The World Bank has agreed to fund Malawi’s voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programme to the tune of MK6 billion (about US$15million) for the next four years, the Ministry of Health announced Friday. Ministry spokesperson Henry Chimbali said the funding would enable the Malawian government to roll-out the programme in remaining districts. “We have been […]
Ministry of Health has denied rumours of a suspected Ebola case in the administrative capital Lilongwe, which went viral on social media Wednesday. Refuting a report that spread on the social networking site Facebook about the allegation, Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Charles Mwansambo, told a news conference that there is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza East parliamentarian Juliana Lunguzi has said the Ministry of Health should not only concentrating on screening people for Ebola in airports and disregarding many other small borders. The MP who is also chair of parliamentary health committee said they noted that health authorities are emphasizing the screening at the airports, […]
Malawi government through Ministry of Health has said they are working on a budget to contain he deadly contact-borne Ebola virus which has broken out in some African countries. There have been reports of the outbreak of the deadly disease in Western Africa and in some countries in central Africa. Ministry of Health spokesperson Henry […]
Malawi government+ has hailed the newly established Renal Unit at the Queens Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre to help patients with renal problems mostly from southern region. Minister of Health Jean Kalirani, the new Dialysis Unit aims to assist people seeking dialysis services in the southern region as they were being referred to […]
Karonga District Hospital ambulances have been grounded for two months due to lack of fuel following the absence of cheque signatories, a situation that has endangered lives of people from rural satellite heath facilities. Three drivers from the hospital told Malawi News Agency on condition of anonymity that for the past two months, two ambulances and […]
The largest hospital in Malawi, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has suspended all theatre operations and others clinical works that require running water because of water crisis that affected the medical facility due to a burst pipe. The hospital’s medical staff who spoke to Nyasa Times said they could not conduct any operation because some […]
In the running to Malawi’s 20th May 2014 tripartite elections, two separate studies by Afrobarometer and Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) established that among key issues that would determine outcome of elections were food security, national security, economic stabilisation, farming subsidies and, to a lesser extent looting of state resources by civil servants […]
The Preliminary results of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) prevalence assessment currently underway has revealed that Malawi is on a right track of completely eliminating elephantiasis among people, Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. The MoH Deputy spokesperson Adrian Chikumbe has since attributed the development to the successful mass drug administration campaigns which the ministry has been […]
The breaking down of cold room at Salima District hospital mortuary has forced the institution to keep dead bodies on the bare floor, Malawi media reports on Sunday indicated. According to the Nation on Sunday paper and Zodiac Broadcasting Station (ZBS), the cold room has not been operating for the past three months, raising concerns […]
One of Malawi’s major referral hospital, Kamuzu Central, has been sued for prescribing wrong drugs to a five year old boy Miracle Gomani. According to the Malawi News, the parents of Miracle are demanding K35 million from the facility. According to the weekly newspaper, the boy was admitted at the hospital in November 2009. But […]
Islamic Relief Organisation has donated Pharmaceutical Supplies to the Ministry of Health (MoH) worth K10 million (US$25,000) to be utilized at Machinga District Hospital and Zomba Central Hospital. The donation took place at Kanengo Medical Stores in Lilongwe on Thursday with the Minister of Health, Dr Jean Kalilani receiving the medical consignments. Among the medical supplies […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Heath Wednesday signed a bilateral agreement with the Chinese Ministry of National Health and Family Planning in Lilongwe which will enable Chinese heath specialists work in two of the country’s referral hospitals; Kamuzu and Mzuzu Central hospitals whilst training Malawi’s medical personnel in the process. Signing the agreement for Malawi, Minister of Heath […]
For the first in the history of Malawi, government will introduce a health insurance scheme for all public servants and will also explore possibilities of health insurance for all Malawians, President Peter Mutharika told the National Assembly on Tuesday. Mutharika disclosed this during the opening of the 45the Session of Parliament where he also delivered […]
Malawi has kick-started a week long campaign that seeks to improve the health status of children in this southern African country. The campaign is largely expected to contribute towards the reduction of child morbidity and mortality. Chief of Health Services, Dr Charles Mwansambo says in a statement that campaign is targeting all children from 6 […]
Housing problems for civil servants in Malawi has hit hard with former Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) dwellers seeking an injunction against being evacuated for living illegal. The dwellers sought the court after Ministry of Health ordered them to leave the house by 1 June. The Ministry of Health served the order after Kamuzu Central Hospital […]
Malawi government through the Ministry of Health is warning people travelling to Tanzania to exercise caution and practice prevention measures following reports of a dengue outbreak in Dar ‘es Salaam, a popular destination for shopping to thousands of business people from across the country. Dengue, according to the ministry, is a mosquito-borne viral infection that […]
There is no CD4 count machine at Malawi’s referral hospital Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in commercial capital Blantyre, a situation which has become a thorn-in-the-flesh as far as the management of HIV positive patients is concerned, Queens chief administrator Themba Mhango has confessed. But Mhango was quick to mention that the machine, which has been […]