Delegates, who included top world politicians and academicians, to the global UNAIDS-Lancet Commission Summit in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe could not help it but shed tears after being moved by an appeal from a nineteen-year old HIV positive girl urging global leaders to move quickly to find a cure for HIV and AIDS. Shyleen Mvula, a […]
Brazil’s Former President, Luiz inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday applauded Malawi for implementing programmes that has assisted in reducing the country’s poverty levels. Da Silva made the remarks in Lilongwe when he met President Dr. Joyce Banda on the sideline of the UNAIDs Lancet Summit which started on June 28 through June 29, 2013. […]
UNAIDs Executive Director, Michael Sibide on Friday commended Malawi for its bold stand in fighting against the spread of HIV and AIDs which contributed to a 75 percent reduction of new HIV infections. Sibide made the remarks in Lilongwe at the official opening of the first UNAIDS / LANCET Commission Summit which has been organized […]
President Dr. Joyce Banda on Friday launched the First UNIAIDS -Lancet Summit in Lilongwe where she challenged the Commission to fight for an HIV free generation in a few years to come. The President said with total commitment and determination of the UNIAIDS and Lancet Commission she was optimistic that the post-2015 agenda of AIDS […]
Commercial sex workers and Malawi police officers are rated high on the list of group of people affected with HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. Sex workers top the list with 70.7 percent whereas the cops are at 75 percent, according to 2012 UNaids report. However, the UNaids report released this week in Geneva, Switzerland says Malawi […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda leaves the country on 26th June 2013 for Abuja Nigeria to attend the High Level Global Power Women Network on 27th and 28thJune 2013, State House has announced. Global Power Network aims to review and identify strategies for accelerating the implementation of the global and regional commitments for women and gender equality […]
Malawi will on June 28 to 29 host the first Summit of the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and Lancet Commission to discuss issues from AIDS to sustainable health. Speaking in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Special Advisor to the President, Rev Macdonald Sembereka said the main agenda of the commission is to engage […]
President Joyce Banda on Sunday launched the UN Aids/LANCET commission dubbed “From Aids to Sustainable Health” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Banda co-chairs the commission together with African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Peter Piot of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Speaking when she launched the Commission, President Banda said it will […]