PSI-Pakachere for HIV self-testing in Malawi

Population Services International (PSI) Malawi in conjunction with Pakachere says  providing self-testing opportunities to key populations is a crucial element in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Project Manager for Self Testing Africa (STAR) at PSI, Richard Chirongosi made the proclamation on Monday in Mulanje, adding that the fight against HIV and AIDS has always […]

Pakachere launches HIV prevention education project in schools

A project aimed at strengthening capacity building among school going learners especially girls on issues of HIV and Aids has been launched in Lilongwe. Community Care Project will be running the project in conjunction with Kapachere Institute for Health. Speaking during the ceremony at Kauma School Ground in the area of Traditional Authority Chitukula in […]

Stop culture of silence on Aids, Pakachere tells Malawi churches

Pakachere organisation has called for churches in the country to stop the culture of silence to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS issues. Pakachere programme Manager Grace Kumwenda made this call in an interview with Nyasa Times after a three day workshop with Southern region Calvary Family Church youth in Blantyre. “This is time the church should stop […]

Sex workers bemoan men’s self-centeredness on condom use

Commercial Sex workers in Zomba have bemoaned the tendency by some of their clients who cling to unprotected sex observing that the trend has the potential of fueling the spread of the HIV virus which they say is currently on the increase. The development become one of the sticking revelations that took centre stage during the Moonlight […]

Proximity to sex workers puts Malawi Policemen at risk –UNFPA research

Research conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) indicates that HIV prevalence among Police officers in only second to that of sex workers. This was divulged during a workshop in which PaKachere Institute for Health and Development is training Police officers’ wives on HIV prevention. On the sidelines of the workshop at Shire Highlands […]