Mulanje leads in mental health problems
Officials from Mulanje District Hospital say they are overwhelmed with an ever increasing number of mental cases in the district due to drug and alcohol abuse. Psychiatric clinical officer for the...
View ArticlePatients travel 60km for x-ray services in Mangochi
Patients seeking x-ray services at Mangochi district hospital are now forced to travel 60km to Monkey Bay following the unavailability of chemicals for the exercise as well as the renovation of a room...
View ArticleFirst Lady commends China for helping Malawi in HIV and AIDS fight
Malawi’s First Lady has said t is the process of multisectoral collaboration through shared use of resources coupled with cross-cultural learning in technological and research-based knowledge that will...
View ArticleTuberculosis bounces back as Malawi’s top infectious killer
Malawi government says tuberculosis (TB) is now back as a top infectious killer , saying in 2017 it killed 2 700 people out Of the 1 000 people who tested positive for the bacterial disease,... The...
View ArticleMalawian company Arkay Pak Investments donates mattresses, drugs to Chadza...
Lilongwe-based medical and printing company, Arkay Pak Investments has donated mattresses, nutritional food and medical drugs to Chadza Health Centre in the area of Traditional Authority Chadza in...
View ArticleYAIO empowers young people on sexual reproductive health
Youth Activists Initiative Organization (YAIO) on Friday launched a sexual reproductive health project aimed at empowering young people in Blantyre City with information and skills on HIV/AIDS and...
View ArticleJB calls on Mutharika, Chilima and Chakwera to unite over Malawi health crisis
Immediate past president Joyce Banda has called upon President Peter Mutharika, Vice-president Saulos Chilima and opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera to bury their political hatchets and come together...
View ArticleMinistry responds to Joyce Banda on Malawi health crisis claims
Malawi government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has responded to former president Joyce Banda’s recent claims that there is a crisis in most of government hospitals in the country. Banda claimed...
View ArticleAnglican Daughters donate to patients in Neno
As one way of fulfilling their mandate of prayer, evangelism and service members the Order of Daughters Of the King (DOK) in the Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire (ADUS) have donated various items to...
View ArticleMedical Council of Malawi closes Kaporo Rural Hospital
Medical Council of Malawi has closed down Kaporo Rural Hospital in Karonga because it is in dilapidated state and dwindling poor state of sanitation and hygiene. Karonga district hospital officer Dr....
View ArticleMuluzi unveils Sir Paul Banda as Malaria ambassador: Talks tough on drug...
Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has warned that anyone who would be found stealing government medical drugs from the country’s health facilities would face the long arm of the law....
View ArticleMalawi Blood Transfusion Services sounds SOS, lacks ‘O’ type
Blood bank, the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) has sounded, saying it is lacking the crucial ‘O’ negative type, a universal blood donor. Spokesperson for MBTS Allen Kaombe said the ‘O’...
View ArticleTimes ‘Friday Shaker’ moves Malawi govt to fly boy to India for operation
The impact of ‘Friday Shaker’ exclusive report in Daily Times newspaper has been felt after its recent report has moved government to take responsibility to fly a 14-year-old boy from Mchinji...
View ArticleRabies hit Mangochi: K26m spent in treating the killer disease
Officials in lakeshore district of Mangochi are giving warning shots over the rise in rabies in the district, saying the district hospital has already spent K26 million in treating the killer disease....
View ArticleFord Fund donates $30 000 towards health in Malawi, Zambia
The provision of much-needed health care services to rural communities in Malawi and Zambia has received a valuable boost with the Ford Motor Company Fund, Ford’s philanthropic arm,awarding a $30 000...
View ArticleMalawians to access free foreign specilised medical care at KCH
At least 30 medical doctors from United States of America (USA), Brazil and Uganda arrived in Malawi on Monday to provide free medical services at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), one of the country’s...
View ArticleTwo of Dowa family’s triplets die, survivor re-admitted to hospital
Dowa District Hospital matron Mayamiko Machika has confirmed that two of the triplets born to Catherine and husband, Saukani Dikilani, died in Vinyada village Traditional Authority Msakambewa in the...
View ArticleMalawi committed to improve sanitation to build healthy nation – Muluzi
Malawi government is committed to continue improving water and sanitation in its drive to build a healthy nation, Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has said after attending official...
View ArticleMalawi vaccinates 30 000 cattle in Lilongwe
Government says it has vaccinated 30, 000 cattle in Lilongwe against foot and mouth disease but has ruled out lifting a ban of slaughter of animals in the capital city, Dedza and Ntcheu any time... The...
View ArticleHealth ministry official says El Nino to bring diseases in Malawi
Ministry of Health official has told staff to prepare for increased water borne diseases this year following revelation that El Nino will hit Malawi again, saying the weather pattern will cause a lot...
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