Malawi HIV and AIDS National response worry donors
Donor partners have expressed worry over Malawi Information on HIV and AIDS National response. Chairperson of the HIV and AIDS […]
Health & Well-being
Bakili Muluzi off to SA for medical treatment
Former State President Dr Bakili Muluzi has left the country for South Africa where he is expected to seek medical […]
Ministry of health condemned for Dowa beds saga
Human rights activists and the Health Committee of Parliament have condemned the Ministry of Health for removing beds from Mponela […]
HIV/Aids on the rise among Malawian adolescents – study
HIV prevalence rate among children aged between 10 and 19 remains higher in Malawi than the national HIV prevalence rate, […]
Angry crowd pelt Minister over hospital beds
Deputy Minister of Health Halima Daudi was whisked away to safety at Mponela in Dowa yesterday as anger spilled over […]
UNC joins P&G to deliver 5 billionth liter of clean drinking water in Malawi
This week Procter & Gamble (P&G) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced their joint collaboration has […]
Govt transfers hospital beds from Dowa to Mzimba as by-elections campaign kicks-off
Ministry of Health has attracted the wrath of people of Mponela, Dowa, after it allegedly transferred some beds from the […]
Malawi must improve survival rates among newborn children
Malawi’s progress on child survival – as highlighted by the United Nations children’s fund, Unicef – obscures a failure to […]
Schools closed as Chicken Pox outbreak hits Southern Malawi
Health authorities have closed schools in the southern Malawi district of Neno following the confirmation of an outbreak of chicken […]
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and HIV/AIDS links proves high in Malawi
Stronger linkages between Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and AIDS programmes have proved to have multi benefits to both the […]
Govt targets male circumcision for HIV, cervical cancer spread prevention
The Malawi government says it expects to circumcise about 80% of men in the country within 2 years, As one […]
Malawi needs more hospital ambulances
Up to 120 more ambulances are needed in the health sector to ensure smooth delivery of referral services, acting director […]
K25 billion drug tender scandal hits Malawi medical stores
A drug procurement scandal has rocked the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), where it is alleged a technical committee member […]
Stakeholders caution government on male circumcision
Health stakeholders have cautioned the Ministry of Health (MoH) to tread carefully on the new Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) policy […]
ARVS being smuggled to South Africa
While Malawi hospitals are experiencing drug stock outs, some Malawians are smuggling drugs, including ARVs, to South Africa where they […]
Medic Malawi eye clinic launches fundraising after surgeons restore sight
The boss of Shrewsbury-based charity has launched a fundraising drive to create a specialist eye clinic after British surgeons restored […]
Malawi condemns discrimination on people with epilepsy
Ahead of the 2012 national epilepsy day commemoration, the ministry of health in Malawi has condemned any form of discrimination […]
Late Wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania over Lake Malawi
Malawi’s late leader Bingu wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania in 2005 over the need to reaffirm boundaries with Malawi after ‘small […]