Health & Well-being

Malawi’s women stand up for healthcare rights under HIV/AIDS

Out of the 34 million people living worldwide with AIDS, a large proportion, approximately 61,000 orphans, are living without parents […]

Likuni Hospital sends SOS

Likuni Mission Hospital in Lilongwe has said there is limited privacy for female patients in its maternity labour ward and […]

Lilongwe has become a stinking city

Lilongwe City Council has just announced that it has won the first Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation and is […]

Over 20 sex workers set for vocational training

29 rehabilitated sex workers aged between 18 and 30 are now set to undergo various vocational trades under the auspices […]

Government fights for cholera-free season

The Ministry of Health says it targets to have a cholera-free season this rainy season across the country just like […]

Maternal health gets a boost in Malawi

On a gray Wednesday morning in the Malawian capital of Lilongwe, a group of young people perform a skit for […]

Melinda Gates, JB discuss maternal health

Melinda Gates, wife to US billionaire Bill Gates, on Wednesday held talks with President Joyce Banda on maternal health and […]

Melinda Gates to visit Malawi

Melinda French Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pays a daylong visit to Malawi on Wednesday where, among […]

Old men on sex drugs risk stroke

Behaviour change expert Timothy Bonyonga has said old men who marry younger women have become the biggest consumers of aphrodisiacs […]

Voluntary male circumcision to roll-out nationwide

The voluntary medical male circumcision programme will shortly be rolling out in all the districts in Malawi as one way […]

Malawi hospitals using old equipment

Most of the anaesthesia machines in the country’s public hospitals are near obsolete and need replacement, a senior anaesthetic clinical […]

Thyolo woman gives birth to conjoined twins

A 28-old woman in Thyolo has given birth to Siamese twins, a Thyolo hospital official said. The woman, Tereza Jailosi […]

Malawi moving towards legalising abortion

Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Chimunthu Banda, has expressed optimism on the passage of law on legal availability of […]

Decisions on the trading floors London can mean life or death people with HIV

Right now almost seven million people living with HIV are at risk because of a lack of funding to pay […]

AYISE Trains 30 Girls as SRHS Animators

In an effort to reduce the Venerability of girls in the country and the populous Bangwe Township in particular, Active […]

Abortion drugs selling freely in Malawi

Against anti-abortion laws in the country, some pregnant women wishing to terminate the pregnancy are consuming drugs which they easily […]

JB donates blood

President Joyce Banda yesterday led by example by donating blood at the official launch of Blood Donation Awareness Week and […]

Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Min of Health launches blood donation awareness week

Malawi Blood Transfusion Service in conjunction with health ministry today launch blood donation awareness week & national blood policy today. […]