Rape, diarrhoea and malaria scare Malawi flooded hit areas:  MSF deploys 70 heath workers

The Medicines San Frontiers (MSF) has deployed about 70 health workers in Nsanje and Chikhwawa in readiness for waterborne and airborne diseases that are likely to follow the recent floods. The health workers, who include clinicians and nurses, are already on the ground in the two districts, as health and sanitation situation continues to dwindle […]

Malawi VP Kachali launches rotavirus vaccine

Malawi’s Vice President, Khumbo Kachali, Monday launched the rotavirus vaccine, which will protect children under five from severe diaorhea. The event took place at Ntchisi Community ground. Speaking at the function, the vice president while observing that dioarrhea is a serious complexity and killer disease among young children in the country, he asked parents and […]