Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Julian Lunguzi on Saturday hailed Malawi newspaper giant Nation Publications Limited’s (NPL) for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) project whose aim is to raise funds for the purchase of medical supplies and equipment for maternity wings in the country. Lunguzi hailed NPL when she joined the company’s chief executive […]
The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) has appealed to Malawian couples to slow down on childbirth warning that the country faces serious social and economic challenges if the current birth rate of six children per woman is maintained. The Usaid maternal, newborn and child health specialist Evelyn Zimba made the appeal in Machinga […]
Malawi Government has clarified that the country’s former First Lady, Callista Mutharika is not among the advisors of President Arthur Peter Mutharika but just a National Coordinator for the Safe Motherhood and Population Services. Callista, a wife to Peter’s brother late Bingu, also held the same position during his husband’s tenure while the position was […]
The newly appointed Safemotherhood Executive Dire Executive Director of Presidential Initiative for Safe Motherhood Chimwemwe Chipungu has urged the media to write more stories of martenal health. Chipungu made the appeal during a media interface at the Safemotherhood headquarters. He said his organization has been under the Ministry of Health. Chipungu said his work will not be political […]
President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday appointed Chimwemwe Chipungu as Executive Director of Presidential Initiative for Safe Motherhood replacing Dorothy Ngoma . Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) announced the announcement. Chipungu, a national organising secretary of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a close aide of Mutharika, confirmed the appointment. “Yes, am grateful to His […]
Leading mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi has given MK5 million to the country major referral public hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central (QECH) in a bid to promote safe motherhood and the fight against cancer. In her remarks during a cheque presentation to Chatinkha Maternity Wing at QECH in Blantyre on Friday, Airtel’s Head of Enterprise Rachel […]
The Gloag Foundation has announced that it will build a maternity waiting home, an operating theatre and extend the labour ward at Nathenje Health Centre in Lilongwe. “We have identified this location as an area of need due to the challenging referral system that exists between Nathenje and Bwaila Maternity and also the number of […]
Silver Strikers on Sunday played against retired players from different teams at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe in a bid to save the lives of mothers and babies. The game that was played at an event dubbed Mamaye Silver Open Day, ended 3-1 in favour of the TNM Champions League holders. However, the retired side did […]
President Joyce Banda has procured 10 small ambulances worth more than K24 million to be distributed to some rural health centres in the country to promote safe maternal health. The manufacturer, Japan Auto Limited delivered the ambulances at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday. Japan Auto Limited is a new company assembling various makes […]
Life Concern- a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), based in the Northern Region district of Rumphi, has facilitated the formation of by-laws in the district aimed at enhancing male involvement in safe motherhood and prevention of mother to child HIV transmission activities. The by-laws are for people from within the area of Senior Chief Mwankhunikira and […]
Ministry of Health has embarked on a $15 million (about K6 billion) Results Based Financing (RBF) programme to promote nutrition, health and safe motherhood for pregnant women in Mchinji. The programme is being run with assistance from the Norwegian and German governments. RBF national coordinator Reagan Kaluluma, said during a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday that […]
Delegates attending the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Tuesday recognized Malawi President Joyce Banda as one of the great leaders of Africa that has committed herself to ensuring that no woman dies during childbirth. The organizers of the conference commended President Banda for her focus on issues pertaining to maternal health and […]
President Joyce Banda on Monday opened a maternity waiting home and handed over an ambulance at Kalembo Health Centre in Balaka bringing total number of functional facilities to five. The facility has been constructed courtesy of Huawei Technologies through the Joyce Banda Foundation while a minibus has been donated by Gift of the Givers Foundation. […]
As part of mother’s day commemorations, Nation Publications Limited (NPL) has this year mobilized donations of hospital equipment and items worth over K20 million, towards safe motherhood work in Rumphi District. The donations were presented to the district’s government officials on Saturday in Rumphi during the company’s annual Mother’s Day Fun Run which was launched in 2005. […]
The Presidential Initiative on Safe Motherhood has said it intends to train over 1000 girls as community midwives in the next two years to be deployed in their home villages for the reduction of child and maternal mortality rates in the country. “We want to help government on shortage of staff that rocks our health […]
China has donated K30 million to Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood to help its efforts to accelerate reduction of maternal mortality rate in the country. The money will be used for the construction of maternity waiting home at Salima District Hospital. Speaking during the ground breaking ceremony on Wednesday, Vice President Khumbo […]
President Joyce Banda has all the reasons to smile with a new UNICEF report released Friday showing that Malawi is one of the few low income countries that has made significant strides in reducing under-five death rates by two-thirds or more since 1990. The report says Malawi has reached Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 for […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu in Malawi’s northern boarder district of Karonga has ordered the office of the District Commission to use all funds allocated for developmental activities to finish construction works on Katili clinic which has been idle for over seven years putting lives of women and children at risk. Kyungu said this during the visit […]