Barely two months after government told the nation that drugs availability was normalizing in the country’s hospitals it has actually been revealed that only 15 percent of drugs have so far been procured. Minister of Health, Catherine Gotani Hara, told reporters in May the drug shortage was normalizing following the delivery of 80 percent of […]
President Joyce Banda has said her administration will make it a point that health facilities, with adequate staff and amenities, are made available to all Malawians at reasonable distances because the real measure of any country’s development is the health of its people. Speaking at a development rally after she laid a foundation stone for […]
Residents of Malawi’s commercial and industrial capital, Blantyre, will have to wait for a few more years before their dreams of having a district hospital are realised. As big as it is, Blantyre, with a population of over 1.2 million people, is one of the few districts in the country that do not have a district […]
Government says drugs availability in hospitals is normalising following the delivery of 80 percent of medicine and other pharmaceutical which the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) has procured following the recent open tenders. Minister of Health Catherine Gitano Hara told reporters at a news conference in Lilongwe. “We have had a lot of supplies through […]
Opposition Member of Parliament for Karonga South, Chembe Glad Munthali on Tuesday asked government to consider health of men rather than concentrating on maternal health only. The MP said President Joyce Banda has from the time she assumed the presidency emphasized on the need to care for pregnant mothers who she said should not die […]
United States of America (USA) based organization, AmeriCares has donated to government medical drugs worth K175 million (bout $500 000) after personal intervention of President Joyce Banda who appealed for help from the Americares. Banda, who visited AmeriCares headquarters to meet with AmeriCares President and CEO Curt Welling and the staff in February when she was vice president, […]
As the Doha 2012 United Nations Climate Conference drew to a close on Friday, December 7, Malawi on Wednesday took time to share with delegates how climate change is threatening many livelihoods around Lake Chilwa. The lake is one of Malawi’s precious resources with over one million people, primarily from Zomba, Phalombe and Machinga districts, […]
Alghanim Group of Companies from Kuwait has shown interest to invest in Malawi in the areas of energy and infrastructure development, creating hope that the country’s energy problems will soon be over. This was disclosed when the company’s president, Tarek Issa, met with Malawi’s President, Joyce Banda, at the Grand Hayart Hotel in Dubai on […]
Malawi government is considering to introduce a burnt bricks bill to control the effects of climate change. Speaking on Thursday when she toured various sewerages and dumping sites in Lilongwe, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Management, Catherine Gotani Hara, said her ministry is currently consulting various players to see how best to control or altogether ban […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has admitted that the Peoples’ Development Movement (PDM) is the single most powerful political movement in the north currently and has vowed to concoct dubious cases and rulings on its leadership saying it is the only way to contain the party, Nyasa Times can reveal. DPP […]