Malawi has blamed capital projects implementers, who assist the country in the construction of various infrastructures, of fuelling the increase in the spread of HIV and AIDS with the Chinese being the major culprits. Principle Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet responsible for Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Dr Mary Shawa, said on Tuesday […]
Malawi government has pleaded for support from the international donor community on issues to do with nutrition, HIV and Aids projects. The plea for support was made by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Vera Faramenga Chilewani in Lilongwe on Friday morning at the launch of a strategic plan for her ministry on […]
GEMACCADET, a youth organization based in Rumphi says it plans to train over 2000 youths in life skills in scaling up the fight against HIV and AIDS. The organization’s Executive Director Thinkho Mhango said his organization has so far trained over 200 youths. The National AIDS Commission (NAC) through the prevention of HIV is sponsoring […]
Contrary to recent popular claims that male circumcision reduces HIV/Aids transmission by 60 per cent, a group of researchers has disputed the findings, saying the action will only increase the spread of HIV/Aids and can only reduce its transmission by 1.3 per cent at most. Researchers Gregory Boyle and George Hill in a study published […]
Women from People’s Party have been denied to donate some items to the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) guardian shelter in Blantyre. Deputy National Director of Women in the People’s Party, Etinor Koloviko says the women in PP decided to visit the guardian shelter after learning of the hardships that women are facing which include poor sanitation, congestion and […]
Despite derogatory language towards donors on homosexual rights and unfounded allegations that NGOsare getting funded on the backs of homosexuals, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration is the one receiving funds from donors and implementing gay activities, The Nation has revealed. The exact amount government has received for gay activities is unclear, but the US Embassy […]
Head of Malawi Health Equity Network (Mehn) Martha Kwataine has blasted President Bingu wa Mutharika for snatching the only specialist kidney doctor from Kamuzu Central Hospital to be at State House and live thousands of kidney patients, mostly poor people, in the cold. Media reports say Dr Dan Namarika of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) has […]
New cases of the HIV and Aids are increasingly occurring among couples especially those married despite hyped public awareness of the pandemic, the Malawi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (Manet Plus) has disclosed. Manet-Plus attributed the high rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence among married couples who do not stick to their vows. The group called for a large-scale campaign encouraging couples to undergo HIV […]
Word Alive Ministries International, a religious NGO, says it is going to construct 32 toilets in eight Primary Schools in the area of Traditional Authority Mmbelwa in Mzimba in Mzimba district to promote toilet usage among primary school children. According to the NGO, many pupils are using the nearby bushes around their schools as toilets […]
Gender Based Violence (GBV) in form of sexual harassment by some male teachers is one of the biggest challenges facing the girl child in schools in Malawi. According to a study conducted by the Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) through Civil Liberties Committee (CILIC), the problem of sexual harassment against girls in schools […]
Regular small cash payments to girls and young women can enable them to resist the attentions of older men and avoid HIV infection, according to a new study. Girls and young women are at the greatest risk of HIV infection in endemic countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, between a quarter and a third have the virus by […]
There was drama at Area 18 Health Centre in Lilongwe on Thursday morning when angry patients crushed with the doctors accusing them of reporting to work late a move which forced the hospital authorities to temporarily put down tools. An eye witness told Nyasa Times reporter that the doctors had not reported to work in […]
Patients from health centre in Blantyre who are rushed to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) at night are returned at the gate by guards because employees are on a strike over January salaries. Among the chased patients are four pregnant mothers who were rushed to the hospital on Friday night and had Caesar complications. “They […]
Two women in Mzimba risk suffering from Cervical Cancer following the District Hospital’s failure to transport them to Mzuzu Central Hospital for treatment because of budgetary constraints, Nyasa Times has leant. The women were diagnosed three months ago with the Human Papiloma Virus that causes Cervical Cancer and are supposed to receive cryotherapy. Cryotherapy is a […]
Malawi Catholic Bishops have endorsed government’s move to have male subjects circumcised as significant intervention towards the reduction of the spread of HIV/AIDS. Strong medical evidence suggests that men without a foreskin are 60 percent less likely to get HIV, the virus that can lead to deadly killer AIDS. But the Catholic Bishops at a […]
First Lady has donated K500, 000 through her Callista Mutharika Safe Motherhood Foundation towards the fight against cancer in Malawi. The cheque was presented by Rose Gondwe, an official from the foundation to the Cancer Association of Malawi atnews conference in Blantyre ahead of a World Cancer Day to be commemorated on February 4 this […]
University students from several constituent colleges in Malawi have been called up to mull over an idea on the need for Malawi to liberalize laws on abortion which is currently restrictive. The call was made after a panel discussion on abortion held on Saturday in Lecture Theatre One at Malawi College of Medicine which was […]
National HIV and AIDS programmes that will empower youths to protect themselves remain key in mitigating the further spread of the pandemic, GEMACCADET, a youth organization based in Rumphi has said. GEMACCADET Executive Director Thinkho Mhango told Nyasa Times in an interview on the sidelines of a 10 day training on peer education his organization is conducting […]