Malawi government through Minister of Health, Jean Kalilani expressed gratitude to China for the donation of medical drugs and equipment worth K150 million, saying it will help improve the quality of care to patients. The donated equipment included the electrocardiograph, pulse blood oxygen unit, electric aspirators, X-ray equipment, infant incubators, consolidated operating table pregnancy test […]
Ntcheu District Hospital has suspended major operations and is referring all cases to Dedza and Balaka district hospitals due to erratic water supply in the district. Meanwhile, Ntcheu residents in central Malawi have given a 10-day ultimatum the Central Region Water Board (CRWB) to address erratic water supply that hit the district for the past […]
Malawi has managed to reduce new HIV infections with current figures indicate that new infections now stands at 35,000 per year from 52,000, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. In an interview (MoH) spokesperson Henry Chimbali disclosed that the reduction in the new HIV infections are mainly attributed to an increased number of […]
Malawi government has received K80 million (US$194 174.8) worth of assorted cancer drugs from the Kuwait people, through a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Direct Aid Kuwait. Minister of Health Jean Kalilani who received the consignment on behalf of government at a function that took place at Capital Hill on Wednesday said it is a “relief […]
Police in Karonga have confiscated a carton containing assorted medical drugs at Mwenerondo roadblock during a search of National Bus Service which was coming from Mzuzu city. Karonga polices spokesperson Enock Livason said the confiscated drugs include nine cartons of Ethicon Vicryl, eight cartons of Depo-prove contraceptive injection, 25 cartons of Rabies Vaccine, five bottles […]
The Ministry of Health has demystified the myth about circumcision craze that has lately been perceived by some Malawians as being an immunity booster against contracting the deadly HIV/AIDS scourge. Malawians are cautioned against false sense of security that circumcision is an immunity booster against HIV/AIDS. The Ministry of Health has said about 150,000 men […]
A behaviour challenge on treating cooperating partners has been issued to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza East Parliamentarian, Juliana Lunguzi. Lunguzi appealed to government not to cross path with donors responsible for procuring the country’s drugs. “What I would love to see therefore, and to hear, is […]
Malawi government has been asked to introduce a drug subsidy scheme where Malawians will be contributing 10 percent to the budget for drugs. This was proposed by Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe City Centre David Bisnowaty. He made the proposal when contributing to the debate on the 2014/15 National Budget amounting to K742 billion […]
A lot of Malawians are travelling to Ebola affected countries in West Africa, statistics from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) have indicated. The statistics indicate that since August 8 – 28 this year, 155 travellers from the affected countries of Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Uganda were screened at KIA. “43 […]
Ministry of Health (MoH) is yet to get K280 million needed to fully prepare for any Ebola outbreak in the country. This was disclosed by Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani Wednesday in Lilongwe during a news briefing aimed at updating the nation on the deadly disease that has attacked people mainly in the western region of […]
Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has disclosed that a 8.8 percent of the K742 billion of 2014/15 National Budget allocated to the health sector in the zero-aid budget is a result of cashgate which forced international donors to withhold aid. Civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the public health, HIV and Aids management sector […]
The K65.2 billion 2014/2015 budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Health has worried officials at the Malawi Health Equity Network-MHEN, who have since urged Members of Parliament to consider channelling some of the funds from the Farm Input Subsidy Program-FISP to the health sector. Presenting the budget in Parliament Tuesday afternoon, Minister of Finance, Economic […]
Malawians should be praying that the viral disease, Ebola which has claimed several lives in West Africa does not reach the country as our health systems cannot totally contain or detect it, medical experts revealed in Blantyre. A presentation on the Ebola virus to the District Executive Committee for Blantyre by the District Health Officer […]
The ambulance which was donated by former President Joyce Banda to Katuli Health Centre in Mangochi district has raised sparks as some chiefs have asked government to intervene since the ambulance is just staying idle. The ambulance was donated by Banda in April but despite the clinic facing challenges in ferrying patients to the district […]
Malawi government has said there is a need of about K280 million to fully prepare for any Ebola outbreak in the country. Head of the Public Health Institute Dr. Augustine Nthambala and his deputy Dr Matthews Kagoli disclosed that the Ministry of Health will require about K280 million to establish isolation facilities in the designated […]
One of Malawi’s main referral hospitals Kamuzu Central Hospital in capital Lilongwe has suspended all elective surgeries after the institution has run out of drugs which are administered to patients going for operation. KCH is asking patients scheduled for elective surgery operations which are not considered life-threatening – to contact the hospital to get new […]
There is an influx of Zambians at Mchinji District Hospital which has triggered drug shortage at the health facility, the Malawi News Agency (Mana) has learnt. Speaking in an interview last week, hospital spokesperson Frank Kaphaso blamed the situation on the silence on the policy of access to medical services by foreigners. Kaphaso said lack […]
Poor Malawians will continue be plagued by drug shortages in public health following the revelation Ministry of Health has made that it cannot manage to raise K28 billion which is a grid amount of money required to buy essential drugs. It is common to see poor Malawians being given prescriptions only from public hospital so […]