As a way of scaling up the prevention of Mother to child HIV transmission, Journalist Association against AIDS (JournAIDS) has embarked on a project dubbed Strengthening advocacy for Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in vulnerable communities targeting 4 tradition Chiefs in Dowa district where among other things men are also being encouraged to […]
Communities in Nathenje, Lilongwe have agreed to formulate bye laws which will assist in ending early marriages mainly among girls to be implemented starting April this year. Speaking on Friday during a community dialogueon how to end early marriages organized by JournAids in partnership with Community Health and Environment Clean Trust (CHECT), Group Village Headman (GVH) […]
Journalists Association Against AIDS (JournAids Malawi) has called on government to consider reviewing the re-admission policy saying the current policy gag girls to voice out their concerns. Programs Manager for Journalists Against Aids Dingaani Mithi made the call during the consultative meeting on legal Policy framework in Lilongwe on Friday. Mithi said the current policy which […]
Journalists Association Against Aids (Journaids) with funding from Southern Africa Aids Trust (SAT) is developing an Advocacy Strategy in combating early marriages in the country which will run from 2016 to 2018. JournAids Executive Director, Christopher Bauti said Friday after meeting Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) that there is need for organizations to be unified and have one […]
Young people in Malawi must refrain from alcoholism and drug abuse as one way of preventing incidents of non-communicable diseases, JournAIDS Malawi Executive Director, Christopher Bauti has said. Bauti was speaking during a Young Politicians Union radio programme, Mphamvu kwa Achinyamata on Trans World Radio He said alcoholism and drug abuse makes young people susceptible […]
Programme manager for non-communicable diseases in the Ministry of Health (MoH), Dr. Beatrice Mwagomba, has appealed to Malawians join hands with government and non-governmental organisations in the fight against diabetes. Speaking o on Saturday 28 July 2012 at Kalambo FP School, area 25, in Lilongwe during a community mobilization campaign on prevention of diabetes, Mwangomba […]
Populations of vulnerable women in Malawi and the Lower Shire belt in the southern region stand to benefit from efforts of a media organisation through advocacy and documentation activities it is carrying out on effects of population, health and the environment (PHE) as they relate to climate change issues. The Journalists Association against AIDS (JournAIDS) […]