CSEC calls for support for Covid-19 response plan in education sector
Amid the raging third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has called for more concerted efforts in enhancing the effectiveness of a Covid-19 response plan in the...
View ArticlePeople who use drugs and advocates call for policy reforms
People who use drugs (PWUDs) and advocates have called for the review of the Malawi National Drug Policy, arguing the existing laws have failed to identify and tackle factors that fuel the problem in...
View ArticleHealth Minister Chiponda says Covid-19 claims 1,513 lives so far, 33 in last...
As of Monday, July 26, 2021, cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 49,009 cases including 1,513 deaths (case fatality rate at 3.08%) and that out of these cases, 2,564 are imported infections and 46,445...
View ArticleMinister laments unfinished projects
Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, has expressed dismay over a number of unfinished projects under her ministry, some of which commenced in 2017. Chiponda was speaking in Dedza on Tuesday...
View ArticleSADC at a crossroad as malnutrition and Covid-19 hit hard
Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s 16-member countries were already facing serious food and nutrition insecurity even before Covid-19 pandemic hit a last nail in the coffin. This is a...
View ArticleCovid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted exclusive breastfeeding—Minister...
The Minister of Health and Population, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, has said the effects of the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic have negatively affected lactating mothers and their infants, as...
View ArticleNational TB Programme resumes support to drug resistant TB patients
The National TB Programme (NTP) has resumed its psychosocial support to the drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients after a six-month break due to administrative challenges. NTP Psychosocial and...
View ArticleUnder 18s advised not to be jabbed with Johnson and Johnson CoVID-19 vaccine
As the country anticipates the first consignment of Johnson and Johnson CoVID-19 vaccine due for arrival this Saturday, individuals below the age of 18 have been asked not receive the jab to avoid...
View ArticleFINCA Malawi offering shopping vouchers to Covid-19 vaccinated employees
As a safety measure and encouragement to its employees to receive Covid-19 vaccines, FINCA Limited has announced it would give K20,0000 to each employee who voluntarily gets fully vaccinated against...
View ArticleMPs press for oversight role over donor money
Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Population are pressing development partners to assign them an oversight role over financial and technical support that...
View ArticleLilongwe-based Prophet Chizaso hails Malawians for en masse Covid-19...
Prophet Wakisa Chizaso of the Revival International Christian House (RICH) says he is delighted that Malawians have now realized the importance of getting jabbed and are now turning in large numbers...
View ArticleNGO laments lack of compliance to Covid-19 prevention measures in schools
A local non-governmental organization (NGO), Youth Charity Organisation (YCO), has lamented lack of compliance to Covid-19 preventive measures among pupils in public schools. YCO says this is...
View ArticlePreventing HIV infection with dapivirine vaginal ring
A 26-year-old Malita [not her real name] was gang-raped by three men at Lizulu Market in area 4 in Lilongwe on her way home from work. Malita was walking on a passage between Sana Mega Shop and the...
View ArticleLow response to CoVID-19 vaccination is due to rampant public...
Journalists in the country have been advised against sensationalizing reporting on the CoVID-19 vaccines but rather give out correct information to the public so that the uptake of the vaccine...
View ArticleWHO hands over K17m worth of industrial cooking pots to Balaka District Hospital
World Health Organization (WHO) has handed over state-of-the-art industrial electric cooking pots to Balaka District Hospital, with global health body expressing commitment to ensuring that there is...
View ArticleWhat women in Malawi told us about infertility and seeking help
In Malawi, about 2% of childless women experience infertility – difficulty conceiving or carrying a pregnancy to term. Another 10.5% experience infertility after the birth of at least one child. Both...
View ArticleCHRR calls for removal of national ID mandatory requirement to access...
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has called for immediate abolition of the mandatory requirement of the national identity (ID) for Malawians to access Covid-19 vaccines, arguing...
View ArticleMalawian Doctor Bridget Msolomba-Malewezi awarded Harvard Global Health...
An all-out driven Malawian industrious and dedicated Public Health expert and Medical Doctor, Dr. Bridget Msolomba-Malewezi has been awarded the prestigious Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI)...
View ArticlePregnant women can now get Covid-19 vaccine- Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health has come out to clear the mist surrounding pregnant women and lactating mothers in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine. From the outset, the Ministry strongly discouraged pregnant...
View ArticleChief Chowe urges adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures during initiation...
Senior Chief Chowe of Mangochi District has asked all stakeholders in the administration of the 2021 initiation ceremonies known in the vernacular as Chinamwali to adhere to all Covid-19 preventive...
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