Home Based Care Workers Test Mobile Patient Service in Malawi
Published on October 1, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Home based care workers in the Southern Region of Malawi recently conducted a test with smartphones that will make it […]
Tag: health
Malawi shifts focus to nutrition tackle food crisis
Published on September 26, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
A nutrition act and new crops are at the centre of the Malawi government’s latest attempts to overcome the effects […]
Joyce Banda defends her inclusion of DPP MPs in govt at a briefing in the US
Published on September 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Malawians living in USA have questioned President Joyce Banda’s decision to incorporate cabinet ministers and other officials who were serving […]
HIV/Aids on the rise among Malawian adolescents – study
Published on September 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
HIV prevalence rate among children aged between 10 and 19 remains higher in Malawi than the national HIV prevalence rate, […]
UNC joins P&G to deliver 5 billionth liter of clean drinking water in Malawi
Published on September 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
This week Procter & Gamble (P&G) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced their joint collaboration has […]
Malawi must improve survival rates among newborn children
Published on September 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Malawi’s progress on child survival – as highlighted by the United Nations children’s fund, Unicef – obscures a failure to […]
Airtel donates K15m for Safe Motherhood
Published on September 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Airtel has donated K15 million to government aimed at training 15 nurses in India under the Safe Motherhood programme. This […]
Schools closed as Chicken Pox outbreak hits Southern Malawi
Published on September 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Health authorities have closed schools in the southern Malawi district of Neno following the confirmation of an outbreak of chicken […]
Govt targets male circumcision for HIV, cervical cancer spread prevention
Published on September 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
The Malawi government says it expects to circumcise about 80% of men in the country within 2 years, As one […]
K25 billion drug tender scandal hits Malawi medical stores
Published on September 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
A drug procurement scandal has rocked the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), where it is alleged a technical committee member […]
Health stakeholders want Lake Chilwa closed for fishing
Published on August 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Health stakeholders in Zomba district are planning to call for a ban in fishing on Lake Chilwa following a cholera […]
Medic Malawi eye clinic launches fundraising after surgeons restore sight
Published on August 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
The boss of Shrewsbury-based charity has launched a fundraising drive to create a specialist eye clinic after British surgeons restored […]
DPP to hold convention in November
Published on August 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
The Democratic Progressive Party DPP has announced that it will hold its first national conference in five years this November […]
Man arrested for selling children at K1million
Published on August 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Mzuzu city, northern part of Malawi, for allegedly offering two children aged four […]
Britain gives Malawi $4.7 million for food aid
Published on August 15, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Britain has given $4.7 million (2.9 million pounds) to Malawi for food aid as more than 1.6 million people face […]
German pumps in K1.4 bn towards Malawi’s health sector
Published on August 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Malawi’s health system performance expects to improve following a boost of K1.4 billion from the German government. The joint financial […]
Global Fund grants Malawi K59bn for AIDS fight
Published on August 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
The Global Fund has approved and signed a new grant agreement worth US$208 million [about K58.7 billion] for the National […]
HIV+ people press for children
Published on August 1, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is a wonderful programme that has seen expectant HIV positive mothers bringing to […]