A Lilongwe charity has launched an urgent blood donation drive to support children undergoing cancer treatment, as Malawi marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September — with organisers revealing hundreds of children are diagnosed with the disease in the country every single year. The Rotary Club of Lilongwe City Centre organised the initiative to back […]
Rwandan Diaspora Association in Malawi has on Friday donated blood to the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) following reports that the country’s blood bank has depleted to almost 50 percent. MBTS needs 120 000 units of blood in a year to meet national demand. Rwanda Diaspora Association vice chairman Janvier Ngoga said they will continue […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) announces that it has a working agreement with Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) to conduct blood donation activities whenever FAM organizes international and charity shield matches. According to a statement made available to Nyasa Times, MBTS will be conducting blood donation clinics at the Kamuzu Upper Stadium in Blantyre where […]
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) says there is an acute shortage of blood in the country’s hospitals because many people especially adults shy away from donating blood for fear of unknown reasons. MBTS senior public relations assistant for the centre Upile Kaimvi made the remarks recently at Airtel head office premises in Lilongwe, where the […]
Malawi Blood Transfusion Services has received boost with a donation of ablood mobile van from UK’s NHS Blood and Transplant Services. Malawi High Commissioner to Britain, Kenna Mphonda received the blood mobile van on Friday, 17 February, 2017 on behalf of the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service at the a function held at NHS West Donor Centre […]
The Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) says Malawi needs around 10, 000 pints of blood to meet the anticipated high demand of blood during this coming festive season. According to MBTS, Malawi requires at least 80, 000 units of blood for the whole year, but 10, 000 points of blood is required to cater for […]
Six nurses at the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) have been unfairly dismissed for protesting against the failure to provide them lunch allowances during blood collection clinics. Meanwhile, National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONMM) has commenced legal action against MBTS amid reports that the institution sells blood to its sick employees despite collecting […]
Mzuzu Rotary Club members on Saturday donated blood to Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) in a drive to avert shortage of blood in hospitals at a time when most students were on holiday. The Rotary Club President Susan Gwamba said the club decided to donate blood to MBTS following an appeal from the institution. Gwamba […]
Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) has expressed the need for youths in the country to continue donating blood, saying the country’s hospitals continue experiencing persistent blood shortage. MBTS Senior Public Relations Officer for the Northern Region, Mphatso Bazale, said on Friday when he led a group of 25 blood donating young people, known as Club […]
Malawi champions Nyasa Big Bullets will face their Blantyre rivals Be Forward Wanderers in a derby that will be played at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe on April 9 in the inaugural Chifundo Charity Shield organised by Football Association of Malawi (FAM). FAM president Walter Nyamilandu disclosed this at Mpira Village in Chiwembe on Monday during […]
Traditional Authority (T/A) Ngongoliwa, who is the patron of Mulhako wa Alhomwe, on Saturday led members of this tribal grouping in donating blood to the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS), which is mandated to provide adequate supplies of safe blood and blood products to meet the needs of all patients in all hospitals in Malawi. The […]
Malawi’s Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalilani has appealed to all the stakeholders in the country to go for blood donation. saying this will help to save lives of people languishing in different hospitals due to lack of blood. Speaking during the official launch of blood donation awareness week on Saturday at Masintha ground in […]
Airtel Malawi has aligned itself to the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) programs of donating blood in order to save lives of Malawians. During the week-end, the company led several Malawians in the capital Lilongwe to donate blood for the country’s hospitals. Airtel Malawi’s Chief Commercial Manager Charles Kamoto said donating blood through the MBTS shows Airtel’s […]
Silver Strikers on Sunday played against retired players from different teams at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe in a bid to save the lives of mothers and babies. The game that was played at an event dubbed Mamaye Silver Open Day, ended 3-1 in favour of the TNM Champions League holders. However, the retired side did […]