A Malawian MP has launched an ambitious school feeding initiative aimed at boosting attendance in her constituency, amid growing concern that hungry children arriving at school without breakfast are being left behind academically. Madalitso Baloyi, Member of Parliament for Mzimba Kafukule Constituency and Minister of Health and Sanitation, unveiled the scheme in partnership with non-profit […]
Most Malawians are being priced out of healthy food, with new global data revealing a dramatic surge in the cost of nutritious diets — pushing families towards increasingly unhealthy eating habits. A hard‑hitting report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows the price of a healthy diet in Malawi has more than doubled in […]
Cases of malnutrition and stunting among under-five children have been drastically reduced due nutrition interventions being implemented in Chalanda Village in Dowa. Senior Group Village Headman (SGVH), Njolomole Saturday told Oxfam Nutrition Media team which visited the Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Nkukula B to appreciate the nutrition interventions being implemented by […]
A medical doctor has warned of negative effects over the assorted concotions people are taking as a preventive measure to the raging Covid-19. People have resorted to taking ginger, garlic, lemons, soda and other herbs in the belief that the concotions can fight the covid-19 which continues to claim more lives. The doctor, who does […]
Oxfam Malawi has said investment in nutrition was still a small portion of overall domestic budgets. The organisation’s livelihoods resilience programme manager Oxfam Malawi Steve Kuliyazi said this Tuesday during the inception meeting for Increasing Resource Allocation and Accountability for Nutrition Sector in Malawi Project at Ufulu Gardens in Lilongwe. He said the trend indicates […]
Civil Society Organizations Nutrition Alliance (CSONA), a coalition of local and international non-governmental organizations working in the nutrition sector, has commended the Tonse-led administration for increasing allocation to nutrition. The Malawi government has remarkably increased the nutrition allocation from 0.5 percent in the 2019/20 national budget to 3.7 percent of the 2020/21 national budget. The […]
Two Malawi entrepreneurs Fannie Gondwe and Daniel Mwavuli are among 21 finalists in this year’s SUN Pitch Competition where African and Asian entrepreneurs will pitch their innovative business ideas to address malnutrition. As the COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges to the food system, the pitch competition, to take place on30 July 2020, will highlight the innovation and […]
Community-based nutrition promoters in Chiradzulu District have commended Afikepo Programme for teaching them how to prepare and preserve locally-sourced foodstuffs. In an interview on Sunday, Mary Mgodi said the programme has taught them how to prepare nutritious food for children, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. She said: “We now know that we can preserve tender pumpkin […]
Inmates at Rumphi prison who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have asked for a balanced diet from authorities and well-wishers to improve their nutritional status and better adherence to the treatment. The call was made Wednesday when Hope for Relief Organization conducted adherence assessment among inmates on ART with the aim to explore the challenges […]
Malawi joined the world to commemorate the World Food Day and Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security as the main commemoration event took place at Kankhomba Primary School Ground, T/A Bvumbwe’s in Thyolo on Wednesday, October 16 2019. The theme of the celebrations was “Our actions are our future; Healthy Diets for a Zero […]
The National Osteoporosis Foundation reports that around 54 million Americans suffer from low bone density or osteoporosis. Most of these people, however, do not show any symptoms until they have a bone fracture. Nutritionists advise that bone as well as joint problems are preventable by consuming sufficient calcium and vitamin D in the diet. People […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) under HIV/ Aids and Nutrition Committee have asked government to revert the Department of Nutrition, HIV and Aids (DNHA) back to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) if the department is to stay relevant. The committee chairperson Deus Gumba argued that there has been compromised service delivery at the department […]
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday commended the Ministry of Health and Population for its efforts in reducing the number of children deficient in vitamin A from 51 percent to 3 percent. UNICEF’s Chief of Nutrition, Dr Sangita Duggal attributed the success to the efforts and strategies put in place by the Ministry of […]
Over 20 journalists from different media houses have been equipped with new skills on how to write nutritional issues for the development of the country. Save the Children Senior Manager for Advocacy and Communication, Edith Tsilizani, said during a week long media training on nutritional advocacy for Afikepo Project in Mponela, Dowa that media play […]
Communities in Traditional Authority Malenga in Ntchisi have commended Amref Health Africa, a non- governmental organisation, for implementing various nutrition related interventions in the area. Speaking yesterday during a cooking demonstration the NGO organised, group village head Mteya attributed the reduction in the number of malnourished under-five children to nutrition interventions Amref Health Africa is […]
Dedza South parliamentary candidates have pledged to improve nutrition in under-five children – which is at 42 per cent in the district – during a debate organised by Civil Society Organization Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) on Saturday. The debate, which centred on issues to do with improvement of malnutrition in Dedza District, was attended by Fatima […]
His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho has concluded his four day visit to Malawi with a call for the country to embrace multi sectoral approach in nutrition with greater coordination in order to end hunger and malnutrition. The King, who is Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) special ambassador on nutrition, arrived […]
Government says good nutrition is an integral element to human growth which is an important driver to social and economic growth of a country. Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi said this on Monday in Lilongwe during a press briefing ahead of the launch of national multi-sectoral nutrition policy of 2018-2022. “Adequate nutrition is […]