Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Anthony Livuza has on Monday told his staff to stop isolating and discriminating people living with HIV and AIDs in the ministry. Livuza while opening a 5-day training workshop for peer educators in HIV and AIDs from his ministry said, discrimination and isolation of people with the virus […]
Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda has appointed a new board of trustees for the National Aids Commission (NAC). In the new board announced by the Office of President and Cabinet in the administrative capital, Lilongwe, President Banda has appointed Ms Mara Kumbweza Banda as NAC chairperson replacing Emeritus Bishop Dr Benard Malango who has since […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it has arrested three people who are suspected for swindling National Aids Commission (NAC) funds amounting to K3, 487, 350 meant for training of care givers. Spokesman of ACB, Egrita Ndala, said officers of the anti-graft bureau arrested on Wednesday Collins Msyamboza, Harry Gondwe and Lawrence Nkombedzi . She explained […]
AIDS-ravaged Malawi has 383,000 people on free anti-retrovirals (ARVs), up from 5,000 when the programme started seven years ago, health authorities said Wednesday. “I am pleased to report that 74,000 new patients were put on anti-retroviral therapy putting the number of patients ever started on ART at 383,000,” Thomas Bisika, director of the National AIDS […]