For years, Malawians with suspected cancer or other serious illnesses have faced a familiar ordeal: samples sent overseas, weeks of waiting, and a rising bill. On Friday night, philanthropist and business leader Thomson Mpinganjira offered a different prospect when he opened the modern International Blantyre Cancer Centre (IBCC) Diagnostic and Medical Imaging Centre. The facility […]
Vice-President Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah has donated food items worth K15 million to about 250 cancer patients and their guardians at Kamuzu Central Hospital as part of a Mother’s Day outreach programme through the Jane Ansah Foundation. The donation, made on Thursday at the National Cancer Centre, included maize flour, soya pieces and sausages for […]
Malawi’s Vice-President, Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah, used a Mother’s Day visit to Kamuzu Central Hospital’s National Cancer Centre to deliver a message of hope to patients undergoing treatment, drawing on her own experience as a cancer survivor. Dr Ansah spent part of Thursday’s national observance with patients receiving care for lymphoma and other cancers, many […]
Malawi’s First Vice-President, Jane Ansah, has appealed to women to seek medical attention as soon as they detect unusual changes in their breasts, warning that late diagnosis continues to undermine efforts to combat one of the country’s most persistent health challenges. Speaking at a Breast Cancer Awareness Brunch in Lilongwe, organised by the women’s group […]
A Lilongwe charity has launched an urgent blood donation drive to support children undergoing cancer treatment, as Malawi marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September — with organisers revealing hundreds of children are diagnosed with the disease in the country every single year. The Rotary Club of Lilongwe City Centre organised the initiative to back […]
A team of six walkers is today wrapping up a gruelling 120-kilometre, three-day trek from Lilongwe to Senga Bay in Salima, part of a campaign aimed at boosting cervical cancer screening rates and tackling the stigma surrounding the disease in rural communities. The Walk4Cancer initiative, organised by the Fit N’ Fun Adventure Club alongside the […]
Business tycoon Thomson Mpinganjira has said the Blantyre Cancer Hospital was established to address gaps in cancer care rather than to generate profit, as the government moves to begin referring patients to the private facility under a new partnership. The comments came after a delegation from the Ministry of Health, led by secretary for health […]
Malawian women living in Seattle, United States have managed to raise $1,840 (K1.453 million) towards the fundraising campaign to send 28-year-old breast cancer-stricken, Chikondi Kazembe to travel to India for specialized treatment. Some Malawian concerned citizens and relations initiated the ‘Chikondi Kazembe Fundraise’ committee through social media Facebook, appealing assistance to cover costs for the […]
Concerned citizens and relations of breast cancer-stricken, 28-year-old Chikondi Kazembe, are appealing to well-wishers to donate funds towards helping her travel to India for specialized treatment, which is quoted at US$15,000 (K11 million). The ‘Chikondi Kazembe Fundraise’ initiative committee, through social media Facebook, says Chikondi was diagnosed with left breast cancer stage IIIC on October […]
Bwaila Lions Club in Lilongwe donated food supplements to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH)’s Children’s Cancer Ward on Saturday to enhance the strength of children that are under medication. The donation included cartons of milk, trays of eggs as well as a wheel chair. The gesture comes ahead of the World Childhood Cancer Day to be […]
First Lady Monica Chakwera has challenged various stakeholders to join forces if the battle against Cervical Cancer was to be won in the country. She made the challenge Saturday evening in Blantyre at a high level dinner organized by Chatinkha Maternity Care (CHAMACA) in a bid to raise funds to buy materials for cervical Cancer […]
Leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa coming from a trip at Zomba Prison where he made donations of protective gear for Covid-19, stopped over at Kachere in the city of Blantyre to visit a seriously ill Lipo Sarcoma cancer patient who needs urgent specialist medical attention. The patient, Margaret Chiwisa, 23, was diagnosed with cancer in 2016. […]
President Lazarus Chakwera and vice-president Saulos Chilima on Monday morning joined hundreds of mourners when they paid tribute to the former Miss Malawi, Blandina Khondowe, who died Sunday afternoon in Lilongwe. Khondowe’s death moved Malawians in an unprecedented way. She was a people’s person. Chakwera and Chilima went to the funeral home in Lilongwe of […]
Former Miss Malawi Blandina Khondowe, who bravely fought cancer for so many years, is being remembered by Malawians as a fearless fighter for justice and better treatment and care for cancer patients, after she died on Saturday as confirmed by her family. Blandina, who had won the Miss Malawi crown in 2002, was pronounced dead at […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has partnered with a cancer awareness and rights organization, Think Pink Malawi to hold this year’s annual breast cancer awareness virtual walk slated for this Saturday (tomorrow). NBM plc Marketing and Corporate Affairs Manager Akossa Hiwa said in an interview that due to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, this year’s walk will be a […]
FDH Financial Holdings Limited group employees led by their youthful Chief Executive Officer William Mpinganjira on Wednesday wore pink attire to lend their support towards the Breast Cancer awareness campaign which is running through the month of October. In his message, Mpinganjira said October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a good time to learn more about breast […]
Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has donated K2.5 million towards cancer screening and treatment of vulnerable men and women through a cancer awareness and rights organization, Think Pink Malawi. Speaking during the handover of the cheque in Blantyre at the weekend, NBM plc Marketing and Corporate Affairs Manager Akossa Hiwa noted that the […]
Malawi’s leading private-owned daily newspaper, has used its editorial comment to throw its weight behind calls for the country to invest in advanced medical technologies to be able to attend to some critical ailments such as cancer. In its editorial, The Nation was commenting on calls from anatomical pathologist and epidemiologist Dr Tamiwe Tomoka, who works […]