Government says it will upgrade 250 health facilities to rural hospitals to ease congestion in the country’s district and central hospitals. Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango announced the development Tuesday in Ntcheu when she accompanied First Lady Gertrude Mutharika to the district’s hospital where she cheered the sick and donated assorted items. The […]
A four-day health camp by the Islamic Health Association of Malawi (IHAM) a non-governmental organisation in conjunction with Physicians Across the Continent (UK) held in central region lakeshore district of Nkhotakota saw more people accessing health services, thereby reducing pressure on the district health office (DHO). During the camp held from December 9 to 12 […]
Ministry of Health and Population has appointed health rights activist Maziko Matemba a community health ambassador who will help in championing the realisation of quality primary health care at community level. Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango inducted Mtameba into the role in Lilongwe, sayng he will champions health services delivery in the country. […]
Mbingwa Health Centre was purposely constructed to help Malawi achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal through provision of quality healthcare services in Traditional Authorities (T/As) Kayembe and Chakhaza in Dowa district. Located some 80 kilometres to the north of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, the clinic provides outpatient, maternal, neonatal and postnatal care services to the locals […]
Over 3, 000 hospital professionals are holding demonstrations across the country to force the government to recruit them. National chairman of the concerned health workers, Donald Zgambo said the workers have presented petitions to all councils at the end of the peaceful protests. The unemployed health workers include nurses, clinicians and doctors. In Ntcheu, the […]
Malawi’s health and education systems lack psychological systems to help children living with HIV cope with their cognitive and emotional states, now pilot Hospital Teen Clubs and story books have emerged with structures to fill the void. When 14-year-old Joyce makes her monthly track to Mzimba District Hospital, in northern Malawi to replenish her monthly […]
An eight-year-old boy asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been quarantined at Karonga ebola centre after showing signs of ebola disease. Karonga environmental officer Lewis Tukula said the boy was in the company of his parents who were intercepted at Iponga as they were trying to evade Kaporo Immigration post on their […]
Mangochi District Hospital’s Dr. Jeffrey Jooma has made history by becoming the first Malawian nuclear medicine doctor, the medical imaging speciality which involves using radioactive substances (radio-pharmaceuticals) and special imaging equipment in the diagnosis, staging and treatment of various cancerous and non-cancerous diseases. He attained this rare qualification at the college of nuclear physicians (FCNP) […]
The Ebola simulation exercise conducted by Ministry of Health and Population in Chitipa and Karonga districts has exposed several gaps in the management of the disease in the country. Deputy Team Leader for the exercise, Dr. Evelyn Chitsa Banda confirmed this on Thursday in Karonga during a debriefing meeting. Banda said one of the major […]
As many parts of the country are experiencing excessive high temperatures, the Ministry of Health and Population has issued safety measures for the public to follow. The Ministry of Health advises the public to keep their living space cool below 32°C during the day and 24° C during night. “This is especially important for infants […]
World Vision Malawi has donated K182 million medical equipment to Malawi government which was received by Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dr Dan Namalika on Friday. Speaking during the donation ceremony, World Vision National Director Hezel Nyathi said the medical equipment will help 800 children in public hospitals. Nyathi has since disclosed that that a […]
Authorities at Ntchisi District Hospital have appealed for support from well-wishers to assist the facility with a modern digital X-ray machine so it can offer quality and timely services to patients. Ntchisi Director of Health and Social Services, Zondwayo Ng’oma said currently, they have to refer patients who require the services of an x-ray machine […]
Government has warned of severe consequences to any public hospital member of staff found demanding or receiving money for public health services. Principal secretary in the ministry of Health and Population Dan Namarika says the government has learnt with great shock that some employees are charging patients for services which are supposed to be provided […]
Government has told Malawians to remain calm, advising interstate traders to seek medication attention at a health facility whenever they feel fever to make earliest detection of the deadly Ebola disease. Spokesperson for the ministry of Health and Population Joshua Malango said this as World Health Organisation (WHO) is putting pressure on Tanzania to confirm […]
The United Nations is on Monday expected to give Malawi an award for the outstanding work and contribution the country is making in achieving the Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) related Sustainable Development Goals. The country will receive the United Nations Interagency Task Force for the Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases Award through the Ministry […]
The government says the National Cancer Centre will become partially operation by October 1 2019 giving hope to Malawians seeking radiotherapy treatment within the country. According to Ministry of Health officials who appeared before the Parliamentary cluster committee on Health, HIV and AIDS and Nutrition, the civic works are at 95 per cent but the […]
Mangochi district council has suspended its procurement officer for flouting procurement procedures after he was caught by communities in the district illegally using an ambulance for cabbage he had bought for sale to the hospital. In a letter dated September 18 2019, principal administrative officer for the council Dominic Mwandira says John Phiri will receive […]
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has warned health workers in the country against theft of drugs, saying the malpractice undermines government’s efforts in delivery of quality health services. Speaking during the national launch of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) at Ngabu in Chikwawa on Thursday, Mhango observed that various efforts by government and its […]