Health Posts

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… ...

18 percent of babies are born prematurely in Malawi- WHO

Jan 06, 2016 Thula Chisamba 25 &

Shocking revelations from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that Malawi is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of babies who are born prematurely. According to a report seen by… ...

Rose Chibambo’s granddaughter appeals for support

Jan 06, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 67 &

Cecilia Kamanga, a granddaughter to Malawi’s first female minister, Rose Chibambo, has called on government to assist her grandmother who was admitted on Monday at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre due to heart attack. Speaking… ...

Cholera spills up in Malawi

Jan 06, 2016 Emmanuel Kanzimbi 0 &

Cholera has now killed nine people and a number of 191 cases have been recorded in Namanja and Nayuchi health centres in Machinga district in a period of two weeks. According to spokesperson for Ministry… ...