Salima District Council launches mass cleaning campaign
Salima district council on Wednesday launched a mass cleaning campaign in the district. The Exercise included sweeping and removing all garbage deposited along the streets of Kamuzu road and market...
View ArticleMalawi fails to commemorate TB Day due to Coronavirus
Malawi through the National Tuberclosis Control Program has failed to celebrate the activities to mark National Tuberclosis Day as the rest of the world marked the World TB Day on Tuesday due to...
View ArticleMachinga District Hospital prepares for coronavirus
Machinga district director of health and social services Arnold Kapachipa says the district’s hospital has put in place coronavirus prevention measures to ensure patients’ safety. He said this in an...
View ArticleSalima DC dares committee to be vigilant on Covid-19
Salima district commissioner Grace Chirwa has urged the Primary Health Emergency Management Committee to be vigilant in sourcing resources with which to prevent coronavirus. She made the call on...
View ArticleWorld Vision Malawi donates K80m supplies to Ministry of Health for Covid-19...
World Vision Malawi (WVM) has donated medical supplies and equipment worth K80 million to Ministry of Health in a drive to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. The donated...
View Article‘Coronavirus baby boom’ likely due to global condom shortage
A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a movement control order (MCO) forced it to shut down production. Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms...
View ArticleWaterAid supports Bwaila Hospital, Lilongwe Market in Covid-19 prevention
WaterAid in Malawi on Tuesday handed over handwashing facilities and other supplies to Bwaila Hospital and Lilongwe Main Market to help in prevention of coronavirus (Covid-19). Although there are no...
View ArticlePIL donates Covid-19 prevention items to Kamuzu Central Hospital
Petroleum Importers Limited (PIL) has donated various personal protective equipment to Kamuzu Central Hospital worth K2.2 million to scale up preventive measures of coronavirus. Speaking during the...
View ArticleNthambi Private Hospital drills Kauma residence on Covid-19 prevention measures
As the spread of the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) is still causing panic among Malawians and even beyond, Nthambi Private Clinic this week brought together about 20 chiefs in the area of senior chief...
View ArticleKenya says 2 of its Covid-19 patients travelled from Malawi
Kenya’s health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Saturday, April 4, said four people that had tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease, two of them had travelled to Malawi. The total...
View ArticleMalawi Covid-19 tests are accurate, trust us – PS for health
Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika has assured the public that they should have trust in the medical personnel that the country has and that the texts they are carrying on coronavirus...
View ArticleMalawian company launches Covid-19 website, WhatsApp support group
Washington DC based Malawian communications company,LUMO associates has recently announced the launch of a website that will be used to provide all COVID-19 related information to Malawians. The...
View ArticleNo Covid-19 testing facility in North Malawi
Health officials in the northern region are asking for a coronavirus testing facility to boost national efforts to combat the virus pandemic. Mzimba North acting director of health and social services...
View ArticleBlantyre DHO forms Covid-19 press club
Blantyre District Health Office is set to establish a Covid-19 press club which will act as a hub for factual information sharing with the media. This was disclosed by Blantyre District Director of...
View ArticleFirst coronavirus death confirmed in Malawi
Malawi has recorded the first coronavirus-related death of a patient in Blantyre, health officials confirmed to Nyasa Times. The victim is 51-year old Malawian lady of Indian origin who had other...
View ArticleOur Aim Foundation takes Covid-19 prevention campaign to Lilongwe
Our Aim Foundation (OAF) has expanded its initiative of promoting coronavirus disease (Covid-19) prevention to Lilongwe City after recently initiating the prevention program the disease in Mchinji...
View ArticleExpert tells Malawi medics to utilize available coronavirus resources
A health expert has advised health workers to utilize fully the limited coronavirus materials and equipment the country has as the fight against the deadly disease continues. Head of Community Health...
View ArticleMalawi govt warns herbalists over fake coronavirus cure
Government has issued a stern warning to herbalists against claiming they have the cure for coronavirus. A senior official in the ministry of health Dr Nedson Fosiko said coronavirus is a new disease...
View ArticleChilima sees gaps in Malawi Covid-19 fight: Outline additional measures and...
Vice-President Salous Chilima says Malawi is still ill -prepared to fight Coronavirus (Covid-19) and has since asked the government to consider some firm measures he has proposed to ensure that the...
View ArticleBangwe tops sexual diseases among youths in Blantyre
Bangwe Health Centre has registered the highest number of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) cases among youths in Blantyre City, according to report of the research conducted by Amsterdam...
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