Communities from some parts of Karonga District in the northern Malawi have taken the Malawi government to task explain the controversy surrounding a multi-million Kwacha abandoned health centre project in the district. Traditional leaders and people from Traditional Authority Kyungu in Karonga District have petitioned DPP led government, demanding answers for the MK109 million Mpata Health […]
With over 260 000 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) recorded in the country in 2016; the Ministry of Health on Friday launched a new National Condom Strategy and a revised Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Management Guidelines. The new National Condom Strategy aims at improving condom availability and use amongst sexually active persons which government says still […]
Secretary for Health Dan Namarika has said there would be improvements in the way the ministry handles public money to ensure great transparency and accountability than ever before. He said this in the capital Lilongwe after a two day grilling by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over K1 billion audit query. The uncompromising PAC members sent out […]
Secretary for Health Dan Namarika has disclosed that the state is prosecuting 125 suspects, including civil servants for theft of drugs worth K1.5 billion drugs in public hospitals theft just within one year. Namarika said 125 suspects, medical practitioners and members of their theft ring have so far been arrested and brought to courts. “The […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi says if resources from donor partners are used efficiently and for intended purposes, it could help improve the health sector in the country. He was speaking after touring Mchinji District Hospital on Tuesday to appreciate the Results Based Financing [RBF] maternal and neonatal health programme. The Results Based […]
A population of 12 000 people in Mahowe in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nthalire in Chitipa can now afford a smile following the establishment of a state-of-the- art health centre in the area. The health centre has been opened in the house of former Speaker of Parliament, Rodwell Munyenyembe, to bail out people in the area […]
Billions of Kwacha leaked from Malawi’s public health system last year through fraud, payroll manipulation, flawed internal controls andunauthorised payments, a leaked report from the office of Malawi’s Auditor General indicates. The losses form part of audit queries to the tune of MK4-billion highlighted by the report. According to the World Health Organisation, Malawi’s health […]
In a bid to thank God for the peace and bumper yields the country has realized in the 2016 to 2017 harvesting season, the Maseko Ngoni have donated assorted items to Ntcheu Hospital. The Ngoni performed this charity work on September 2, on the sidelines of their annual festival Umhlangano wa Maseko Ngoni that is […]
District Commissioner for Karonga, Richard Hara, has failed in his bid to stop the strike by junior workers at Karonga District Hospital (KDH) to force management to transfer five of its administrative staff for allegedly failing to address problems that have rocked the hospital. The workers vowed to continue with the sit-in until their grievances […]
Malawi’s recently launched heath sector strategy, which requires funding to the tune of $2.7- billion over five years, suffers from a funding gap of more than half a billion dollars, a confidential government document reveals. A well-placed source in the seat of government, Capital Hill in Lilongwe, said a key reason for this shortfall was […]
Irate junior workers at Karonga district hospital have on Tuesday morning staged a strike to paralyse operations ignoring the facility as they blocked some of their seniors to enter the gate. The concerned workers are accusing their seniors for being corrupt and mismanaging the hospital resources. According to them, the senior officers are fond of […]
Communities around Diamphwi health centre are expected to benefit from a newly installed prefabricated pharmacy ‘Storage In a Box Unit’ (SIaB) which will improve storage capacity for holding medicines and medical supplies. During the inspection and appreciation of the installed SIaB, Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi said the Malawi government had with support from the […]
Over 80 drivers from the Ministry of Health’s Community Health Service Unit (CHSU) in Lilongwe are planning to petition Principal Administrative Officer (PAO) Brown Vitsitsi, who is being accused of ill-treating the drivers and redeploying them to other departments within the Ministry whenever they question his dictatorial tendencies. Most drivers from the department have reportedly […]
A 12 year old girl Joyce Msukwa is battling for her life at home after being affected by rabies disease in Chitipa district. According to the father of the child Stamy Msukwa, this comes after the girl was bitten by a dog with rabbies in April this year while chatting with friends. The father said […]
Malawi government will on July 28, this year join the world in commemorating the World Hepatitis Day with an aim of raising awareness of the global burden of hepatitis and to influence action. The day is designed to build and leverage political engagement following official endorsement of the Global Health Sector on viral hepatitis at […]
Government has unveiled its plans to construct a K1 billion Osiyana Rural Hospital in Nsanje. The development comes as communities in Osiyana and surrounding areas are currently being forced to travel long distances to Trinity Mission Hospital where, apart from footing transport costs, patients also pay for all treatment costs. This has been the case […]
Balaka District Hospital on Monday burnt expired drugs worth K118 million which it received from donors and purchased from the Central Medical Stores Trust. The ceremony which took place at Sosola Dumping Site was witnessed by officials from the district hospital, district council, treasury, police and Department of Environmental Affairs among others. In an interview […]
A four year-old boy Tiyamike Chakalamba who was born with congenital arhinia is struggling to survive after hospitals’ failure to treat his condition. Tiyamike was born in April, 2013 at Salima District Hospital whereupon noticing his condition, medical personnel referred him to Kamuzu Central Hospital where he was discharged without being given treatment. According to […]