M’mbelwa District Council has asked players in sexual and reproductive health rights programs in the district to promote use of female condoms regardless of low uptake of the product. Principal Nutrition and HIV and AIDS Officer (PNAO) for M’mbelwa District Council, Frank Mfune was speaking Monday when he addressed the district’s Aids Coordinating Committee. Mfune […]
There’s very low female condom uptake in Ntchisi as most people prefer male condoms a development that has resulted into the district hospital running short of the male condoms and remain with huge amount of the female ones. Ntchisi District AIDS coordinator, Chimwemwe Mangira, revealed to the Malawi News Agency in an interview Friday after […]
A sexual reproductive health rights advocate has embarked on a three months campaign in Dedza to promote the use of female condoms in sexual relationships. Talimba Bandawe, a World Contraception Day Ambassador to Malawi, says the campaign is targeting youths aged 18-24 to raise their awareness about contraception and safe sex. Speaking in an interview […]
Population Services International (PSI) Malawi has launched a new female condom called Whisper. Speaking Thursday in Lilongwe during the launch, PSI Country Representative Sarah Makunganya Gibson said Whisper woman’s condom is a new type of contraceptive which offers non-hormonal protection against unintended pregnancy and STIs. “It is made from non-latex, transparent film that is softer and thinner than […]
It has been discovered that lack of female condoms in most health facilities in Chikhwawa district is greatly hampering efforts to enhance family planning methods and the fight against HIV and Aids. This was raised on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Hunger Project aimed at discussing issues to do with condom availability as […]
The latest research by National Aids Commission (NAC) carried in Malawi’s ten districts has revealed that lack of knowledge on use of female condoms is hampering efforts of empowering women in having protected sex. Presenting the findings to District AIDS Committee members at Mchinji chamber hall on Tuesday, NAC’s Information Officer Eliam Kamanga said the […]
Commercial Sex workers in Zomba have bemoaned the tendency by some of their clients who cling to unprotected sex observing that the trend has the potential of fueling the spread of the HIV virus which they say is currently on the increase. The development become one of the sticking revelations that took centre stage during the Moonlight […]
The ministry of health has said Malawi women have not embracced female condoms and prefer other family [lanning methods a development that has put lives of women at risk of contracting HIV virus and getting unplanned pregnancies. Charles Chimenya, logistics Pharmacist in the ministry of Health told journalists in Lilongwe on Wednesday, that during the […]
Most Malawian married women are often afraid to ask their husbands to use a condom during sex as one way of preserving their marriage, there by exposing themselves to contract an HIV Virus which causes AIDS. The revelation was made on Tuesday in Mulanje district during the training of promoting elimination of gender based violence and the […]
Population Services International (PSI) at the weekend launched a campaign to promote the new brand of condom known as silver touch in Mangochi as one way of contributing towards the reduction of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) on the sidelines of the campaign, PSI Programmes […]
Chief Chiwalo of Phalombe on Tuesday attributed the continuing spreading of HIV and Aids in the country to the use of condoms. The traditional leader spoke out his mind at a joint HIV and Aids annual conference organised by the National Aids Commission in Lilongwe. Traditional Authority Chiwalo said Chiefs have given up a lot […]
Commercial sex workers in Mangochi have teamed up to promote issues of safe sex as their contribution to the reduction of HIV and Aids prevalence rate in the district. The commercial sex workers have since warned men who prefer unprotect sex that they will not be “serviced” without the ‘rubber’. “Much as we agree that […]
Chiefs in Neno have expressed worry over the scarcity of female condoms in the area ,a development they say would make more women become more vulnerable to contracting HIV as some men show reluctance in using male condoms. The chiefs made the remarks during Bridge II open day activities Tuesday at Ligowe Trading Centre in […]
A situation analysis of magnitude, behavioral patterns, contributing factors, current interventions and impact of sex work in HIV prevention in Malawi has revealed the low utilization of female condoms among sex workers. The study was commissioned by the Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM) with funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Of all […]
The review workshop on scorecard (Kalondolondo Project) has revealed that many Malawian women shun the use of female condoms. The workshop, which ended on Friday, April 14 at Sun and Sand Holiday Resort in Mangochi, was organized by Plan Malawi, Action Aid and Congoma with funding from DFID. Participants from different Non-Governmental Organizations, who were […]