The Mangochi District Council has bemoaned the district’s high rate of stunting among under-five children challenging stakeholders implementing nutrition programmes in the district to pull up their socks in mitigating the problem. Senior Nutrition, HIV and Aids Officer for Mangochi, Smith Mnenula, made the call on Monday during a two-day meeting that Malawi Red Cross […]
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Malawi has made substantial improvements in the health sector, especially in reducing child mortality and combating HIV and AIDS, and malaria despite having limited resources. This was said by UNICEF Country Representative, Johannes Wedenig, on Tuesday during the launch of the Health Sector Strategic Plan II and the National […]
World Relief has rolled out a nutritional project in Nkhatabay District to fight stunted growth among children which is currently at 33 percent in the district. Introducing the project dubbed ‘Chiyambi Chabwino’ to the District Executive Committee (DEC) members Friday, Project Coordinator, Desire Mwasikakata Mkandawire said stunted growth results in permanent irreversible negative outcomes that […]
Civil Society Organisation Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) has persuaded the Parliamentary Committee on Nutrion, HIV and Aids to lobby for increased budgetary allocation towards nutrition in line with what was committed during the nutritional summit. CSONA National Coordinator, Tisungeni Zimpita urged Members of Parliament to speak with one voice and ensure that the nutrition budget increases. Giving […]
In an effort to reduce malnutrition and stunted growth of children in the country, ministry of health on Friday introduced micro nutrient powder sachets called Mix Me Powder as an intervention in curbing malnutrition problems amongst children aged between 6 and 24 months. The free distributed Mix Me Powder sachets also called ‘Ndisakanizeni’ in local […]
Immediate former president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, spoke at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on the occasion of Nutrition International’s (formerly Micronutrients Initiative)25th anniversary celebrations. Banda, an esteemed member of Nutrition International’s board, spoke about the importance of nutrition for the poorest and most vulnerable women and girls. “Too often in many parts of Africa […]
In a bid to address issues of nutrition, members of the Civil Society Organizations Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) has stressed the need to have a proactive Nutrition Bill that will address the challenges regarding the problems affecting nutrition status of the people. The members discussed the bill during its quarterly meeting held at Bingu International Conference […]
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Thursday launched feed the future strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension Services project worth $70 million (SANE). Speaking during the launch in Lilongwe, USA mission director, Doug Arbuckle commended the department of agricultural extension services for their success in presenting an application that qualified for the important new award. […]
Government and non-governmental organisations have joined forces in a battle against stunting in Dedza and Salima and have since pulled together a K6 billion resource envelop for the war. Deputy secretary for the Department of Nutrition and HIV Owen Wanda said research shows that Dedza and Salima are the worst hit with stunting rates hovering […]
Mary Makhiringa -Mana State Vice President Dr Saulosi Klaus Chilima on Thursday emphasized on the need for Malawi to fight hunger and under nutrition, saying if not national and global development goals will not be achieved. Chilima said, if citizens do not have food to eat and are under nutritious, a lot of government’s resources […]
Malawi has seen the reduction of stunting children from 47 per cent in 2010 to 42 per cent in 2014, a development attributed to the launch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), a senior government official has said. Stunting – or low height for age – occurs when children miss out on vital nutrients in […]
The Canada-based Micronutrient Initiative (MI) has announced the appointment of Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi to its Board of Directors. Banda has been appointed alongside Phyllis Costanza, CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation, according to an announcement by the institution through its website –http://micronutrient.org/. The Micronutrient Initiative provides affordable and innovative solutions to end micronutrient […]
Founder of Graça Machel Trust (GMT) who is Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graça Machel says Malawi with a record of 23 percent of all child mortality cases associated with under-nutrition; there is need to increase awareness and advocacy at all levels on social-economic impact of malnutrition. Speaking in Lilongwe at Bingu International Conference Centre during a […]
Malawi Members of Parliament (MP’s) on Friday joined the global movement in scaling up nutrition to improve health and nutritional status of children, women and vulnerable groups at constituency, district and national level. The MP’s signed a nutritional pledge in the capital Lilongwe to recognize the critical role of nutrition in decreasing deaths and increasing health […]
Communities in the two Central Region Districts of Kasungu and Dowa have hailed CARE Malawi for successfully winding up its project aimed at improving the nutrition status of under-five children and pregnant plus lactating women in the selected traditional authorities in Dowa and Kasungu. Speaking in summary of the whole project, Traditional authority Mwase of […]
Mponda Primary School from Zomba emerged 2014 champions on Sunday in the Blue Band National Growth Challenge Quiz which was organised by Unilever Malawi. The finals, which involved four primary schools namely, Chibavi from Mzuzu, Namiwawa from Blantyre and Chatuwa from Lilongwe took place at Grace Bandawe Conference Centre in Blantyre. The pupils answered questions […]
Unilever Malawi will soon embark on a competition dubbed Blue Band National Growth Challenge Campaign across the country in order to raise awareness on the importance of a balanced and nutritious diet. According to Unilever Customer Marketing Manager Wongani Vikhumbo the competition/ campaign will involve Blue Band growth challenge activations, quiz competition and lid collection […]
Malawi Government has welcomed new evidence from the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) 2013 which ranks Malawi third in addressing under-nutrition and hunger. The new finding were shared in Lilongwe on Thursday during National Policy Dialogue on Hunger, Nutrition, and Climate Change organized by the Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) and the Institute of Development Studies […]