ActionAid trains care givers for Early Childhood Development program
It has been revealed that few children in Malawi have access to Early childhood Development (ECD) services because the country has few trained personnel who provide the services to the children in...
View ArticleMalawi doctors shun treating fistula cases: ‘it’s a disease of poverty’
Most Malawian medical personnel are shunning treating Obstetric Fistula condition despite being trained to conduct the operations largely because of the nature of the disease, Nyasa Times understands....
View ArticleHealth Minister commends Project Malawi Consortium for HIV/ Aids fight
Minister of Health Catherine Gotani-Hara has hailed Project Malawi Consortium for complimenting government’s efforts in mitigating the impact of HIV and Aids among the people in the country. Speaking...
View ArticleZomba Catholic Diocese receives K4.7m medical items from Italy’s Clara...
Health facilities in the Zomba Catholic Diocese have got a timely relief when Clara Foundation from Italy donated medical items to the tune of K4.7 million on Monday during a function held at the...
View ArticleBayer HealthCare and USAID in partnership with Malawi on family planning
The Bayer HealthCare and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched an innovative Private Public Partnership with the Malawi government that will make the Microgynon...
View Article1,600 Malawi women die of cervical cancer annually: Vaccines planned for girls
Over 2,300 women in the country develop cervical cancer and over 1,600 get killed from the disease, Ministry of Health has disclosed. The ministry said cervical cancer is the commonest cancer in women...
View ArticleMalawi nurses body gives council 14 days ultimatum on conversion program
The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has given the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi a 14 days ultimatum on the Conversion of nurses midwife technicians to diploma...
View ArticleJB says construction of Phalombe hospital to start
President Joyce Banda has assured the people of Phalombe that construction of the long-awaited Phalombe District would start soon. She said all ‘paper work’ between the Malawi Government and the...
View ArticleMalawi cops second to sex workers in HIV infection rate -survey
A recent survey conducted by Germany aid agency Organisation for International Cooperation-GIZ has revealed that Malawi Police Service in the Northern Region is the highly affected by HIV/AIDS pandemic...
View ArticleTNM donates medical equipment to Majete maternity unit
Malawi’s premier mobile phone company, TNM Friday donated medical equipment worth K1.2 million to Majete Maternity Unit in Chikhwawa district. Speaking at the handover ceremony Kamoto said the donation...
View ArticleMen who have sex with men: Missing link in HIV and AIDS fight Malawi
It is Saturday afternoon; James (not his real name) from Chitawira Township in the commercial city of Malawi, Blantyre has more questions than answers after coming from a nearby clinic where he was...
View Article5 year old Malawian boy hit hard by Osteoporosis
A five- year- old boy Gerald Thomas of Group Village Headman Mwase in the area of Traditional Authority (T.A) Mwase in Lilongwe is suffering from weak bones disease, an illness called osteoporosis....
View ArticlePoor quality local drug supplies worry Malawi medical stores
The Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) officials have warned against provision of low quality medical supplies by local suppliers to the trust. The trust issued the warning after noticing that most...
View ArticleMalawi leader recognised at Ethiopia conference for her efforts in family...
Delegates attending the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Tuesday recognized Malawi President Joyce Banda as one of the great leaders of Africa that...
View ArticleMalawi scoops Healthcare Innovation Award for developing countries
Malawi has been awarded the highest funding of $400, 000 in the first GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Save the Children Healthcare Innovation Award. The award followed the innovation a simple low-cost device...
View ArticlePharmacare to provide free Glucometer devices in Malawi
Pharmacare, one of the private drug stores in the country announced the provision of free Glucometer medical devices to people as part of the activities to commemorate World Diabetes Day which falls on...
View ArticleBanja La Mtsogolo honoured in Ethopia on family planning
Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM), a Malawian family planning NGO founded by the Marie Stopes International Partnership, was last Friday decorated as outstanding organization with the first ever Excellence in...
View ArticleMalawi’s Ministry of Health embarks on K6 billion programme
Ministry of Health has embarked on a $15 million (about K6 billion) Results Based Financing (RBF) programme to promote nutrition, health and safe motherhood for pregnant women in Mchinji. The programme...
View ArticleMalawi commemorates World AIDS Day on Sunday in Kasungu
This year’s national launch of the 2013-2014 World AIDS campaign will be held on Sunday, December 1 2013 at Chamwabvi Primary School ground, Traditional Authority Chilowamatambe in Kasungu district....
View ArticleMalawi gets assorted drugs from Americare
An American based organization, Americare has donated assorted drugs to the government of Malawi. The drugs which have since started arriving in the country include Sodium Chloride 0.9 per cent,...
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