Coalition welcomes Chakwera’s award for Malawi healthworkers in Covid fight
Human Resource for Health Coalition has welcomed President Lazarus Chakwera introduction of special award for most dedicated health workers in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic....
View ArticleNGO wants Covid-19 social behaviour change
Circle for Integrated Community Development, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), will this Monday launch its Covid-19 social and behaviour change prevention project in Zomba. Briefing Zomba District...
View ArticleMzimba Police Station gets PPE from Chinese construction company
Zhejiang Communications Construction Company and Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) have donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to Mzimba Police Station to support its fight against the Covid-19...
View ArticleKamuzu Central Hospital runs out of Covid-19 isolation space as Malawi cases...
Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has run out of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic isolation space and treatment centre. Hospital administrator Jonathan Ngoma said all the 15 bed space is...
View ArticleHealth workers assaulted over Covid-19 blood samples in Likoma
Family members of a patient who died from coronavirus (Covid-19) on Friday in Likoma on Monday assaulted health workers who went to collect blood samples from them. The 60-year-old woman died at St...
View ArticleNGO Card offers psychosocial support to Covid-19 affected families
Churches Action in Relief and Development is providing psychosocial support to families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Machinga. The organisation’s district senior project officer Grant Mzembe...
View ArticleMwenifumbo aids Karonga hospital on Coronavirus response
Former Member of Parliament for Karonga Central Constituency, Frank Mwenifumbo, who is aspiring to reclaims the seat in the impending by-elections, on Friday donated an Oxygen Concentrator and other...
View ArticleCoronavirus fatalities continue to rise in Malawi: Death toll rises to 146
Since the first case of Coronavirus-related death in April, Malawi has cumulatively recorded 146 deaths as the total figure of registered cases is now at 4,658. Since August 1 alone, there had been 36...
View ArticleCandlex Malawi partners with Blantyre Press Club in Covid-19 fight by...
As one way of fighting against the global Coronavirus pandemic, Candlex Malawi Limited has donated COVID-19 personal preventive products to Blantyre Press Club (BPC), which the club is preparing to...
View ArticleMalawi police arrest people for not wearing face mask in public
Malawi Police Service on Monday swept Lilongwe of people who were not putting on face masks. Following the gazetting of the Coronavirus legislation, signed and issued by Health Minister Khumbize...
View ArticleCoronavirus-related deaths now at 152
As of Tuesday, August 11, six Coronavirus-related deaths were registered, bringing the cumulative figure at 152 as the total figure of recorded cases in Malawi is now at 4,714 since the first cases in...
View ArticleOxfam launches K46m virus response project in Machinga
Oxfam on Wednesday launched a K46 million COVID-19 Response Project which, among other objectives, aims at cushioning vulnerable people from the effects of the pandemic in Machinga District. Speaking...
View ArticleAbortions reach all-time high in Karonga, district hospital registers 186
Karonga District Hospital safe motherhood coordinator Joseph Kasililika has expressed concern over the high number of abortions cases registered in three months this year. Speaking on Wednesday during...
View ArticleStory Workshop takes Covid-19 awareness in Mzimba
The Story Workshop Trust has embarked on Covid-19 awareness in traditional authorities Mtwalo and Mpherembe in Mzimba North to change people’s behaviour. Speaking when he briefed Mzimba North District...
View ArticleKaning’a CCAP women donates oxygen cylinders to Kamuzu Central Hospital
As one way of alleviating some problems facing the health sector in the country and also part of Covid-19 intervention, Kaning’a CCAP sector 5 Womens guild on Saturday made a donation of 10 oxygen...
View ArticleTo contain diabetes, study wants every Malawian to consume more fruits and...
A daily consumption of fruits and vegetables, even when you are diabetic or not, is a simple healthier lifestyle you need to keep you healthy when diabetic or to save from being diabetic. This is some...
View ArticlePregnant woman’s victory over coronavirus
Nadu Molegeni can now smile as she has recovered from coronavirus (Covid -19) pandemic. Relating her experience from her home in Nkhoma, Lilongwe, she says at first, she felt pain in her legs and...
View ArticleMinister Chiponda tells Plem Construction to finish Phalombe hospital by...
Government has said it will not entertain any excuses from contractors that would delay the completion for the long-awaited Phalombe District Hospital . Speaking after touring the hospital, Minister...
View ArticleUN Women say men prone to Covid-19 deaths
UN Women have expressed concern that a lot more men seem to have died in the country from Covid-19, perhaps because of their poor health seeking behaviors. Country Representative for UN Women in...
View ArticlePhuka asks Covid asymptomatic patients not to demand re-testing
As the country awaits the arrival of 20 000 testing kits in early September, which have been donated by China, co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka has said there...
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