Africa and Eastern Asia doing well to contain Coronavirus
The less developed world, particularly Africa and Eastern Asia, are doing much better in containing the COVID-19 pandemic than the developed countries, probably through their bitter experiences from...
View ArticlePest Chem 1B Company calls for stronger public-private collaboration to...
Pest Chem 1B Company managing director, Martin Mainja, has called for stronger collaboration between government and the private sector in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic....
View ArticleMinistry to upgrade 35 health centres – Chiponda
Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, says plans are in place to upgrade about at least 35 Health Centres across the country in a bid to ease congestion which is hampering smooth operations of...
View ArticleMalawi govt needs to invest on mental health and well-being, UK-based charity...
Different groups of different people in different parts of Malawi are experiencing the novel Coronavirus (Covid -19) pandemic and its devastating effects very differently, a UK-based Malawian charity...
View ArticleScabies outbreak hits NkhataBay
As the country continues to struggle to contain the spread of Coronavirus, scabies infection is fast spreading in some parts of Nkhata Bay and the district health office laments lack of drugs for the...
View ArticleMalawi flattens its coronavirus curve
Malawi announced no new case of the novel coronavirus from the 231 tests that were conducted and no deaths over the past two days, according to Saturday’s situation report from the presidential task...
View ArticleHarry Mkandawire touts MCP supremacy in Tonse Alliance, slurs at ‘tiny...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) second deputy president Harry Mlekanjala Mkandawire, on Sunday heightened his touting of President Lazarus Chakwera administration saying “it is the government that...
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 ArticleNational Bank donates K2.5 m to Think Pink Malawi for cancer screening
Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has donated K2.5 million towards cancer screening and treatment of vulnerable men and women through a cancer awareness and rights organization, Think Pink...
View ArticleMalawi Red Cross, Press Trust handover Covid-19 treatment centre to M’mbelwa...
Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) in conjunction with Press Trust have handed over a Covid-19 Treatment Centre to Mzimba District Council. The treatment centre is situated at Mzimba old hospital....
View ArticleLilongwe Rotary Club donates mattresses to Mitundu Community Hospital
Lilongwe Rotary club donated 105 mattresses worth MK 3.4 million to Mitundu community hospital in Lilongwe. Out of the 105 mattresses received at the hospital, 70 of them will be used in the adult’s...
View ArticleGlobal Aids Interfaith Alliance donates Covid-19 PPE to Bangwe Weaving Factory
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance donated Covid-19 equipment worth K344,400 to Bangwe Weaving Factory in Blantyre. Lucy Nyirenda, Programmes Coordinator for Global Aids Interfaith Alliance, said their...
View ArticleSharp rise in Malawi suicide rates: MentalCare says isolated people with...
People with mental health problems who are driven into isolation due to the ravaging global pandemic, novel Covid-19 are at high risk of committing suicide, a UK-based Malawian mental health research...
View ArticleTonse women give Kasungu patients Mother’s Day treat
A group of Tonse alliance women in Kasungu on Thursday celebrated Mother’s Day by cheering the sick at the district hospital. The group comprised women of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party and...
View ArticleFire guts Nkhotakota District Hospital
With calls for government to equip all district councils with fire fighting equipment., on Friday morning fire gutted part of the drug store at Nkhotakota District Hospital, destroying essential...
View ArticleHealth activists cautions Malawi citizens against Covid-19 laxity
One of the country’s renowned health rights activists has expressed dismay over laxity among citizens in observing precautionary measures against the spread of Corona virus. This come as snap check in...
View ArticleMalawi records 10 cases, 2 deaths of combined TB and Covid-19
The National TB Control Program (NTP) said it has recorded less than 10 cases with 2 deaths from tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus since the declaration of Covid-19 as a national disaster in March this...
View ArticleIndoor residual spraying effective to control Malaria, says expert
Malaria Control Programme Manager, Dr. Michael Kayange has said Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) is an effective way of Malaria control if properly done. The official said this on Saturday at the end of...
View ArticleKasungu prison gets K5m worth of protective gear from council
Kasungu municipality council on Saturday donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Kasungu prison as a way of fighting the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation was part of a K5 million...
View ArticleFDH employees wear pink for Breast Cancer awareness in Malawi
FDH Financial Holdings Limited group employees led by their youthful Chief Executive Officer William Mpinganjira on Wednesday wore pink attire to lend their support towards the Breast Cancer awareness...
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