Month: January 2023 Posts

MSF targets 30,000 girls in HPV vaccination

Jan 20, 2023 George Mhango 0 &

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has embarked on a Human Papilomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiative targeting young girls between 9 and 14 years old in Malawi's Phalombe District. This catch-up vaccination campaign,… ...

Brazilian legend Pele dead

Dec 29, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82. Pele is widely regarded as the greatest of all time football player. He is the only player to have won the World Cup three… ...

Musician William Kachigamba dies of cancer

Dec 25, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Musician William Kachigamba aged 29 has died at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe after a battle with cancer. His sister Patricia has confirmed in an interview with the local media. The Association of People… ...

Malawi to have radiotherapy services in six months

Oct 20, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Malawi Government and PLEM Construction Limited have signed a contract to complete the last phase of the Cancer Centre by building bunkers to accommodate radiotherapy machines. This means people affected by cancer  could have access… ...

Muluzi Family to construct cancer ward in Malawi

Jan 14, 2022 Chisomo Phiri 0 &

As part of remembering and honouring former Malawi first lady Anne Muluzi who died of cancer a week ago, the Muluzi family says it will construct a cancer ward at one of the county's Central… ...

J&J accused of shielding assets amid baby powder cancer lawsuits

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Johnson & Johnson, makers of baby powder said to contain cancer-causing asbestos, has been accused of hiding its assets and evading liability for compensation by  separating its baby powder from the rest of the company.… ...

Bushiris allowed to leave Malawi on medical grounds

Feb 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi government has allowed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to send his first born child, Israella Bushiri, to Kenya for a bone-marrow transplant. The innocent child, 8 years old, was barred at the Kamuzu International Airport from… ...

12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year – APAM

Nov 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) says 12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year alone. APAM president Ian Simbota said this at Mkolimbo school ground in Traditional Authority Kwataine in… ...

Former Miss Malawi Blandina Khondowe dies

Nov 21, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Miss Malawi and cancer awareness advocate Blandina Khondowe has died today. Khondowe was pronounced dead at Spring Valley Private Hospital in Area 10 in Lilongwe where she was rushed to. Born in 1980, Khondowe… ...

The world mourns Chadwick Boseman

Aug 29, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Tributes are pouring in for American actor and producer Chadwick Boseman who died on Friday. Boseman succumbed to colon cancer which he was diagnosed with in 2016. He battled the disease in the past four… ...

Namadingo: Malawi’s walking statue of humanity

Aug 26, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 0 &

By 8:30am on 25 August 2020. Namadingo, and his Namartist Management Team were already at the proposed site for Mahatma Ghandi statue in readiness to raise funds for musician William Kachigamba who needed 3 million… ...

Namadingo in fundraising campaign for guitarist Kachigamba

Aug 25, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Musician Patience Namadingo has embarked on a fundraising campaign for guitarist William Kachigamba. Kachigamba who has cancer need money for travel and medical expenses as he looks to go to Zambia to get treatment. Namadingo,… ...

Chamaca organises ride against cancer

Feb 29, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Chatinkha Maternity Care (Chamaka) has organised a ride against cancer slated for 26 April, 2020 with the aim of raising funds for buying equipment to be used to screen women in rural areas. President of… ...

National Youth Council of Malawi urges youth to get tested for cancer

Feb 06, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

As the world commemorated world cancer day on Tuesday, the National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCM) urged youth to be in forefront in getting tested for various types of cancers in order to get early… ...

Lions cruise for childhood cancer

Oct 28, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Lions Clubs International District 412B comprising Malawi and Mozambique over the weekend held its second annual Lake Malawi Boat Cruise. Over 120 people from across the country boarded Chilembwe ship as it sailed from Monkey… ...