Two people are reported dead at Dedza District Hospital after the hospital failed to take them to Kamuzu Central for operations. Sources at the hospital said health facility is too broke to afford purchase fuel for its ambulances. “The situation is very critical here. The hospital is even failing to buy essential drugs, the hospital […]
Dedza District Hospital, the referral hospital for Dedza, has run of sexually transmitted diseases drugs. Spokesperson for Dedza District Hospital Mwai Liabunya confirmed theh ospital run out of STI stock for two months now. A source at the hospital said the situation at the hospital is very bad. “Patients with STI are told to buy […]
Mchinji District Hospital on Thursday last week burnt expired drugs worth K28 million which it received from donors and purchased from the Central Medical Stores Trust. The ceremony, which took place at the hospital’s dumping site, was witnessed by officials from the district hospital, district council, Treasury, Police and Pharmacy and Poisons Board, among other […]
Malawi is leaving no stone unturned in a quest of protecting its citizens from the Listeria outbreak as it has placed health personnel in all airports and border posts to screen goods coming into the country. Listeria outbreak occurred in South Africa, leading to the ban of meat processed products. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Joshua […]
Statistics don’t lie, they are hard facts. From an average of 13 new cases a day in February 2018 to around 5 cases a day now is factual evidence that the Government has done and it continues to do all it can, to address the cholera outbreak. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can […]
The department of HIV/AIDS in the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said it has tightened security on fraudulenta practices following a K2.5 billion loot between 2013 and 2015. The loot was busted by an audit report by the National Audit Office (NAO). According to the report, which Nyasa Times has seen, some unscrupulous employees in the department […]
Malawians will benefit a lot from a Cancer Treatment Centre in Lilongwe that is being constructed near the Kamuzu Central Hospital, the Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has said. The Minister was speaking at Mitundu Primary school in Lilongwe during activities to commemorate this year’sWorld Cancer Day under the theme: “We can, I can;Let’s […]
The embassy of Japan and Likuni Mission Hospital in Lilongwe have signed agreement of a grant assistance worth US$40 000 towards procurement of some medical equipment that is lacking at the health facility. Funds from the grant will be used to buy autoclave and anesthesia apparatuses used for performing sterilization and keeping patients sedated and […]
Zomba District Health Office (DHO) has expressed concern after noting that some people are vandalizing chlorine buckets installed near water facilities thinking they contain family planning contraceptives. District Health Officer, Raphael Piringu raised the concern Monday in an interface meeting with the media. The buckets were erected by Evidence Action as one way of ensuring […]
Shortage of ambulances in Chitipa is slowing access to quality health services in rural communities. People in Nthalire, almost 115 kilometres from Chitipa District Hospital, said patients and pregnant women keep dying of treatable conditions due to lack of an ambulance. Speaking during a meeting organised by Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), they […]
Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr Charles Mwansambo has disclosed that government will put into place regulations that will provide guidance in the provision of Traditional and Complementary Medicines (TCM) in Malawi. Mwansambo said this during a stakeholders meeting initiated by the ministry aimed at formulating a national agenda for TCMs […]
Malawi’s ever increasing population is said to be undermining delivery of health services in the country’s hospitals, to the effect that sometimes the impact is not felt by those receiving the services. Despite the commitment demonstrated by nurses, doctors and health staff in general in caring for the patients, the impact of their efforts is […]
Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi has confirmed that Cholera death toll has risen to 10 after the death of one person in Lilongwe in the early hours of Tuesday . Cholera is a water-borne diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated, but is easily cured with oral rehydration, intravenous fluids and antibiotics. […]
Unavailability of phone network in Bula in Wakhalika Village in the area of Traditional Authority M’bwana in Nkhata Bay has been pointed as one of the factors affecting safe motherhood in the area. Bula Health Centre in Charge Webster Chirwa said the health personnel at Bula Health Centre which is 90 kilometres from Nkhata Bay […]
The death of one of a 17-year-old girl at Mangochi District Hospital the patients was caused by a power outage, Health Minister Atupele Muluzi confirmed in Parliament after United Democratic Front (UDF) member of Parliament (MP) for Mangochi South, Lilian Patel, raised the issue in the House. Patel raised the issue as a matter of national importance, […]
Ministry of Health has said malaria still remains major public health problem in the country. Chief of Health Services in the Ministry, Dr Charles Mwansambo said this Tuesday in Lilongwe at the Bingu Convention Centre when he opened a three day World Vision Malawi start-up workshop. He said Malaria contributes to about 30 percent of […]
Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has disclosed that Sadzi and Matawale Health Centre have been earmarked for expansion as one way of improving health delivery services in the district. He made the disclosure in Parliament on Friday when he was responding to a question raised by Member of Parliament for Zomba Central Constituency, […]
Malawi girls will be required to get vaccinated against human papilloma virus (HPV) – thought to cause about 99% of cervical cancers and the jabs could save several hundred lives every year and also provide protection against other cancers and genital warts. Ministry of Health and Population says it willroll out the HPV vaccination in all […]