Health Posts

Malawian men condemned for reluctance to disclose HIV status

Dec 10, 2015 Martha Chikoti 8 &

The Malawi Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (Manet+) has described men's reluctance to disclose their HIV status as a form of gender based violence. The organization also says men do not disclose… ...

Queens Central Hospital for sale! Government to privatise public hospitals

Dec 08, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1,909 &

...Kamuzu Central Hospital put on auction Malawi government has set up plans to privatise all public hospitals, Malawi24 can reveal. President Peter Mutharika made the revelation that his administration will soon start auctioning public hospitals into private… ...

Woman dies while giving birth due to power blackout

Dec 07, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 232 &

A Malawian woman in her late 20's in Mangochi died on Sunday after giving birth as she was bleeding heavily and the district's hospital failed to assist her due to power failure at the institution.… ...

Man arrested for being found in possession of drugs

Dec 06, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 23 &

Malawi police in  Zomba  are keeping in custody a man after he was found in possession of medical drugs without a licence. Zomba police deputy spokesperson Davie Sulumba confirmed the arrest of Master Nakhonya, 39. Speaking… ...

Malawian sex worker dies in the process of aborting pregnancy

Dec 05, 2015 Mwayi Mkandawire 197 &

She may have not wanted to end her business of sleeping with men as her only means of making ends meet but for 22 year old Thandie Gomeza, the drugs she took to abort a… ...

Malawi hospitals start charging K25,000 per referral

Dec 05, 2015 Aubrey Makina 198 &

The free health system in Malawi has started falling apart, media reports have revealed. According to media reports that Malawi24 has monitored, patients in the Northern region district of Mzimba are being demanded to pay… ...

Revealed: Malawi ARVs selling like hot cake in South Africa

Dec 05, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 112 &

Shocking revelations have emerged that some Malawian health workers are having a hand in stealing drugs from hospitals and selling them to smugglers. International media reports indicate that Antiretrovirals (ARVs), painkillers and antibiotics stolen from… ...