Israel medical team to offer support to Malawi Cancer Centre, donate Covid-19...
A delegation of five medical doctors from Israel is in the country to assess the National Cancer Centre where they will offer support and Monday met the Minister of Health and officials at Capital...
View ArticleMzimba hospital operate without x-ray machine for 3 months
Patients in need of X-ray services at Mzimba District Hospital have expressed concern over faulty machine at the health facility saying its expensive travelling to Mzuzu Central Hospital to access the...
View ArticleMalawi makes progress in HIV and Aids fight – Chakwera
Malawi on Tuesday commemorated World Aids Day with President Lazarus Chakwera stressing his government’s commitment in the fight against HIV and Aids by staying the course to achieve zero infection...
View ArticleOver 2m Malawi children to receive Vitamin A supplementation: Minister...
A total of 1,985,000 children in the country are expected to be reached with Vitamin A supplementation, Minister of Health, Khumbize Chiponda has disclosed. The Minister said this in Lilongwe on Monday...
View Article100 coronavirus positive patients disappear
Health authorities are raising a red flag after over 100 coronavirus positive have gone off local health personnel’s radar. Information from the Public Health Institute of Malawi says the patients have...
View ArticleCovid-19 protocols to force Malawi cholera cases down, says expert
A health expert has predicated a drop in cholera cases this year in the country due to covid-19 protocols. Maziko Matemba, one of the leading commentators on health matters said the cleanliness which...
View ArticleGlobal Fund injects K400bn to fight neglected diseases in Malawi
The Global Fund is injecting K400 billion to fight against deadly but neglected diseases in the country pushed into the shadows due to the ravaging Covid-19. This has been disclosed by the minister of...
View ArticleNankhumwa cheers cancer patient, pledges help
Leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa coming from a trip at Zomba Prison where he made donations of protective gear for Covid-19, stopped over at Kachere in the city of Blantyre to visit a seriously...
View ArticleMajor hospital runs without mortuary
A major hospital in Chikwawa is running without a mortuary for two years now. Authorities at Catholic run St. Montfort Hospital of Chikwawa Diocese have since asked for financial assistance to fix the...
View Article‘We need to be alert’: Malawi fear second coronavirus wave
Authorities on coronavirus (Covid-19) are warning that people should not be complecent on virus pandemic, saying coronavirus is still ravaging and killing many and that communities should guard...
View ArticleMalawi Red Cross handover Mwalija Health Post in Chikwawa
Malawi Red Cross Society on Monday handed over a K30 million Mwalija Health post structure to government in Traditional Authority Kasisi in Chikwawa District. Speaking during the handover ceremony,...
View ArticleMalawi Muslim Council endorses abortion bill
A group of Sheikh’s leaders from different Muslim organisations in the country which are under the Qadriyyah Muslim Association of Malawi (QMAM) through Qadriyyah Ulama Council in Malawi (QUCM) has...
View ArticleCT scanning boost for Queen’s Hospital after 8 years: Minister Chiponda...
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda has commissioned a life-saving equipment called computerized tomography (CT) scan machine at the country’s biggest referral facility Queen Elizabeth Central...
View ArticleMalawi Health Equity Network working with mother care groups to promote child...
Malawi Health Equity Network (MEHN) is working with mother care groups in various districts in Malawi to encourage women to send their children for immunization and also to clear the misconceptions and...
View ArticleMalawi govt salutes Korea for K15m Covid-19 test kits donations
Malawi government has said the Republic of Korea’s donation of Covid-19 test kits valued at US$200 000 (about K15 million)n to help strengthen the country’s national response towards the pandemic....
View ArticleGlobal Health Corps Malawi launches 2021/22 recruitment season for Cohort of...
Global Health Corps (GHC) Malawi has launched its recruitment process for the 2021-2022 Cohort of fellows in Lilongwe to accommodate young leaders who are willing to make the difference in the health...
View ArticleChilima for timely Mponela hospital
Vice-President Saulos Chilima on Friday inspected the construction of Mponela Rural Community Hospital in Dowa, to appreciate progress on the project. He was accompanied by the Minister of Health...
View ArticleFirst Lady calls for concerted efforts against Cervical Cancer
First Lady Monica Chakwera has challenged various stakeholders to join forces if the battle against Cervical Cancer was to be won in the country. She made the challenge Saturday evening in Blantyre at...
View ArticleChiponda commissions a gas plant at Kamuzu Central Hospital
Minister of Health, Khumbize Chiponda has said the commissioning of a gas plant at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe will help reduce deaths because KCH and surrounding hospitals will have...
View ArticlePerception and history of mental health services in Malawi
So, what is Mental Health exactly? Put it simply, Mental health is a good state of the mind. A healthy mind and mental well-being. When the mind is not healthy then it becomes an illness. Mental...
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