Malawi is one of the four (4) low income countries in Southern Africa that shall benefit from the new U$ 122 million World Bank (WB) funded project called Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Project. The initial project planning meeting has been successfully held at the NEPAD Agency Head Office in Johannesburg, South Africa […]
Global Fund has given a record US $380 million grant to Malawi government to facilitate the fight against HIV/TB and malaria, the largest allocation by the Fund to any country or institution ever. The agreement, which was signed on Wednesday, at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, was witnessed by Malawi President Peter Mutharika and Global Fund […]
Malawians wishing to travel to the UK could be screened for tuberculosis before being granted a visa, the British government has announced. The new rules will apply to those who wish to spend over six months in the UK starting from July 1, 2013, Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to Malawi, Kirk Hollingsworth said in a […]
Malawi Government through the ministry of health is in the process of conducting a tuberculosis prevalence survey to understanding the burden of the disease in the country. The TB prevalence survey will be conducted country wide. Announcing the development, the Secretary in the Ministry of Health Dr Charles Mwansambo said once this has been established […]
The National Tuberculosis Control Program in collaboration with Malawi Prison Service (MPS) staff on Easter Holidays toured Chichiri and Zomba Maximum Security Prisons in an effort to identify challenges being faced in TB control efforts in Malawi’s Prisons. The programmes director in the Ministry of Health Dr James Mpunga told Nyasa Times that the visit […]
Malawi government through the National TB Control Programme says it is aiming at achieving “zero TB deaths” through various new initiatives Ministry of Health said in a statement to mark the World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, that the commemoration is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis and the […]
The reluctance by most men in the country to go for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is affecting the fight against the disease, research by Malawi-Liverpool Welcome Trust (MLWT) has revealed. The research which is in its third stage and focuses on engaging men in TB control reveals that most men tend to hide illness and avoid […]