Sparc Systems’ Mental Lab wins best innovation award at ICTAM awards
Sparc Systems Limited’s innovation of ‘The Mental Lab’ — a mobile e-Health application — has won this year’s Best Innovation Award in e-Health category at the annual Information Communication...
View ArticleChina donates K40m worth of medical equipment and K24m to First Lady’s...
China has donated medical supplies worth K40 million to Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF), a charity foundation established by the First Lady Monica Chakwera. The medical supplies include hospital...
View ArticleHealth research body blasts MBS for alleged unprofessional handling of...
Health and Civic Research Institute (HACRI) Limited has lambasted the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) for alleged unprofessionalism in the way the national standards body addressed concerns from the...
View ArticleUCAHP pens health minister on water tax
The Union of Clinicians and Allied Health Professionals (UCAHP) has written the Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, asking her to liaise with responsible authorities to scrap off tax on...
View ArticleMosquito nets distribution program launched in Mzuzu
The Ministry of Health on Monday launched the 9.2 mosquito nets distribution programme in Mzuzu. The programme aims to help in the fight against malaria in the country. The Deputy Director in the...
View ArticleKandodo unveils modern scanning machine at Mzuzu Central Hospital
The Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Tuesday unveiled the most waited computerized tomography (CT) scanning machine at Mzuzu Central Hospital. The hospital has been operating without a...
View ArticleSociety wary of mega rallies amid rising Covid-19 positivity rates
The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) has expressed dismay with the decision Malawi’s major political parties have taken to organize and conduct mega rallies amidst rising positivity rates in Covid-19...
View ArticleChiefs, political leaders embrace Malawi International CoVID-19 Response...
Traditional leaders, politicians and other people of high standing are acting as community influencers in positive support of the rural community CoVID-19 vaccination acceleration programme which...
View ArticleGov’t says malaria is claiming more lives than Covid-19
Malaria is killing more people in Malawi than Covid-19, the National Malaria Control Programme Manager Dr. Michael Kayange has disclosed. Kayange made the remarks in Salima during a media training the...
View ArticleUK Emergency Medical Team concludes mission to Malawi
A team of world class experts from the United Kingdom (UK) Emergency Medical Team (EMT) is leaving Malawi this Thursday after conducting a successful 10-week tour of the country. During its stay in...
View ArticleGene Xpert a vital tool in detecting tuberculosis
Karonga District Hospital Deputy Laboratory Manager, Jacob Manda, has described the Gene Xpert machine as the most vital tool in detecting tuberculosis (TB) in sputum samples. Manda told journalists...
View ArticleMalawi needs K60bn to scale up oxygen equipment supply
The Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda Kandodo says Malawi needs K60.92billion ($76,156) to scale up oxygen equipment and supply availability over the next five years. Chiponda was speaking on...
View ArticleMHRC talks down mandatory Covid-19 vaccination
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has fervently stated that government’s decision to introduce mandatory Covid-19 vaccination will have a direct impact on the citizenry’s enjoyment of human...
View ArticleTen most deadliest ways of unsafe abortion uncovered in Mzuzu; “I saw her...
At a time the debate over legalisation of safe abortion has become swept under the carpet in Malawi, it has emerged that some girls, in pursuit of terminating their unwanted pregnancies, are using...
View ArticleMASM slapped with K500, 000 fine for fooling clients
The Commission and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has slapped Malawi’s prestigious media aid firm – Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM) – with a K500,000 fine for conducting itself in a manner that...
View ArticleGovernment ready with cholera vaccine
The Ministry of Health has said it will launch a cholera vaccination exercise in cholera-prone districts before the end of the year. Malawi has districts that annually face problems from cholera during...
View ArticleMalawi Red Cross Society bemoans low uptake of Covid -19 jabs
The Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) has bemoaned over continued resistance by Malawians to get vaccinated against Covid-19. MRCS Secretary General MacBain Kanongodza lamented that although there is...
View ArticleSociety of Medical Doctors up game against Covid-19 fourth wave
The Society of Medical Doctors has joined hands with a number of stakeholders with an effort to curb further sting of Covid-19 4th Wave. Among other groups that SMD has collaborated with include the...
View ArticleGov’t abandons Chafumbwa Rural Hospital project in Ntchisi, mother care group...
Dreams for accessing healthcare services at a shorter distance have been shattered among the people of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chikho in Ntchisi following the decision by the authorities at the...
View ArticleMother care groups hailed for increasing child immunization coverage in Ntchisi
Mother Care Groups (MCGs) have been hailed for promoting child immunization in Ntchisi effectively triggering calls for introduction of more of such groups in the district. The district was reportedly...
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