New HIV infections rate worries government
Government has expressed worry over the new HIV infections that the country is registering. Principal Secretary for Nutrition, HIV and […]
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Malawi gets 1 000 new HIV cases weekly
Aids-ravaged Malawi, where over a tenth of the population is HIV positive, records on average 1 000 new cases weekly, […]
Vendors cash in on govt drugs
The story of drug shortages rocking Malawi has become more than just a crisis paralysing the public health service delivery. […]
Govt still mum on appeal from Thyolo siamese twins
Government is still mum on an appeal from the parents of the siamese twins from Thyolo district who are seeking […]
Malawi’s Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission
Malawi is a country of rolling hills and marshy flatlands, where 85 percent of the population live in the countryside, […]
Malawi’s health crisis: Britain pledges $23m
Malawi’s bilateral donors have started responding to the health sector crisis with Britain announcing it would provide US$23 million (about […]
4 primary school pupils die in Machinga due to lack of Malaria drugs in the district
As Malawi President has just blown 350 Million Kwacha for a foreign trip that earned her a Honaris Causa “Doctorate” […]
Siamese twins born at Kamuzu Central Hospital, no capacity for operation
Doctors at Malawi’s Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe say the facility has no capacity to operate on the Siamese twins […]
How Malawi is improving a terrible maternal mortality rate through good design
Pregnancy is supposed to be about life. And yet, every day, 800 women across the globe die from preventable causes […]
Gut Microbes at Root of Severe Malnutrition in Kids
A study of young twins in Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa, finds that bacteria living in the intestine are an underlying […]
Crisis at Kamuzu Central Hospital, hospital is over-congested
Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe is congested with patients and the facility is struggling to cope with the situation. In […]
Overstocking of bandages at Central Medical Stores shocks MPs
Endless rows of cartons of Plaster of Paris bandages and X-Ray envelopes in Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) warehouses had […]
New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race to curb the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a deadline set […]
Mzimba families advised to choose fixed assets as compensation
Families that have lost their assets due to a mining project in Mzimba district have been advised by rights activists […]
Families in Blantyre Cholera-prone areas ‘Chlorined’
At least 15,000 households in Cholera prone townships of Bangwe and Ndirande in Malawi’s commercial city Blantyre will receive chlorine […]
Malawi President suspiciously cancels drug deals and awards them to cronies
Malawi President Joyce Banda has cancelled duly processed contracts to buy cholera, malaria and diabetes emergency medicines worth $2 259 […]
President Joyce Banda: New Focus on Women’s Health and Empowerment in Malawi
When Joyce Banda unexpectedly ascended to the presidency of Malawi last April, after the death of President Mutharika, many in […]
Global leaders arrive for maternal health initiative
Several former world leaders under the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health (GLC) started arriving in the country on Tuesday […]