Health Posts

Number of cholera cases reduced in Machinga

Jan 09, 2016 Martha Chikoti 10 &

Malawi’s Minister of health Peter Kumpalume has claimed that there has been a reduction in cholera cases in some parts of the country over the past few days. The minister said this after visiting Machinga… ...

Medical assistant in custody for stealing drugs

Jan 08, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 31 &

Malawi Police in Dedza district are keeping a health worker behind bars for allegedly stealing medical drugs and other hospital supplies worth K202,000. Dedza deputy police spokesperson Cassim Manda confirmed the development and identified the… ...

Malawi Government clueless on how to end drug theft

Jan 08, 2016 Richard Jimu 6 &

Malawi government remains coy on ways set aside to end incessant theft of drugs in public hospitals as the health sector is now hitting the news on similar cases. On Thursday, Health Minister, Peter Kumpalume… ...

Cholera reaches Lilongwe

Jan 08, 2016 Diana Kaluwa 30 &

Barely a week after cholera resurfaced in the country, another case of cholera has been registered in Malawi capital city Lilongwe. According to the hospital’s public relations officer Trinity Kaombe, the hospital is keeping a… ...

Poet Hudson Chamasowa comes out in defence of gays

Jan 07, 2016 Aubrey Makina 638 &

As the storm over the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Malawi refuses to die, renowned poet Hudson Chamasowa has spoken out in defence of gays. In a late night Facebook post, Chamasowa who also works for… ...

Patients keep sleeping on the floor at QECH while Mutharika spends millions on his toilet

Jan 07, 2016 Aubrey Makina 208 &

A photo has appeared on Facebook of a patient sleeping on the floor at Malawi's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital at a time that the country's leadership has come under fire for extravagance. Information that Malawi24… ...

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… ...