Health Posts

Malawi registers 79 new Covid-19 cases

Jun 18, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has registered 79 new Covid-19 cases, 17 new recoveries and two new deaths. Of the new cases, 69 are locally transmitted: 25 from Blantyre, 10 from Zomba, eight from Kasungu, six from Lilongwe, five… ...

ActionAid Malawi donates Covid-19 equipment to district hospitals

Jun 18, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

ActionAid Malawi has donated Covid-19 equipment worth MK22 million to eight district hospitals where the organisation is carrying out various interventions. The donation includes oxygen cylinder bottles, flow metres, oxygen bottles, N95 masks, gloves and… ...

Crisis: Malawi runs out of Covid vaccine

Jun 18, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vaccination Centres across Malawi have run out of Covid-19 vaccine and the Ministry of Health says the crisis is due to a delay in the arrival of a consignment of the vaccine. Currently, there is… ...

Abortion motion withdrawn to pave way for civic education

Jun 17, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Chiradzulu West Member of Parliament Dr Mathews Ngwale has withdrawn his intention to table a private member's motion on Abortion Bill, saying stakeholders should continue sensitising and civic-educating people in the country about what the… ...

Former Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda dies

Jun 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Zambia's first President Dr Kenneth Kaunda has died today in Lusaka at the age of 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital Lusaka where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed… ...

Transport woes affecting health service delivery

Jun 17, 2021 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

People from Traditional Authority Chiwalo in Phalombe district have expressed concerns over lack of ambulance and good road in the area, saying this is affecting the health service delivery in the area. These concerns were… ...

Covid-19: Malawi records 62 new cases

Jun 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi has recorded 62 new Covid-19 cases, 20 new recoveries and one new death. Of the new cases, 49 are locally transmitted: 17 from Blantyre, 14 from Lilongwe, five from Dowa, three from Karonga, two… ...

Ishmail Wadi no more

Jun 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ishmail Wadi has died. Wadi’s family has confirmed the death of the renowned lawyer saying he will be buried this evening. "I can confirm that we have lost our… ...

UK to donate 100 million excess Covid-19 vaccine doses

Jun 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the United Kingdom will donate 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses to the world’s poorest countries within the next year. The pledge comes ahead of the G7 Summit, which begins… ...

23-year-old teacher commits suicide ‘after impregnating teenager’

Jun 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 23-year-old primary school teacher committed suicide in Salima on the night of 8 June and police say the teacher impregnated a teenager and feared he would be arrested. Salima Police Station spokesperson Jacob Khembo… ...

Malawians warned against excessive use of ‘Mphamvu kubedi’ libido boosters.

Jun 10, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

While sending women to orgasm remain an uphill task for many men, doctors have cautioned against excessive use of 'Mphamvu Kubedi'(Libido boosters), saying, overdependence on the drugs and substances would electrocute their bedroom bazookas. In… ...

Covid-19: Third wave ravages Zambia

Jun 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Third wave of Covid-19 has hit Zambia as isolation and treatment facilities, including private hospitals, are filling up at a fast rate. The country recorded 1,767 on Tuesday, 3 deaths and 88 new admissions, according… ...

British national commits suicide in Mangochi

Jun 08, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 70-year-old British national identified as David Henry Graves has died after hanging himself with a rope to the roof of the kitchen at his house in Mangochi. The incident occurred on the wee hours… ...

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies

Jun 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 37-year-old woman in South Africa has given birth to 10 babies– seven boys and three girls – breaking the Guinness World Record. According to new site IOL, the decuplets were born at a hospital… ...

Two Malawi Army soldiers killed in road accident

Jun 07, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Two Malawi Defence Force soldiers have died in the road accident involving a military vehicle on President Lazarus Chakwera’s convoy. Minister of Information Gospel Kazako as confirmed, saying the two were in the military vehicle… ...