Ntcheu DHO asks stakeholders to support with cleaning materials
Ntcheu District Hospital has appealed to stakeholders and well wishers in the district to support the hospital with cleaning materials used for scrubbing as a way of preventing infectious diseases as...
View ArticlePoor funding crippling mental health services in Malawi
A mental health specialist says inadequate funding is one of the factors which is crippling delivery of mental health services in the country. Speaking last week at Chiwaza in Nkhata Bay District...
View ArticleMalawi Queens in Europe donate to Queen’s Hospital
Malawian women social networking group based in Europe called Malawi Queens in Europe has donated clothes groceries to the postnatal ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. The...
View ArticleAtupele Muluzi on Global Financing Facility: ‘New financial input to Malawi...
I have just returned from a series of critical meetings in Oslo, Norway. I was one of a handful of senior ministers and Heads of State that were invited to partake in discussions around the... The...
View ArticleFDH Bank donates K2.5 million to doctors conference
FDH Bank has donated K2.5 million to the Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) for their annual conference which is underway in the lakeshore district of Mangochi. Presenting the donation in Blantyre on...
View ArticleNtcheu Hospitals rebuffs MCP to cheer the sick
Ntcheu district hospital administration has rebuffed main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to visit the hospital in order to cheer the sick. A letter from health services manager to the...
View ArticleMEHN wary over Malawi government failure to pay Cham
Malawi Equity Health Network (MEHN), a public health service watchdog has told government to promptly honour its bills to church hospitals, saying the delays are negatively affecting ordinary Malawians...
View ArticleHealth worker arrested for medical drug theft
A health worker at Thuchila Health Centre in Mulanje has been arrested on allegations that he stole cartons of malaria drugs and diagnostic kits. Director of Health and Social Services at Mulanje...
View ArticleNurse under fire for taking a selfie as woman gives birth in ward
A midwife nurse in Blantyre has come under intense fire in Blantyre for taking a selfie as an unidentified woman is lying on a bed with legs open ready to give birth in a labour... The post Nurse under...
View ArticleMalawi govt suspends nurse over labour ward selfie
Government has suspended a midwifery nurse over a labour ward selfie which showed her in masked face but exposed a pregnant woman with wide open legs ready to give birth in a labour ward. Blantyre......
View ArticleDespite struggles, the fight against Multi Drug Resistant-TB rages on
It is night – around 23:00- here at Rumphi boma. People from all walks of life are flocking into this uptown night club. They are here either to drink beer or just to have. Some... The post Despite...
View ArticleAct on ‘false prophets’ to reduce number of ARVs defaulters – Manerela
A religious grouping Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected with HIV and Aids (MANERELA+) has expressed concern over people who default on their Anti-Retroviral (ARV)...
View ArticleMalawi specialised clinic at KCH to treat accident victims
A project unveiled by Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi to construct a specialised bone and nerve surgeries clinic within the Kamuzu Central Hospital complex in Lilongwe has been...
View ArticleFirst Lady asks civil servants to lead cervical cancer screening
The First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has asked female civil servants to lead by example and go for cervical cancer screening to avoid untimely deaths. Madam Mutharika request comes at a time when 45...
View ArticleMalawi Midwives association condemns picture taking in hospital wards
Association of Malawian Midwives has condemned the taking of pictures in hospital wards, saying this was unethical. The association president Anne Phoya saying it was appalling to see nurses and...
View ArticleMuluzi commissions new prefabricated pharmacy units: Support from UK, US
The Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi on Monday commissioned 238 newly installed prefabricated pharmacy units at Ming’ongo Health Centre in Lilongwe. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Muluzi...
View ArticleTNM donates K2m items to Gogo Chatinkha Labour ward at Queens Hospital
Malawi’s integrated ICT company Telekom Networks Malawi PLC today joined the Kamuzu College of Nursing Students on a drive to improve sanitation at the Gogo Chatinkha Labour ward, at Queen Elizabeth...
View ArticleWorld Vision Malawi distributes 8.2 million mosquito nets
In its first phase in the campaign to fight malaria, World Vision Malawi has distributed 8.2 million mosquito nets in the distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) in the country’s 28...
View ArticleMuluzi says Malawi cancer centre ready in time 2019: ‘Key commitment of...
Minister for Health and Population Atupele Muluzi has said the much-touted National Cancer Centre located at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) is expected to be ready by 2019 and save government about...
View ArticlePSI Malawi rebrands packaging for Chishango condoms
Population Services International (PSI) has rebranded the packaging of Chishango condoms to make them more attractive and user friendly. At the launch ceremony, PSI Malawi country representative Jephta...
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