Health Posts

Six die in Mangochi road accident

Sep 03, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Six people have died while other people have sustained various degrees of injuries after the motor vehicle they were traveling in overturned last night at Chowe Hills. Mangochi Police Station Publicist Amina Tepani Daudi has… ...

Chakwera calls on Malawians to eat less Nsima

Sep 02, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has called on people in the country to reduce Nsima consumption, saying too much Nsima consumption affects the body. Chakwera made the remarks at the launch of Scaling Up Nutrition 3.0 (SUN… ...

Malawi on track in reducing undernutrition

Sep 01, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says Malawi has registered significant improvements in nutrition indicators with the percentage of stunted children in the country being reduced to 33 percent. Chiponda made the remarks on Monday… ...

Artists condemn making fun of Amaka

Sep 01, 2021 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Malawian artists have united in disapproving the mocking behaviour towards female musician Amaka due to her current mental status. According to the artists, mocking the 18-year-old music sensation has potential to worsen her condition, thus… ...

Sunbird says employees must get vaccinated

Sep 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Sunbird Hotels and Resorts has told its employees that they must get vaccinated by September 18 in order to be allowed to access the workplace. The company’s Chief Human and Capital Development Officer Edward Chunga… ...

Health minister given 7 days to explain ‘no vaccine, no work policy’

Aug 30, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded Malawi's minister of health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda to explain the mandatory covid-19 testing and vaccination policy by various companies in the country. This is… ...

Covid deaths attributed to witchcraft in some villages; doctors call for increased awareness

Aug 29, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

When Alfred Chawinga, a 60-year-old man in Rumphi, died of a respiratory complication which medical records show to be Coronavirus, his relatives sought the real cause of what they believed to have been an untimely… ...