Mission Rabies, a charitable organization working in the fight against rabies has commended Malawi’s integrated mobile and ICT services provider, TNM Plc, for taking a leading role in sensitizing Malawians of this year’s anti-rabies vaccination using SMSs. According to Dr Dagmar Mayer, Mission Rabies Malawi Country Manager the sensitization efforts are yielding great results, leading […]
A senior official in the ministry of Agricultyre says some unscrupulous people are stealing anti-rabies vaccine and selling them outside the country. A director in the ministry Ben Chilima said the theft of the vaccine is hampering the fight against rabies which has killed 500 people since last year. “We have caught some people with […]
Officials in lakeshore district of Mangochi are giving warning shots over the rise in rabies in the district, saying the district hospital has already spent K26 million in treating the killer disease. District Agricultural Development Officer (Dado) Owen Kumwenda said 902 people had rabies from July 2017 to June 2018, saying 160 people have been […]
At least 22 people have died of rabies in Mulanje as the government needs K17 million to buy vaccines for dogs and cats. Taurayi Mbengo from veterinary office in Mulanje said the deaths have occured from July last year. He said 1600 people had dog bites and were infected with rabies. Mbengo said 74 dogs […]
Phalombe District Health Office says it has, in the past four months, been spending close to K10 million on vaccines on a monthly basis to treat people suspected to have been bitten by rabid dogs and cats. However, the figure does not reflect well on the district’s monthly drug budget allocation which is around K25 […]
A UK-based Animal Welfare organization called Mission Rabies that seeks to stop cases of people dying of dog transmitted rabies has now opened up education and sensitization lessons to private schools. Dr. Dagmar Mayer Malawi Country Manager confirmed in an email response that in addition to running mass rabies vaccination to communities in Blantyre, Zomba […]
There are fears of rabies outbreak in the north after government has failed to roll out a vaccination campaign that could have seen 50000 dogs getting vaccination in the north. Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division veterinary officer Jacob Mwansinga said the campaign was supposed to be conducted in October and November but was put on hold […]
Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) says the anti-rabies vaccines that were not available can now be accessed in all district health facilities in the country. CMST Spokesperson, Helbert Chandilanga, said the shortage of the vaccines is expected to be minimised, saying currently the trust has completed distribution of the vaccines to treat over 3000 cases. […]
The District Health Officer (DHO) for Mwanza, Raphael Piringu has expressed worry over sudden rising numbers of rabies cases being referred to Mwanza hospital from Mozambique and the neighbouring districts of Chikhwawa and Neno, since last month. Piringu said the hospital is recoding an average of 30 people each day suspected to having been bitten […]
By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times A sigh of relief has returned to 12 Malawians and their family members who had lost hope of survival after they were bitten by a rabid dog. The eight people all from the area of Chief Chilowamatambe in central district of Kasungu were beaten last week Friday but failed to […]