Harold Kapindu –Nyasa Times Think Pink Malawi, a breast cancer awareness organisation on Tuesday donated chemotherapy drugs worth half a million to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH). According to Think Pink’s Blandina Khondowe, the drugs will be administered to about 100 cancer patients from proceeds raised through a fashion show that was organised by Kudakwashe Munyikwa, […]
The UK Home office has refused to grant a visa to the daughter of Mrs Vera Godfrey who is suffering from advanced cancer and now under respite care in a UK hospice. Speaking to BBC, Mrs Godfrey, who moved to the UK from Malawi over a decade ago, said that she would like to share […]
Lack of profession doctors for cancer at the Mzuzu Central Hospital has led to the facility stop administering some drugs to patients as such medicines need well-trained doctors to administer them, the hospital senior official has disclosed. Speaking to Malawi News Agency (MANA) at the end of World Cancer Day commemorations held at Mzuzu Central […]
Having sexual intercourse before a girl is 18 years old is leading the increase in causing cancer of the cervix, according to Youth Friendly Health Services Coordinator for Blantyre District Health Office, Mary Wiseman. Wiseman said during a sensitization meeting of gate keepers of Traditional Authority Makata on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Rights of […]
In bid to continue with the breast cancer awareness , Think Pink Malawi organization has advised women in the country to be proactive with issues that concern their health. Think Pink Founder, former Miss Malawi Blandina Mlenga Khondowe who is a breast cancer survivor, said in an interview that it is high time women started […]
Malawians from across England last Saturday evening gathered for a good cause for their motherland equipped with a mentality that “blessed is the hand that giveth than the one the receiveth” with a dinner and dance at Hilton Hotel in Northampton to raise funds for cancer patients in Malawi. A UK based Malawian public health care […]
Surely in today’s world, everyone will be touched by cancer as a patient, a family member or a friend; unfortunately that’s what seems to be life nowadays. October is the month of breast cancer focus globally including our country. I was never interested in cancer until I lost my dear mother Kaya Nandekayabo four years […]
The former 2002 Miss Malawi Blandina Kondowe (Blandina Mlenga) who once experienced the scourge of breast cancer has intensified a sensitization campaign drive to women within and outside Lilongwe city in a bid to provide hope and reduce deaths through mobile screening for early treatment in various health facilities. “In Malawi, while a small population is […]
Malawi’s leading mobile network company, Airtel Malawi on Wednesday donated materials used for cervical cancer screening to Cancer Survivors Quest. The materials include Vinegar and cotton wool, and in addition to this methylated spirit, disposable aprons and medical gloves. Handing over the equipment in Blantyre, Airtel Malawi Enterprise Director Rachel Mijiga said that the company […]
Malawi’s oncologists Richard Nyasosera has expressed concern that the number of cancer cases in the country continues to increase for both men and women. According to the Nyasosera currently at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) Cancer Unit in Lilongwe, Malawi is facing a cancer threat, with about 1500 cases of cancer. “In the past five years, […]
Health researchers from Malawi are in line to tap from a £4 million first round of funding that one of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals firms GSK has made available for eight African countries to research into non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. GSK said on Friday it has launched the first call […]
Malawi government has received K80 million (US$194 174.8) worth of assorted cancer drugs from the Kuwait people, through a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Direct Aid Kuwait. Minister of Health Jean Kalilani who received the consignment on behalf of government at a function that took place at Capital Hill on Wednesday said it is a “relief […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said it has decided to have the National Cancer Centre built in Blantyre rather than Lilongwe as earlier communicated because the ‘principles’ of the loan, Opec Fund for International Development, felt the centre be constructed adjacent to a medical school. Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall […]
Malawi Association UK (MAUK) a charitable umbrella body of all Diaspora Malawians and charity organisations in the UK recently donated money to one of its partners Malawi Health Care Support UK (MAHECAS) in aid of a cancer project in Malawi. Making the donation in London during Malawi’s 50th Independence celebrations organised by Malawi High Commission, MAUK […]
Malawi now has a second oncologist, Richard Nyasosela, currently at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) Cancer Unit in Lilongwe. Nyasosela pursued oncology studies at University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He joins cancer specialist Leo Masamba who is at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. “Oncologists provide clinical care to patients who have been diagnosed […]
Leading mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi has given MK5 million to the country major referral public hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central (QECH) in a bid to promote safe motherhood and the fight against cancer. In her remarks during a cheque presentation to Chatinkha Maternity Wing at QECH in Blantyre on Friday, Airtel’s Head of Enterprise Rachel […]
President Joyce Banda has assured people in Lilongwe of the construction of a huge hospital to cater for children at Kamuzu Central Hospital premises. Banda disclosed the plans at a rally she held at Kalambo School ground on Monday during a whistle stop tour she conducted in the city. The hospital will be the first […]
Former Miss Malawi Blandina Khondowe (nee Mlenga) has completed her final round of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment and termed it as her rebirth, saying she wants to write a book and start health activisim. Blandina who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32, told a local newspaper that she will write a book about her experiences […]