Church HIV prayer cure claims put lives at risk – Evangelicals
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has warned pastors against preventing their followers living with HIV and Aids from accessing treatment saying the tendency defeats the efforts to reduce HIV...
View ArticleCholera wrecks havoc in Chikwawa: 36 cases registered
Health authorities in Chikwawa have said they will embark on a cholera vaccination exercise from next week as a response to the ever increasing cholera cases being registered in the district. The...
View ArticlePhalombe hospital project might be completed before Sept 2019
Construction of Phalombe District Hospital is said to be at 15 per cent, two months after President Peter Mutharika laid a foundation stone to kick start the project at Migowi in the district....
View ArticleMinister Muluzi launches Malawi Condom Strategy, revised STIs guidelines
With over 260 000 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) recorded in the country in 2016; the Ministry of Health on Friday launched a new National Condom Strategy and a revised Sexually Transmitted...
View ArticleDriver plunges Mercedes Benz car into railway line at Kanengo
Unidentified Mercedes Benz saloon plunged into a railway line from an overhead road bridge at Kanengo a place widely known at Roberts in the capital Lilongwe. According to witnesses, the accident...
View ArticleARASA calls for safe, legal and accessible abortion
Aids and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), Alliance forWomen Advocating for Change (AWAC), SAfAIDS and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) on 28th September led hundreds of other...
View ArticleWhen a Malawi newly born child is denied health services for mother’s ‘sins’
At three months, baby Luciano (not real name) has not received any vaccine since birth as his parents are yet to pay fines for breaking safe motherhood bylaws instituted in their area. Newly born...
View ArticleUse of sewage in irrigating vegetable gardens worries Blantyre residents
Residents of Zingwangwa and Manyowe Townships in Blantyre have expressed concern over the use of sewage waste disposal to irrigate vegetables by some farmers in the area. It has been noted that over...
View ArticleMalawi’s outdated abortion laws sending women to graves : CSO’s petition in full
As the world commemorates fourth five Civil Society Organizations met at Linde Motel in Dowa where it was observed that section 149, 150 and 151 is contributing significantly towards the deaths of...
View Article45 CSOs pushes Malawi govt to decriminalize abortion law
Civil Society Organizations in Malawi have petitioned parliament to remove Section 149, 150 and 151 of the penal code saying are contributing significantly towards the deaths of women in Malawi. The 45...
View ArticleThink Pink Malawi all set for breast cancer awareness month
Think Pink Malawi initiative in conjunction with International Women Association of Malawi (IWAM) has teamed up to organise events to bring awareness to breast cancer this October. The initiative which...
View ArticleKaronga residents petition Malawi govt over stalled Health Centre project
Communities from some parts of Karonga District in the northern Malawi have taken the Malawi government to task explain the controversy surrounding a multi-million Kwacha abandoned health centre...
View ArticleDedza herbalists in TB awareness
Herbalists in Dedza have embarked on three months tuberculosis (TB) awareness campaign with the aim of encouraging community members to seek medical attention at medical health facilities whenever they...
View ArticleBloodsuckers’ myth: Zomba DHO stops ambulances from operating after 6pm
Zomba District Health Office (DHO) in collaboration with Zomba District Council has suspended operations of ambulances after 6 pm following an incident where one of their ambulances was stoned on...
View ArticleSalima DHO asks patients to ‘fuel’ ambulance
Heavily choked with a financial crisis, Salima District Health Office (DHO) is asking patients and bereaved families using health services in the district to dig deep into their pockets and buy own...
View ArticleLimbe CCAP donates to Koche Hospital in Mangochi
Limbe Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) on Saturday donated items worth K1 million to Koche Hospital in Mangochi District. Speaking in an interviewLimbe C.C.A.P Social Welfare Chairperson...
View ArticleCommunity bemoans 40-year stay without maternity wing
People around Mlare Health Centre in Karonga District have bemoaned that lack of a maternity wing at the facility for 40 years has crippled antenatal services in the area. The people expressed concern...
View ArticleMalawi commemorates 2017 breast cancer month
Every year, the world observes breast cancer awareness month in October. For the past four years, Think Pink Malawi has been organizing activities to educate the pubic on the importance of early...
View ArticleStakeholders take stock of N’zatonse : Sexual,reproductive health and rights...
Stakeholders will gather in Lilongwe from Wednesday (25th October 2017) to take stock of the ACT Alliance N’zatonse Project, a sexual and reproductive health and rights project by the Malawi government...
View ArticleTrinity College of Nursing in Nsanje reduces student intake
Trinity College of Nursing and Midwifery under Chikwawa Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Nsanje has reduced its intake from 100 to 60 students per year, the College’s Acting Principal, Fanny...
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