America hands new health facility to Malawi

By Nyasa Times

Published: December 16, 2009

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The US government on Tuesday handed over a state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS building to Malawi to support the latter’s prevention, care and treatment for the pandemic in the country.
Speaking during the handing over ceremony in Lilongwe, US Global Aids Coordinator Eric Goosby said the new 960 sq.-metre facility represented the growing partnership between the two nations.
“The facility [...]

Bingu says quarter of a million Malawians on free ARVs

By Nyasa Times

Published: June 28, 2009

Bingu says quarter of a million Malawians on free ARVs  | read this item

President Bingu wa Mutharika has said about a quarter of million Malawians are receiving free anti-retroviral (ARV) HIV/Aids drugs and that the country will soon start manufacturing generic AIDS drugs.
Speaking at an AIDS candlelight memorial in Blantyre on Sunday, President Mutharika said the roll out of free ARVs to Aids suffered has saved many Malawians.
“Some [...]

Malawi needs new approach to fighting AIDS, experts say

By Nyasa Times

Published: June 22, 2009

Malawi needs new approach to fighting AIDS, experts say  | read this item

Despite a falling AIDS-related mortality rate, changes need to be made to Malawi’s health care system to make better use of the aid it receives to treat AIDS and lower HIV transmission rates, say international experts.
 Some of the core problems facing developing countries in their fight against HIV and AIDS were inadequate health care infrastructure [...]