Graca Machel Trust founder Graca Machel has described malnutrition levels in the country in Malawi as alarming; and, has since called for more effort from civil society organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders. Machel said in the capital Lilongwe during a high level dialogue on the state of malnutrition in Malawi organised by Civil Society Organisation Nutrition […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to reduce the number of preventable deaths in the country. Mutharika said the country is making illustrative progress in eradicating AIDS and towards the 90-90-90 targets with more than 70 percent of people living with AIDS now know their status, over 66 percent of people living […]
Malawi government is hosting the 21st board meeting for the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in Lilongwe from 13th to 14th December, 2017. Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi said it is very impressive to see how this alliance of more than 700 organizations in 77 countries could work coherently in […]
Malawi’s feminist Ireen Zalira has been named among the four young Africans who are changing the world. According to the founder of Graca Machel Trust, widow of former South Africa President late Nelson Mandela and Mozambican President Samora Machel, she met Zalira at World Economic Forum on Africa which she co-chaired in Kigali, Rwanda. “Irene […]
President Peter Mutharika Wednesday said Malawi is failing to benefit from its own resources as there is no control over them. The President said that makes Malawi and other African countries difficult to mobilize domestic resources for the development goals. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during an audience with Graca Machel an advocate for […]
Founder of Graça Machel Trust (GMT) who is Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graça Machel says Malawi with a record of 23 percent of all child mortality cases associated with under-nutrition; there is need to increase awareness and advocacy at all levels on social-economic impact of malnutrition. Speaking in Lilongwe at Bingu International Conference Centre during a […]
South Africa’s former First Lady Graca Machel, late Nelson Mandela’s wife, is scheduled to be in Malawi for a two day visit to accelerate efforts to end child marriage, improve education of the girl child and improve nutrition outcomes. Machel will be in the country from Thursday 20th to Friday 21st August, 2015 in her […]
The wife of former South Africa’s President Graca Machel arrived in Malawi Thursday for a two-day official visit. Machel’s visit to Malawi is aimed at strengthening relationship between the Malawi Government and the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), which she is a co-founder. Immediately after her arrival in the Warm Heart of Africa, according […]
Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) has expressed interest to work with the Government of Malawi especially with President Joyce Banda as she makes plans of how to take Malawi to the next level. Graca Machel, wife to former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is a co-founder of the institute, made the assurances in South Africa […]