Health Posts

Abortion no longer a constitutional right in US

Jun 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The United States Supreme Court has declared that having an abortion is no longer a constitutional federal right, paving way for states in the US to ban abortion. The court on Friday overturned the landmark… ...

Malawians urged to embrace spirit of donating blood

Jun 21, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

People across the country have been encouraged to embrace the spirit of donating blood in a quest to save the lives of patients requiring blood transfusion in hospitals. Machinga District Commissioner, Rosemary Nawasha made the… ...

Youth friendly services crucial in fight against HIV and AIDS – Minister

Jun 20, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has emphasized that scaling up access to youth friendly services on sexual reproductive health by the health facilities is pivotal in the fight against HIV and AIDS pandemic. Chiponda… ...

Young people in Malawi demand youth friendly services

Jun 19, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Young people in Malawi have demanded government to set up youth corners in hospitals across Malawi as a way of promoting young people’s access to health services. The young people made their demands in a… ...

ActionAid Malawi hand over MK1bn Covid-19 PPEs to its partners

Jun 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

ActionAid Malawi handed over Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to its partners under its Global Fund Covid-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) project. The PPEs, officially handed over in Lilongwe, are worth $1 million (K1 billion) and… ...

Churches want youths to understand sexual and reproductive health issues

Jun 16, 2022 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

Churches in Malawi say it is important that they should continue being involved in teaching youth about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) so that young people should get the right messages on the… ...

Govt ordered to hire nurse who passed interviews but was not given offer letter

Jun 14, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has ordered Malawi Government to provide an offer letter to a nurse who passed job interviews but her offer letter was not sent to her and she was told by the Ministry… ...

Chiradzulu patient did not have monkeypox — Ministry of Health

Jun 13, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Ministry of Health says investigations have shown that a patient who died on Friday at Chiradzulu District Hospital did not have monkeypox. Secretary for Health Dr Charles Mwansambo said the Ministry immediately, using the… ...

Mzimba registers 600 STI cases in three months

Jun 12, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Over 600 cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) were recorded at the Mzimba District Hospital from January to March this year. Mzimba South STI’s Coordinator, Dan Kwacha, says the figure is higher than the number… ...

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Jun 10, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio — but the continent has also worked for decades to fight these threats. The… ...

Sparc, Caring Hands launch mental app

Jun 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Government has hailed Sparc Systems Limited (Africa) and Caring Hands, a non-governmental organization, for launching a Mental Lab application which will be used to fight mental illness in Malawi. The mobile application was launched… ...

Cases of TB drop in Rumphi mining sector

Jun 02, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Rumphi is one of the districts in Malawi which are on right track in the fight against Tuberculosis in the mining sector. Rumphi has a number of mines and is one of the districts where… ...

Crazy Gang Comedy Crew loses one member

Jun 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Nice Mpepe, one of the members of Crazy Gang Comedy Crew, died on Monday. Nice was one of the four members of the Mangochi based comedy gang whose video clips were popular on social media.… ...

18 cases of Leprosy registered in Mzimba North

Jun 01, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Mzimba North health office has registered 18 cases of leprosy and the cases are being managed at Mzuzu Central Hospital. Phillip Maunda, one of the clinicians managing Dermeto-Venereology/ Dermatology (Skin) clinic at Mzuzu Urban ealth… ...

NGO impressed with progress of project on sexual and reproductive health

May 27, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Centre for Alternatives for Victimized Women and Children (CAVWOC) in Balaka has disclosed that it is impressed with the progress of Her Future Her Choice (HFHC) Project which aims to raise awareness to adolescent… ...