Minister of Health Jean Kalirani on Friday assured Malawians that they should not panic with reports of shortage of drugs in public hospitals, saying the country has enough stocks of medicines and supplies at its Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST). Kalirani has said government was committed to maintaining high standards of health service delivery in […]
One of the business operators in Karonga the northern part of Malawi known as Mwambande Investment has donated 40 bags of maize weighing 50kg each and 400 litters of fuel to the district hospital with the aim of bailing out the financial problem that the facility is facing. Karonga Hospital is scaling down most of […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Center for the Development of People (CEDEP) have called on governmen to arrest the current health crisis saying it;s a serious violation of the right to health. Malawi’s deepening economic crisis is severely affecting the government’s ability to fund public health delivery and restricting poor people’s […]
Malawi public hospitals in districts are facing financial problems and they are scaling down services which medical experts have said will potentially lead to more preventable deaths. One of the hospital which is scaling its services is Chiradzulu, where District Health Officer , Dr Chinomba Gama in a letter to Secretary of Health in the […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party) send parliament into a laughter mode when he said “a mortuary and an ambulance is the same and they marry.” His comments came when he told Minister of Health Jean Kalilani that an ambulance in his constituency was withdrawn. But when MPs laughed at his […]
Minister of Health, Dr Jean Kalilani has said government with the help of UN agencies will prioritise the campaign to help end Obstetric fistula, a devastating and frequent outcome of prolonged or unattended labour, and give dignity to Malawi women. Kalilani urged mothers to quickly go for treatment whenever caught in the condition. The minister […]
Malawi government has announced that it has stopped mass drug administration for Lymphatic Filariasis following a recent survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the country has managed to eliminate the disease. Minister of Health Jean Kalirani told Journalists in the capital Lilongwe that after so many years of administering the drug, the country […]
Malawi health watchdog has issued an unprecedented warning about public hospitals ward staffing levels, saying the high nurse-to-patient ratio is “a ticking time-bomb” for the country. Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director, Martha Kwataine, has warned that the understaffing of health workers is unsafe. Kwataine said research has shown the risk of harm and […]
Neno District Hospital in partnership with Partners In Health (PIH), has engaged extra gear in their efforts to make sure that people suffering from life-threatening illness are well supported and their death is dignified, through palliative care. The Palliative Care Clinic, a subsidiary at the district’s hospital, held a palliative care awareness campaign on Friday […]
Shortage of health workers at some health centres in the country has been cited as one of the major reasons causing maternal and other preventable deaths. The observation was made by the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust recently at Group Village Headman (GVH) Chimpeni’s area, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaphuka in Dedza during a […]
A renowned public health international NGO, Support for Service Delivery Integration (SSDI) has trained more Malawi journalists in the Public Health Reform Programmes which Ministry of health is currently undertaking. SSDI team leader Joel Msuzi commended journalists for honouring the invitation to the training. Closing the training session, head of policy in the ministry of Health, […]
Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer (PRO) Henry Salmon Chimbali has resigned with immediate effect from the ministry but kept the reason of quitting close to his chest. “Yes I can confirm that I have quitted from the ministry and this is with immediate effect. There is nothing much I can say,” said Chimbali. He […]
Nkhotakota district hospital bi-annual report on safe motherhood indicates 51 newborn babies’ deaths from July – December 2014; the problem has been attributed to negligence of medical personnel although the tendency is failing to die at the hospital. Despite the increased infant death, a nurse (Name withheld) on duty in pediatric ward on Thursday March […]
Malawi government plans a push of health sector reforms which include introduction of paid services at public hospitals, allow private operators to run public hospitals and establish a special health fund. The government also wants to introduce levies on alcohol and cigarettes consumption to raise additional revenue for the public health sector. Dalitso Kabambe, director […]
The government has backtracked on plans to introduce hospital user fees with the Ministry of Health saying hat medical services in all public health facilities will remain free. Minister of Health spokesperson Henry Chimbali told Nyasa Times in an exclusive telephone interview that the introduction of user fees are not part of public health reform programmes. […]
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani has noted that Malawians are having too many babies which will impact on the population growth of the one of the world’s most impoverished countries. Kalilani said government plans to construct a new hospital in Lilongwe, after newspaper report suggest eapid population growth in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe and the […]
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has explained that government will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals to be used to finance a health fund to address underfunding within the health sector. Malawi’s government hospitals offer free services to the citizenry. Often times the hospitals have suffered drug and medical equipment shortages – […]
Despite fervent efforts to combating it, Malaria is still a major health concern in the country, chief of health services in the Ministry of Health Dr. Charles Mwansambo says. Mwansambo said “women and expectant women continue to be affected a great deal.” But, according to Mwansambo, the Ministry and its partners are implementing a National […]