Cholera hits 36 in Nsanje, 2 Malawi nationals die

Two people have died while 36 others are under treatment following an outbreak of the deadly waterborne disease in Nsanje district. A visit at Ndamera Health Centre in the district on Wednesday where the Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) has mounted a Cholera Treatment Centre, revealed that four of the affected people are members of the same family. […]

South Malawi still facing acute medical needs a month after the floods

An estimated 140.000 Malawians affected by the floods remain in very high need of medical services in the hard-to-reach Nsanje and East Bank areas, with cholera representing the most immediate threat, said the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF), currently the only medical humanitarian actor responding on in this most affected district in support […]

Daughter of the floods in Malawi: New life amidst chaos

Malawi was recently devastated by the largest floods in living memory. Three weeks later people are still struggling to get on with their lives and preparing as best they can for a difficult future ahead, like the arrival of a new baby. Berita didn’t run when the floods hit. She didn’t run because there was nowhere […]