 125 suspects over K1.5bn drug theft
Secretary for Health Dan Namarika has disclosed that the state is prosecuting 125 suspects, including civil servants for theft of drugs worth K1.5 billion drugs in public hospitals theft just within...
View ArticleMinistry of Health promises great changes in 2018
Secretary for Health Dan Namarika has said there would be improvements in the way the ministry handles public money to ensure great transparency and accountability than ever before. He said this in the...
View ArticleMPs ready to purchase generator for Salima Hospital
Salima Members of Parliament (MPs) have said they are ready to commit funds from their constituency development fund allocation for the purchase of an electricity generator for Salima District...
View ArticlePolice officers encouraged to go for HIV test as PCI trains Peer Educators in...
Malawi Police officers in the Eastern Region District of Balaka have been encouraged to go for HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) to know their status as one way of combating the deadly Aids...
View ArticleFirst Lady gives Malawi’s experience in cancer fight
The First Lady Gertrude Mutharika says the construction of a cancer centre currently underway in Lilongwe is a major step in the right direction towards the national fight against different kinds of...
View ArticleDevelopment Initiative Network eases transport, financial challenges among...
There was happiness among people living with HIV in Chikwawa district when Development Initiative Network (DIN) donated ten bicycles to Tilimbikitsane Support Group in the district. DIN’s Executive...
View ArticleThink Pink Malawi reaches out to 5,000 women: Saves 20 from cancer
Think Pink Malawi, an initiative designed to reach out to rural women with breast and cervical cancer awareness has so far reached out to at least 5,000 women since 2014. Think Pink founder, Blandina...
View ArticleMalawi village clinics has lowered child deaths, Japan commends Unicef efforts
The Government of Japan has commended the partnership between UNICEF and the Government of Malawi for its contribution in reducing child deaths through the establishment of village clinics. Village...
View ArticleMalawi govt, BICO upbeat to eliminate trachoma by 2019
Malawi Government and Blantyre Institute for Community Outreach (BICO) have expressed hope that Malawi would eliminate trachoma by year 2019 through Trachoma Elimination Programme. This was said on...
View ArticleNew condom brand comes aboard in Malawi: Makwelero
A local pharmaceutical company, Makwelero has introduced new condoms in the country. The condoms called Makwelero are scented brand in different flavors of Banana, Grape and Strawberry. Speaking in an...
View ArticleChikwawa district commemorates breastfeeding week
Chairperson for Chikwawa district council, Collex Nankumba has urged mothers to observe exclusive breastfeeding to prevent stunting among children. Nankumba made the remarks Wednesday at Lundu Primary...
View ArticleMutharika touts Malawi progress on fast-track initiative ending HIV by 2030
World leaders including six African presidents Thursday demonstrated how the Fast Track approach to ending AIDS is working and positively positive impacting on health systems in most countries. Fast...
View ArticleBlood sucker claimer cause commotion at hospital
There was commotion at Chonde community hospital on Wednesday, when people scrambled to see a woman claiming that unknown people sucked her blood during the night of Tuesday. Struggling with her...
View ArticleFirst Lady meets officials of Project C.U.R.E , advocates for multiple...
There is need for the Malawian health sector to have multiple players for improved service delivery and quality care to Malawians especially women and children, First Lady Madame Gertrude Mutharika has...
View ArticleWorld Vision donates to Nthondo Health Centre
In a bid to alleviate challenges the people of Traditional Authority Nthondo in Ntchisi district were facing in terms of health service delivery, World Vision Malawi has donated mattresses and various...
View ArticleTumbukas in Rumphi resist circumcision as Thyolo men cut foreskins en masse
Health officials in Rumphi have described religious and cultural beliefs as a set back to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program in the district as men as refusing to cut their foreskins,...
View ArticleSuspended health officials in Karonga drag council officials to court
Five health officials recently suspended from work in Karonga district, north of Malawi for alleged swindling hospital funds, have dragged the district council and all concern parties to court. The...
View ArticleNtcheu men still shunning to cut their fore skins –Hospital
A recent voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) campaign conducted in Ntcheu has revealed that men still shun the service despite deliberate efforts to reach them. Briefing stakeholders at the Boma...
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