Malawi Government says it wants 80 percent of sexually active men to undergo circumcision aimed at reducing the risk of contracting HIV and AIDS. Deputy Health Minister Halima Daudi said men aged between 15 and 49, should cut off their foreskins in clinics. She was speaking in Lilongwe during the official launch of a National […]
Government has assured members of the general public that it has intensified the drug monitoring system in order to seal all the loopholes which have been giving opportunity to some individuals to steal government drugs. Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, Henry Chimbali said the Ministry has worked out ways of ensuring that […]
An outbreak of dry cholera has killed nine people in areas surrounding Lake Chilwa with 363 others currently infected, Ministry of Health officials have confirmed. The outbreak which was firstly noticed in July this year has affected largely fishermen in the districts of Phalombe, Zomba and Machinga who ply their trade on the lake. Ministry […]
Studies conducted by the Oncology department at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre have shown that the type of lung cancer which is not very common in Malawi may be highly reduced if public smoking was regulated. Malawi’s only Oncologist, Dr Leo Masamba called on government to consider banning public smoking as one way […]
The Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN’S) which government is distributing freely to prevent further spread of malaria in the country are on the market for sale. The development is contrary to government’s initiative of fighting the killer disease malaria which according to the Ministry of Health still remains a leading life threatening especially among children. In […]
Ministry of Health has embarked on a K34Million countrywide Bilhazia control campaign. Spokesperson for the Ministry, Henry Chimbali, said Bilhazia is a public health problem in the country mostly affecting 19 to 24 percent of school going children. “Recent mapping of the disease in some districts confirms that all our districts in Malawi are affected. […]
Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has warned motorists and the general public of extremely cold weather in the next nine days saying the country is now experiencing Chiperoni and Mwera winds. Chief Meteorologist and predictions officer for the department, Winston Chimwaza said the cold weather caused by a high pressure area located at the […]
The United States-based reproductive rights organization Ipas in collaboration with the Malawi’s Ministry of Health recently conducted the study entitled Abortion in Malawi: Results of a Study of Incidents and Magnitude of Complications Due to Unsafe Abortions. Godfrey Kangaude was one of the researchers of Ipas. He said the study wanted to find out how […]
Erratic water supply that has affected the southern region district of Chikhwawa during the last two months has resulted in the area recording an unprecedented number of cholera incidents, officials have said. Since the start of rainy season, the district has recorded 58 cases of cholera out of the national statistics of 59, Ministry of […]
The concerns of deteriorating hygienic conditions that engulfed Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) following days without water a couple of days ago have now vanished as water supply has been fully restored at Malawi’s biggest referral hospital. A spot check conducted by Nyasa Times revealed that sanitation problems no longer exists and that toilets are […]