The foot and mouth disease outbreak which threatened at least 70,000 heads of cattle in the cattle heartland of the Lower Shire Valley of Malawi has been declared over by Ministry of Agriculture. According to a statement issued by Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Erica Maganga, said they have also “successfully completed vaccination” of […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the agency that was coordinating the purchase of the essential drugs courtesy of the donor community, on Friday announced the arrival of the consignment into the country. According to Unicef Malawi press officer Kusali Kubwalo, the plane carrying the first shipment arrived in Malawi on Friday. The medicine will […]
The United States-based reproductive rights organization Ipas in collaboration with the Malawi’s Ministry of Health recently conducted the study entitled Abortion in Malawi: Results of a Study of Incidents and Magnitude of Complications Due to Unsafe Abortions. Godfrey Kangaude was one of the researchers of Ipas. He said the study wanted to find out how […]
Youth Leadership Project Africa (YLPA), a non profit making international non-governmental organisation, in conjunction with youths from one of its affiliates in Malawi, Dubai Youth Watch, have donated a bicycle ambulance, mosquito nets, food and other non food items to Salima District hospital, which is on the lakeshores of Malawi. A member of the Board […]
Christians of the Anglican Communion have been dared to offer a special gift to the country during this festive period as one way of depicting their responsibility. Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi, the Right Reverend Dr. James Tengatenga, made the call at Chilomoni Anglican Parish when he conducted a Confirmation Sacrament to […]
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation in partnership with CitiHope International, an international charity that works to prevent disease and promote health worldwide have donated assorted drugs worth US$1.5million to the Ministry of Health. Between 2005 and 2007, the Coca-Cola Medical relief Initiative also donated medicines worth US$3 million to Malawi. The two organisations have since warned […]
Religious leaders continue reacting negatively towards the campaign that seeks to push government authorities to soften the abortion laws in Malawi. Women rights activists are asking government to consider liberalizing abortion laws which are currently restricted to a pregnant mother whose life is in danger. The campaign is premised on the basis that more women’s […]
Erratic water supply that has affected the southern region district of Chikhwawa during the last two months has resulted in the area recording an unprecedented number of cholera incidents, officials have said. Since the start of rainy season, the district has recorded 58 cases of cholera out of the national statistics of 59, Ministry of […]
The Governments of the United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany are pleased to announce a grant of $33 million for emergency procurement of selected essential primary health care medicines and supplies for Malawi to supplement the Government of Malawi’s purchases over a period of 18 months. The United Nation in Malawi say the project is a […]
The Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Research Trust and the Anadkat Trust on Monday officially handed over the new Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) Adult Emergency and Trauma Centre building worth over K200 million to the Malawi Government. The new trauma centre is expected to reduce the death rate among emergency admissions, provide a disaster preparedness facility that […]
Vice President Joyce Banda on Friday night attended Mothers Night of Prayer that were aimed at seeking God’s intervention on the current maternal health problems and seeking commitment from people to support and improve maternal health services. The prayers were organised by National Organization of Nurses and Midwives (NOM) with support from Malawi Health Equity […]
Malawi’s abortion laws deny women their reproductive health rights on a large scale and that the women bear a disproportionate burden resulting in high rates of unsafe abortions (unplanned and unwanted pregnancies). Grace Tikambenji Malera, Executive Secretary for the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) made the observation during a media workshop on unsafe abortion held […]
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on HIV and AIDS, Rabson Shawa, has urged Malawians to stop having multiple concurrent partners to “ensure that we have an HIV free generation.” Shaba said on Thursday in parliament that multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships are a leading source of new HIV infections in the country. “We need to encourage each […]
In an unprecedented and unparalled development, staff at the Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), the referral hospital for the Central region, are asking pregnant women due for delivery, to part with MK1,800 (about US$10) for five litres of diesel for a standby generator to mitigate against power supply failure. The Nation newspaper, which has broken the […]
Malawi join the rest of the world in celebrating World AIDS Day –December 1 with a message that there has been significant progress to curb new infections and reduce Aids related deaths, therefore expressing commitment to zero-option in the fight against the epidemic. World Aids Day is an opportunity for people to unite in the […]
Malawi’s renowned business magnate Jimmy Korea Mpatsa on Friday went to town criticising wasting the country’s resources for “useless expenditures” and gave a donation of K501, 000 to Chimaliro Women’s Group on its fundraising drive towards the fight against cancer in Malawi. Mpatsa gave the donation during a dinner dance held at Sunbird Mount Soche […]
“I take my status as a person living positively with HIV as a huge gift from God. It demands of me to see that I have an inherent dignity as God’s creation,” Reverend Johannes-Petrus Mokgethi-Health said. A very unusual attitude from a Reverend as Church representatives and people in general tend to see HIV infections […]
Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda on Thursday donated K500, 000 to Chimaliro Women’s Group, which is on a fundraising drive towards the fight against cancer in Malawi. Chimaliro Women’s Group have organized a dinner dance to be held at Sunbird Mount Soche in Blantyre on Friday as part of the fundraising initiative. “I received a […]