Health & Well-being

Malawi Has Six Eye Specialists

Malawi has a meager six professional eye specialists against a population of 13 million Malawians. A local NGO, Eye for […]

People Can Live Well And Long By Drinking Dragon Well tea

Product as a “gift to create the first Chinese green tea,” take the high road of green tea gifts, and […]

Mzimba district in Malawi Detects Positive Behavior Change towards HIV

MZIMBA: Authorities in Mzimba have noted that most people in the district are slowly changing their mind set towards cultural […]

Salima in Bicycle Taxi Tax

SALIMA: As one way of improving its financial management, the Salima district council has launched a special campaign that aims […]

Tusekili is Mzuzu’s Miss Key Lounge

Mzuzu’s entertainment paradise, The Key Lounge has its beauty queen. Its 24 year-old Tusekile Wilkinson who was crowned last Saturday […]

HIV Uncertainty Pushes Malawians To Want Children Earlier

People in Malawi who are uncertain about their HIV status are more eager to start families than those who are […]

African community voices call for more action at ICASA

The just opened 16th ICASA has seen a lot people from different groupings, institutions and associations come together to share […]

Video | Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been treating patients living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi using antiretroviral (ARV) medicines since […]

Cost of Living Worsens in Malawi | THE LHM—MALAWI BLOG

The cost of basic items has markedly gone up over the past few months, but salaries of most workers are […]

On the Trail (and legacy) of David Livingstone

While in Malawi we met a BBC crew including the presenter Neil Oliver who presents the Coast series.   They […]

What’s Your Status? Malawi’s Progress in HIV, Malaria and Development

Returning peace corp volunteer Ben Nebo, MPA 2011 at MIIS, describes in detail the very successful “one love”  and “bed nets […]

MALAWI: WHERE ABORTION IS NOT LEGAL AND IS NOT SAFE

“Keep abortion safe and legal,” sounds kind of quaint.  Too many young Americans legal abortion is just taken as a […]

Supporting behavioral health education in Lilongwe, Malawi, March 2011

Image by US Army Africa U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Africa Maj. David Sensiba, behavioral health deputy director, European Regional […]

Advancing nursing in Malawi begins with just one person

Chifundo Zimba plans to use her UNC nursing degree to improve the profession in Malawi By Nancy Lamontagne Doctoral student […]

The Thin Red Line of Motherhood in Malawi | Primary healthcare

 By Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson Two women stood across this red line outside the operating room at Bwaila hospital Freedom from […]

Freedom for a witchcraft accused elderly couple in Malawi

Our contacts have this good news to share: In 2009, a couple in Nchalo, Chikhwawa District of Malawi were accused […]

Commonwealth members urged to stamp out child marriage

Millions of girls throughout the Commonwealth are subjected to early and forced marriage and member states should do more to […]

How Text Messages Could Change Global Healthcare

Josh Nesbit sees a bright future for the cellphones that most of us see as antiquated. The 24-year-old Nesbit is the […]