As the country continues to struggle to contain the spread of Coronavirus, scabies infection is fast spreading in some parts of Nkhata Bay and the district health office laments lack of drugs for the skin disease. The highly contagious disease was first spotted in Mtaba area six months ago and it has now spread to […]
A Scabies outbreak has hit Mchinji with the contagious itchy skin disease reported in almost all traditional authorities in the district following a large number of cases in various health centres. Mchinji District Hospital Health Promotions Officer, Owen Chataika said the hospital has few drugs to cure the disease compared to the cases which he […]
A scabies outbreak has hit the Capital City, Lilongwe, igniting debate of health living standards of its residents. Lilongwe district health officer Richard Mvula said between January and June, Bwaila Hospital has recorded over 4 000 scabies cases. “These cases are from both the urban and rural areas,” said Mvula. He said the hospital has […]
Ministry of Health officials are warning people that there is an outbreak of scabies in the country, and the central region has been hit hard by the itchy and highly-contagious skin desease. Spokesperson for the ministry Joshua Malango said the most hit hard districts are Lilongwe and Mchinji. However, Malango said there are 32 cases […]
Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) has assured members of the public that it has enough stock of Benzyl Benzoate (BB) paint which is used to treat scabies. A recent media report indicated that Ntchisi District Health Office has shortage of the BB paint because CMST, where drugs and other medical supplies are purchased from, did […]
A scabies outbreak has hit some parts of of Ntchisi District have been hit by scabies, a contagious itchy skin disease, but the district’s health office does not presently have medication for the disease which is locally known as Mphere. The disease has wreaked havoc among people in three traditional authorities of Chikho, Kasakula and […]
An outbreak of scabies and other related skin diseases have attacked some camps in Chikhwawa District where thousands of people displaced by floods are accommodated, a health official in the district told local media Saturday. The official, Thomson Kajombo, said close to 140 people, most of them children, in five camps were attacked by the […]