Due to the on-going global pandemic, Coronavirus, the government might have to change the way they handle and treat people with mental health illnesses, a Malawian UK based charity organisation has said. MentalCare Malawi UK says the government of Malawi needs to make some make-shift legislation and changes to the existing laws that governs mental […]
YouthDecide Campaign, a grouping of civil society organizations advancing rights of the youth in Malawi, has asked the Malawi government and its watchdog institutions to institute credible investigations into the “shambolic” walk-in recruitment process that ended up creating a deadly stampede at Katoto in Mzuzu. The Ministry of Health on Tuesday conducted a walk-in interviews […]
Some parents are expressing worry over a recommendation from experts to have all schools open on July 23 following the rising number of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic cases in the country. Ministry of Health says 29 new cases have been identified whichbrings the total active cases to 379 and total confirmed cases to 438. The ministry […]
Malawi has registered death of a 73-year-old coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic patient from Lilongwe, Ministry of Health has announced. This brings the number of Covid-19 deaths to four in the country. The ministry said there is a slight rise in infections with the number of registered cases at 83. Despite the severity of the virus, most […]
The Ministry of Health which was accused last of going behind the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to issue the controversial K4 billion ambulance contract to Paramount Holdings has again awarded the firm another deal to supply motorcycles after seeking a ‘No Objection’ from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets (PPDA). Last year, Government Contracting Unit (GCU) […]
Health ministry officials say the country has registered one more case of coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), bringing the number of the cases to 72. Ministry of Health spokesperson Joshua Malango said a truck driver who recently returned from Mozambique has tested positive for Covid-19. He is from Area 25 in Lilongwe. “We are now tracing all […]
Ministry of Health has announced introduction of two new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic testing centres adding to the five laboratories the country had. Briefing the media in Lilongwe on the status of Covid-19 cases, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango said on Wednesday that the two testing centres are Balaka Dream Laboratory in Balaka and Zomba Central […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has decided to offer the Ministry of Health its facility at Luwinga Technical Centre to be used as a quarantine centre as part of efforts to help during the coronavirus crisis. On Wednesday, FAM officials led by second vice president, Othaniel Hara, together with Ministry of Health officials visited […]
NBS Bank on Thursday donated various personal protective equipment (PPEs) for Blantyre Health Office (DHO) health workers who are in the frontline in mitigating Coronavirus (COVID-19). The PPEs included examination gloves, face masks and protective suits as a response from several calls made by various quarters and the health workers themselves for assistance in such […]
Some family members and workers of the man who recently died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lilongwe are demanding that medical tests should be conducted on them to ascertain if they have contracted the virus or not. Yousuf Bassa – a brother to a Dudha – accused the Ministry of Health of deceiving the nation […]
Malawi government has finally bowed down to pressure from frontline health workers by revising upwards their risk allowance amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The development comes after the health workers staged a sit-in strike across the country since last weekend demanding review of their risk allowance. .“I am pleased to inform you that the treasury […]
Dozens of health workers , who are on strike at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe to protest against working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, including a “critical” shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to treat patients, have reacted to remarks made by Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango that they are making unrealistic demands. […]
Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika has said in compliance to the Presidential Declaration to recruit 2000 health workers in response to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the ministry has hired 755 workers including laboratory technicians and nurses. President Peter Mutharika directed the Ministry of Health to employ 2 000 health workers to cope […]
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has called upon health care workers in the country not to take advantage of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic by making unrealistic financial demands. Mhango made the remarks this week in Lilongwe when he toured an isolation centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) as he was being briefed about […]
Health workers at Chikwawa District Hospital have started boycotting work, citing poor working conditions and lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of Coronavirus pandemic. The health workers on Wednesday conducted peaceful demonstrations to deliver their petition to Chikwawa District Council. In a petition to the District Commissioner (DC), the health workers outlined […]
Scores of hospital workers at Chikwawa district hospital on Wednesday marched peacefully to the office of the District Commissioner to press the government give them personal protective gear for coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the nurses, doctors and clinicians abandoned work to force the government give them gloves, face masks and saitizers among other things. This […]
Hosputal workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre and Chikwawa district hospital have on Tuesday been boycotting work to force the government increase their risk allowance, improve their working conditions including a “critical” shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to treat patients during coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Doctors, nurses and other clinicians left patients […]
A health expert has advised health workers to utilize fully the limited coronavirus materials and equipment the country has as the fight against the deadly disease continues. Head of Community Health Nursing at Kamuzu College of Nursing Enala Thombozi said this on Tuesday. Thombozi’s remarks come hot on the heels reports that the country is […]