Month: May 2016 Posts

Mzuzu flood victims shunning ARVs

May 25, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 31 &

Apart from displacing and killing people, Malawi24 has established that the floods that hit Mzuzu have affected people living with HIV. In a recent spot check, our team discovered that most HIV patients are not… ...

Traditional healers’ HIV/AIDS adverts risk a ban

Apr 11, 2016 Luke Bisani 25 &

The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has urged the media to stop broadcasting adverts from traditional healers in the country. Adverts from traditional healers claiming that they cure different diseases including HIV/AIDS and diabetes have… ...

Mwanza council gives sex workers a boost

Apr 08, 2016 Paul Nthala 65 &

Sex workers in Mwanza district have received a boost as the district’s council has revealed plans to recognise them and help improve their trade. The sex workers have been allowed to form a grouping which… ...

Pastors accused of fuelling HIV

Mar 29, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 30 &

A non-governmental organization (NGO) in Lilongwe has accused religious leaders of fueling the spread of the HIV pandemic. The NGO, Centre for Youth Development and Social Empowerment (CYDSE), which is working in Chief Chimutu's area… ...

NGO launches campaign on health rights

Mar 29, 2016 Bright Malenga 1 &

Global Hope Organisation (GHO) on Tuesday launched a programme aimed at informing youths of issues of sexual reproductive health and health rights and how they can address challenges facing them. The function was held at… ...

Malawi to use drones to reduce child deaths

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 59 &

Government has partnered United Nations children’s fund (Unicef) to test the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) in HIV testing of infants. Infants who have HIV positive mothers need to be tested early… ...

NAC sets sights on students in combating HIV/AIDS

Jan 06, 2016 Martha Chikoti 6 &

The National Aids Commission (NAC) says it will be working with students as one way of combating HIV/AIDS and achieving the 90:90:90 goal. The organization has since started with students from Lilongwe University of Agriculture… ...

Monetary crisis hits MANASO

Dec 29, 2015 Emmanuel Kanzimbi 13 &

Malawi Network of AIDS Services Organisation (MANASO) says the organization is now receiving 30 percent of its funding from National AIDS Commission (NAC) following the pulling out of some donors such as Global Fund which… ...

Love of money is killing girls in Malawi

Dec 27, 2015 Thula Chisamba 80 &

Girls in Malawi, in their teens have been urged to come to a halt on the ‘too-much’ love of money, a thing which is landing them in miscellaneous bad behaviors. Recently, Authorities in Rumphi district… ...

HIV/AIDS to end stigma in Malawi

Dec 16, 2015 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi Network of Aids Services Organizations (Malazu) says enacting the HIV/AIDS bill into law is one way of combating stigma against people living with HIV. According to a survey the organization conducted, stigma is fueling… ...

Malawian men condemned for reluctance to disclose HIV status

Dec 10, 2015 Martha Chikoti 8 &

The Malawi Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (Manet+) has described men's reluctance to disclose their HIV status as a form of gender based violence. The organization also says men do not disclose… ...

Malawian sex worker dies in the process of aborting pregnancy

Dec 05, 2015 Mwayi Mkandawire 197 &

She may have not wanted to end her business of sleeping with men as her only means of making ends meet but for 22 year old Thandie Gomeza, the drugs she took to abort a… ...

Revealed: Malawi ARVs selling like hot cake in South Africa

Dec 05, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 112 &

Shocking revelations have emerged that some Malawian health workers are having a hand in stealing drugs from hospitals and selling them to smugglers. International media reports indicate that Antiretrovirals (ARVs), painkillers and antibiotics stolen from… ...

‘Poverty in Malawi behind increasing HIV/AIDS prevalence rate’

Dec 02, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 19 &

As Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating World AIDS Day today, it has been established that poverty and sexual behaviour continue to be some of the main factors influencing the transmission of… ...