Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said population growth and early teen marriages must be given more attention to avert a looming national crisis. Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, was speaking Tuesday at his offices at Capital Hill in Lilongwe when UUNFPA regional director for east and southern Africa Dr Julita Onabanjo […]
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Francis Phiso has warned youth in the country to avoid early marriages in order for them to complete their education and create brighter future. The Minister made the remarks on Tuesday during the opening of National Youth Conference: Pre-symposium on Population and Development which was held at Bingu International […]
Malawi government has said it wants to encourage men to have vasectomies in a bid to stem the landlocked country’s growing population and persuades the development partners to channel their financial resources towards promotion of Vasectomy. A vasectomy is often irreversible as it is a surgical procedure for male sterilisation or permanent contraception. During the […]
National Statistical Office (NSO) says official results of the 2018 population and housing census is expected to be released in early June. NSO spokesperson Kingsley Manda said the official results could not be released in April due to what he described as logistical problems as well as the elections. “The final official results of the […]
Malawi government needs to brace for tougher times ahead as the European Union (EU) has indicated that its budgetary support may not be sustainable in future owing to Malawi’s rapid population growth. The EU Ambassador to Malawi, Sandra Paesen, has observed that Malawi’s population will grow at unprecedented and unsustainable levels within the next 20 […]
Reproductive health rights of women in Malawi is under threat, as supply shortages for contraceptives has hit health facilities across the country as impact of cyclone Idai has disrupted planned delivery from hard-hit Mozambiqur port city of Beira. Ministry of Health and Population said in a published statement that contraceptives such as injectable (Depo-IM), Implanon […]
A visiting delegation of five legislators from Nordic countries has urged the Malawi government to check the population boom, saying this can have a negative impact on social services. The delegation from Iceland, Sweden and Denmark said this on Monday at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe where they met Minister of Health […]
National Statistics Office (NSO) has released preliminary report of the recent population and housing census (PHC) which shows that the country’s population is sky-rocketing and has hit over 17.5 million, 35 percent increase in 10 years from 2008 to 2018. According to the results released Thursday in eastern city of Zomba , NSO report indicates […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said “go forth and multiply” might be poor advice for parents who want to ensure their descendants’ economic success. Gondwe said in Lilongwe on Wednesday that Malawians need to “self-regulate to control having large families”. He pointed out that huge families affect population “and the more […]
Malawi’s ever increasing population is said to be undermining delivery of health services in the country’s hospitals, to the effect that sometimes the impact is not felt by those receiving the services. Despite the commitment demonstrated by nurses, doctors and health staff in general in caring for the patients, the impact of their efforts is […]
A prominent traditional leader in the central region of Malawi has called on Malawians to take family planning with sheer seriousness and utter dedication in a bid to control overpopulation. Traditional Authority (T/A) Njombwa of Kasungu District has bemoaned high population boom which the country is experiencing. The charismatic Chief Njombwa speaking in Kasungu during […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi has said is rising population in the country is placing intolerable pressures on public services, especially health. Muluzi made the remarks in Parliament on the impact of current population boom to the health delivery services. “The health service in Malawi is under more strain today than ever before. Our […]
Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi on Thursday came to his knees pleading with Malawians to consider birth control measures to to bring population growth rate down, saying the high population which the country is having is bringing unnecessary pressure to the country economically and socially. Speaking at Ntanja during this year’s commemoration of World Population […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nicholas Dausi has bemoaned the country’s rapid population growth since independence, saying it is exerting much pressure on resources and slowing economic growth. Dausi said this on Tuesday in Karonga on the sidelines of a district executive committee (DEC) meeting where he briefed members on recent developments under […]
Malawi reigning beauty queen, Cecilia Khofi, on Wednesday addressed parliamentarians including Speaker Richard Msowoya and leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera on the effects of overpopulation. Khofi, who was crowned Miss Malawi two months ago under the banner of fighting overpopulation, became the first beauty queen tomeet the legislators through the Malawi Parliament Population and Development […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika Thursday called on all Malawians in the county to take an active role in dealing with the increase in population. She said as a country we do not have any other choice but to deal with the rapid population increase that this country is experiencing. Mutharika made the call at the […]
The Secretary General for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Reverend Father Henry Saindi has expressed the need for responsible parenthood and proper guidance especially to the youths as a way of controlling population which is fast growing at an alarming rate. Fr. Saindi was speaking Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe when he opened a two-day […]
Malawi Parliament wants the country to start pursuing policies intended to slow population growth by embarking on family planning methods such as reducing childbearing in order to manage the population which has grown tremendously to 17 million. The country’s population could hit 30 million by 2030, reports suggest. Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Juliana Lunguzi, […]