Health Posts

Health workers living in fear at Nandumbo Health Centre

Feb 05, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Chitsime Health workers are living in fear at Nandumbo Health Centre in Balaka District, following a recent attack, by a yet to be identified person on a health surveillance assistant. Balaka District Chief Preventive Officer,… ...

Ntaja Health Centre contains Cholera outbreak

Feb 04, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Ntaja Health Centre in Machinga District has not registered any cholera case in the past 5 days, officials at the facility have disclosed. Robert Phiri, Senior Medical Assistant at Ntaja Health Centre, told Malawi24 that… ...

UK commits over K600 million towards cholera fight in Malawi

Jan 31, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The United Kingdom has committed £500,000 (over K600,000,000) towards Malawi’s cholera emergency response, saying it is concerned with the rise in cholera cases in the country. Together with similar match funding from Germany’s KfW, over… ...

Chakwera convinced there is link between cholera in Malawi and climate change

Jan 30, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says he does not doubt that there is a link between climate change and cholera in Malawi but he has called for more studies into the link. Chakwera made the remarks in… ...

Form 3 student commits suicide

Jan 30, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A 22-year-old student who was in form three at Euthini Secondary School in Mzimba District has  committed suicide by hanging over a chronic illness. Mzimba police spokesperson, Peter Botha identified the deceased as Samuel Jonathan… ...

Over 10 million people in Malawi at risk of cholera

Jan 28, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) has warned that over 10 million people in the country are at risk of being affected by cholera. MRCS President, Innocent Majiya, disclosed this Friday during a press briefing for… ...

Malawi Red Cross seeks K5.7 billion to fight cholera

Jan 28, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) has launched a cholera emergency appeal seeking over K 5.7 billion in order to scale up its support to government in responding to the cholera outbreak that has hit the… ...

Four-year-old girl dies in house fire

Jan 27, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A four-year-old girl in Nsanje, southern Malawi, has died after the house she was in caught fire. The girl has been identified as Brandina Banda. Her father John Kaweta Banda has told Zodiak Online that… ...

Kamuzu Academy student found hanging in hostel

Jan 26, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 16-year-old student has been found hanging in the boys' hostel today at Malawi’s Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu. Kasungu police spokesperson, Joseph Kachikho has identified the student as Kevin Moses. According to Kachikho, police suspect… ...

CDEDI visits Central Poultry

Jan 26, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (CDEDI) today visited Central Poultry in Lilongwe to appreciate the progress of sanitation efforts at the company amidst the Cholera. The company was shut  down earlier this month… ...

Balaka Council threatens to close Nandumbo Health Centre

Jan 24, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Balaka District Council has warned that it will close Nandumbo Health Centre if community leaders around the facility fail to identify culprits who vandalized the Cholera treatment unit at the health facility and injured… ...

Mnyamata wapezeka atamwalira mu nyumba ya chibwenzi ku Phalombe

Jan 24, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mnyamata wa mu folomu yachiwiri pa sukulu ina ya sekondale ku Phalombe wapezeka atafa ku nyumba ya chibwenzi chake komwe anakagona. Apolisi a ku Phalombe atsimikiza za nkhaniyi ndipo ati mnyamatayu dzina lake ndi Joseph… ...

Tikweze Umoyo hands over Cholera medical supplies to five districts

Jan 24, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The USAID Malawi Momentum Tikweze Umoyo project has handed over various medical supplies to five district health offices of Chitipa, Karonga, Nkhotakota, Kasungu and Salima. The supplies are part of the support that the project… ...

Two men commit suicide in different incidents in Blantyre

Jan 24, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The country continues to register an increase in the number of suicide cases as two men have died after committing suicide in two separate incidents in Blantyre. According to Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama who is Deputy… ...

Villagers attack health workers, damage health centre in Balaka

Jan 23, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

villagers marching to the centre Villagers have beaten up health workers and damaged Nandumbo Health Centre in the area of Traditional Authority Kalembo in Balaka District on allegations that health workers at the facility are… ...