Officials of Know Your Neighbour Project (KYNP), which is being jointly implemented by Youth Health Network and Titha Organization of the People with Disabilities, have asked the Government of Malawi to remove all illegal immigrants from the country’s locations and move them to refugee camps, saying they can spread the deadly ebola virus among Malawians. […]
Government has set an eight-year-old Congolese boy who was quarantined at Karonga ebola treatment unit has tested negative of the deadly disease. Acting director of health and social services for Karonga David Sibale has said the boy has since been discharged from the hospital. He said laboratory tests showed he had a bout of malaria. […]
An eight-year-old boy asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been quarantined at Karonga ebola centre after showing signs of ebola disease. Karonga environmental officer Lewis Tukula said the boy was in the company of his parents who were intercepted at Iponga as they were trying to evade Kaporo Immigration post on their […]
The Ebola simulation exercise conducted by Ministry of Health and Population in Chitipa and Karonga districts has exposed several gaps in the management of the disease in the country. Deputy Team Leader for the exercise, Dr. Evelyn Chitsa Banda confirmed this on Thursday in Karonga during a debriefing meeting. Banda said one of the major […]
Laboratory test results from South Africa have shown that the 37-year-old man from Karonga who was suspected to have Ebola did not have any traces of the deadly disease. Officials from the ministry of Health said these were the last test results they were waiting for since the person died of high fever and other […]
A 37-year-old “high fever” patient who was initially suspected to have Ebola disease had his body buried at night on Sunday, days after his death at Karonga district hospital. Officials said the delays to bury the body was as a result of the communities’ refusal to have him buried at their place. Sources said chiefs […]
A 37-year-old man initially suspected to have ebola has died of high fever in quarantine in Karonga and authorities maintain this was not an ebola case. The patient was brought to Kaporo rural hospital on Monday night with fever, facial swelling and some bleeding in the eyes, nose and mouth. Secretary for Health and Population […]
Health experts in Karonga have finally cleared a 37-year-old man of ebola, ending day of heightened fears and speculations in the border district. District Environmental Health Officer Lewis Tukula said the man suffered from a bactetial infection. But the health official said the man remains in an isolation ward at the district hospital for monitoring […]
Ebola scare has hit the border district of Karonga although authorities have moved in swiftly to assure people the deadly disease is not in Malawi. The scare follows a 37-year-old man who was rushed to Kaporo rural hospital with high fever known as haemorrhagic symptoms. A rapid response team in the district conducted investigations on […]
Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord – James 5:14 When the Ebola virus epidemic broke out in West Africa in 2013, its presence, scare, and spread to other parts […]
Officials from Blantyre district health office have embarked on an awareness campaign for ebola disease with reports that the deadly disease has hit neighbouring Tanzania. The district health office team is visiting some townships to bring awareness to residents on how fast to detect the disease. Chrissie Banda, Blantyre district health office promotion officer led […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has called for robust response to ebola emergency following World Health Organisation (WHO) that the deadly disease has hit neighbouring Tanzania. Chilima, the immediate past Republican vice-president who served in the Peter Mutharika administration as minister responsible for disaster management, said the robust response would ensure that the disease does […]
Government has told Malawians to remain calm, advising interstate traders to seek medication attention at a health facility whenever they feel fever to make earliest detection of the deadly Ebola disease. Spokesperson for the ministry of Health and Population Joshua Malango said this as World Health Organisation (WHO) is putting pressure on Tanzania to confirm […]
Tanzania has recorded one death and two other people are sick with ebola, a situation which puts Malawi at risk of getting the deadly disease. World Health Organisation (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about the possible ebola virus infections. The WHO says it had learnt of one suspected fatal case in […]
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has assured Malawian citizens that there are no reported cases of Ebola virus anywhere in the country and that in the unlikely event that the disease is detected the ministry is ready to manage the situation. Mhango said at a news conference to update the country on the […]
Government has ruled out closing its borders after a second person has died of ebola in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the ebola death to 1800 in the mineral rich country. Ministry of Health public relations officer Joshua Malango, however, says a robust monitoring program for the detection of the killer disease is in […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has provided about £478,000 to UNICEF for Ebola preparedness and prevention work in Malawi. With the funding, 500 health workers from nine districts (Chitipa, Karonga, Mzuzu, Dowa, Lilongwe, Mchinji, Dedza, Mwanza, and Blantyre) will be trained to prevent, detect, treat and manage Ebola. According to DFID Malawi Health […]
A UK charity has said Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers are at risk of contracting ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Officials from UK Aid said the risk is high now that some of them are in Beni, one of the areas hit by the disease. The UK Aid has since given the […]