Ntchisi records first coronavirus death
Ntchisi District on Saturday recorded its first coronavirus (Covid-19) death. According to Ntchisi District Health Promotion Officer, Samson Mfuyeni, the deceased was a 75-year-old man who died at...
View ArticlePope donates ventilators to Likuni Mission Hospital to help care for Covid-19...
Pope Francis has made a generous donation of several ventilators to the Likuni Mission Hospital in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The gift was made in the Pope’s name by Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, the...
View ArticleMalawi beginning to see curve flattening in Covid-19 cases, says Minister...
Minister of Health Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda has said latest confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the country highlights a major signal towards possible successful fight against the global health...
View ArticleGovt to address concerns raised by nurses, midwives – Chiponda
Lack of institutional accommodation has been pointed out as one of the major challenges that lead to low quality of patients care and poor clinical experience by nurses and midwives in the country....
View ArticleCovid-19 treatment centre project on course
Ministry of Health assistant director of clinical services Hastings Chiumia has expressed satisfaction with rehabilitation works at old Mzimba District Hospital which will be turned into a Covid-19...
View ArticleMalawi paper backs doctor’s call for improved cancer diagnosis: ‘Prioritise...
Malawi’s leading private-owned daily newspaper, has used its editorial comment to throw its weight behind calls for the country to invest in advanced medical technologies to be able to attend to some...
View ArticleMaternal deaths worry Parliamentary Health Committee: ‘New law does not...
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Mathews Ngwale has said government has an obligation to ensure that no woman should dies of pregnancy-related causes. He made the remarks in...
View ArticleMalawi flatten the coronavirus curve: Phuka cautions on valve masks
Malawi’s restrictions on social interactions to contain the coronavirus outbreak are working and have flattened the curve of new life-threatening pandemic virus cases, co-chairperson of the...
View ArticleNew Malawi medical scheme Wemas officially launches health insurance that...
Wella Medical Aid Society (WEMAS) launched the most innovative health insurance services in Malawi which shall be offering cash back on underutilized monthly contributions at the end of the year. The...
View ArticleFirst Lady donates PPE to Dowa Hospital: ‘Tackling Covid-19 together best...
First Lady Monica Chakwera has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to Dowa District Hospital and persuaded Malawians to support government in fighting the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic,...
View ArticleK Motors ‘heals’ Chikwawa District Hospital transport problems
Blantyre-based vehicle repairing and panel beating company K Motors’ project of reviving broken ambulances for various health facilities is off the ground with the first ambulance delivered at Chikwawa...
View ArticleUK Malawian nurses form association to help Malawi
Malawian nurses living and working in the United Kingdom (UK) have formed as association which will facilitate sourcing of medical equipment, training nursing personnel to provide advanced treatments...
View ArticleCovid restrictions may remain for long haul: Worry over Malawians non-compliance
Minister of Health Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda has expressed worry over non-compliance with Covid-19 prevention measures owing to recent low numbers of confirmed cases of the pandemic in the country,...
View ArticleMuslims donate starter packs to newly-born babies at Queen’s Hospital
Muslim Youth United, a philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi, donated starter packs to over 50 mothers of newly-born babies they found on Wednesday at the nursery ward of Queen Elizabeth Central...
View ArticleLilongwe’s online health service helping expectant mothers for home-based...
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda expressed her satisfaction with the progress of Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (online health service) in Lilongwe, saying the project is helping expectant mothers...
View ArticleChikwawa Diocese launches project to prevent new HIV infections among children
Chikwawa Diocese of the catholic Church, through its Social Services Directorate, has launched an HIV project to prevent new infections among children in the district. The project is also expected to...
View ArticleMalawi health minister warns against laxity in Covid-19 fight: Fears over...
Minister of Health Khumbidze Kandodo-Chiponda has warned Malawians against complacency in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 pandemic now that the figures of infected people are going down....
View ArticleJICA donates PPEs to Ministry of Health
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has donated Personal Prevention Equipments (PPEs) to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to support in fighting against the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the...
View ArticleMalawi continues to register low levels of Covid-19 cases
From 406 Covid-19 tests that were conducted by Sunday evening, there were just two new cases that were registered and and no new related deaths while new recoveries were at 21. Cumulatively, the...
View ArticleChina donates Covid-19 supplies to Malawi: 17 medical experts jet in
The People’s Republic of China has handed over the third batch of medical supplies to Malawi government to support fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Counsellor for Chinese Embassy, Liu Guoyu said on...
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