As Malawi moves towards restricting alcohol consumption among its citizens largely due to health risks, a study by the US professor of Psychology at University of Texas found that moderate drinking, about one to two drinks per day, reduces mortality among older and middle-aged adults. This contradicts a 2009 survey by the World Health Organization […]
Malawi Police Service says excessive beer drinking is an offense, warning that the law enforcers will now start apprehending those offending Section 183 of the Penal Code. Excessive beer drinking in the Penal Code is termed as “Drunk and incapable”. According to Southern Region Police spokesperson, Nicolas Gondwa, the country’s security agency is losing a […]
The growing number of youths taking illegal liquor sachets around Nkhotakota has forced the police in the district to respond to public out-cry to confiscate thousands of heaps of such sachets and close some shops. The police have also arrested eight people for illegally operating the shops that were selling the illicit sachets. Just like […]
The Young Achievers for Development (YAD) on has asked Malawi President Peter Mutharika to use his constitutional powers to ban packaging of spirit liquor in sachets in the country. This calls follows a petition the organisation presented to Parliament last September asking Parliament, mainly government to completely ban the production and selling of liquor sachets. […]
As calls to ban sachet spirits takes toll, the Alcohol Manufacturers Association of Malawi (AMAM) has refuted claims that alcohol packaged in sachets is made from cheaper unapproved ingredients. AMAM has also contended that it is only the sachet spirit that have warnings labelled on their package about alcohol abuse and restricting the sale to […]
A local NGO Youth and Children Rights Shield (YOCRIS) is calling upon parliament to pass a legislation that bans the packaging of spirits in sachets which is handy, cheap and readily accessible by the youths. The YOCRIS Executive Director Bright Kampaundi observes that access to lethal spirit packed in sachets endangers the youth population. “The spirits have […]
The People’s Party (PP) will introduce a health levy with a supplementary charge of all alcohol and cigarettes to finance the procurement of medication drugs, the vice presidential nominee Sosten Gengwe has disclosed. Gwengwe made the disclosure during a live debate for running mates on Zodiak Broadcasting Service’s Question Time on Saturday evening. “We will […]
Government has revealed that the National Alcohol Policy will soon be ready for adoption and implementation as most of the work in reviewing and scrutinising the draft has been done. Ministry of Health spokesperson Henry Chimbali said this in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the final draft of the policy would be […]
Malawians are being sensitized that alcohol intake can promote and encourage the growth of cancer cells apart from the many risk factors that may contribute and promote the growth of cancer cells in human bodies. A Healthy Living columnist Gandy Madzalo writing in Malawi’s Sunday Times edition of June 2, 2013 said other factors may include diet, […]
Celebrated United States gospel hip-hop artist Da’ T.R.U.T.H., who is scheduled to perform in Malawi this weekend will be meeting Malawian teenagers and sensitize them on the dangers of alcohol abuse. The rapper, born Emanuel Lee Lambert Jr., is on an African tour and is expected to perform in Malawi’s major cities of Lilongwe and […]
Drug Fight Malawi (DFM) and the Malawi Alcohol Policy Alliance (MAPA) have beckoned Malawian journalists to intensify their reporting on alcohol abuse and its harmful effects which deter the country’s socio- economic development. The beckoning dominated a media training workshop in Lilongwe on Thursday which the two organisations organised to orient journalists on how best […]
A second year Bachelor of Education student at Malawi’s main constituent of the University of Malawi, Chancellor College, has died after he excessivelydrinkinsg sachets of high-potent spirits., Nyasa Times has established. Several sources Nyasa Times talked to confirmed the death of Victor Juma. It is reported that the student met his fate at populous Chikanda Township in Zomba where he […]
Alcohol Policy Alliance, a grouping of some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has started mobilizing support to push for quick adoption of Alcohol Policy by Malawi Parliament. The alliance on Thursday met some CSOs and other stakeholders in the southern region to, among other things, to call for their participation in the adoption and implementation of […]
Young people in Malawi must refrain from alcoholism and drug abuse as one way of preventing incidents of non-communicable diseases, JournAIDS Malawi Executive Director, Christopher Bauti has said. Bauti was speaking during a Young Politicians Union radio programme, Mphamvu kwa Achinyamata on Trans World Radio He said alcoholism and drug abuse makes young people susceptible […]
Chiefs in Chitipa District have said they are totally in support of government decision to ban of highly potent spirits sold in sachets. Chief Mwenewenya said the prerogative by government to do away with alcohol miniature sachets. is a move in the right direction which has to be supported by all rightful and patriotic Malawians. […]
Malawi government has been persuaded to ban sale of liquor in plastic sachets. Many Malawians have expressed concern over youth’s binge drinking especially strong liquor which is cheaper in satchets. Further public outcry is caused by the fact that several people have died from consuming the alcohol in large quantities. In a bid address the situation, […]