There is a kind of honesty that only arrives once denial has become impossible, and Malawi’s health system produced two versions of it in the space of a single news cycle this week. At Kamuzu Central Hospital, it took the form of a number: nearly 5,000 people now waiting for surgery, a queue grown so […]
A Malawian MP has launched an ambitious school feeding initiative aimed at boosting attendance in her constituency, amid growing concern that hungry children arriving at school without breakfast are being left behind academically. Madalitso Baloyi, Member of Parliament for Mzimba Kafukule Constituency and Minister of Health and Sanitation, unveiled the scheme in partnership with non-profit […]
Malawi’s Health Minister Madalitso Baloyi has called on district councils across the country to set up paying wards in their hospitals, insisting the scheme is helping to raise vital funds for the struggling public health sector. Baloyi made the appeal while officially opening a new paying ward at Kasungu District Hospital — a facility built […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Health has issued an urgent call for citizens to get tested for hepatitis, warning that early diagnosis is the key to preventing severe liver disease and saving lives. Minister of Health Madalitso Baloyi delivered the stark message during a press briefing in Lilongwe on Tuesday, held to mark World Hepatitis Day, commemorated […]
Minister of Health, Madalitso Baloyi, spent Wednesday night working alongside midwives at Mangochi District Hospital’s maternity wing, in a visit aimed at gaining first-hand insight into the challenges facing the facility. The visit follows concerns raised in Parliament by Mangochi Municipal MP Rodrick Chiwaya, who described a maternity section grappling with staff shortages, limited bed […]
Malawi has secured a US$27 million loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to fund construction of Blantyre District Hospital, a project that has been talked about for more than two decades without a single brick being laid. Minister of Health and Sanitation Madalitso Baloyi told Parliament on Monday that funding for the […]
Minister of Health and Sanitation Madalitso Baloyi says government is rolling out measures to fix long-standing gaps in healthcare access, from ambulance shortages to stalled clinic construction and a lack of specialised medical services. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Baloyi said decentralisation has handed district councils and local communities a bigger say in deciding health […]