Health Posts

Zomba Central Mental Hospital hit by low funding, shortage of staff

Jul 09, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Central Mental Hospital's mental health facility has only 65 nurses out of a required 333 and this is compromising service delivery. Speaking on Friday during a stakeholders consultative meeting, Hospital Director, Dr. Raphael Piringu… ...

How to Stop Sleeping in a Meeting

Jul 08, 2023 Burnett Munthali 0 &

Time and again, notable individuals are observed sleeping in Parliament, public events, or even during staff meetings here in Malawi. Is it due to insufficient sleep or a lack of interest in their surroundings? This… ...

Organisation to fight fistula through SRHR services

Jul 03, 2023 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

A non-profit organisation in Chikwawa has vowed to keep on fighting to reduce cases of fistula by among others enhancing the dissemination of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information through different platforms. In an… ...

Global vaccine alliance to deploy six-in-one vaccine to lower-income countries

Jul 03, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has approved plans that will see lower-income countries access new vaccines in the coming years and that will provide COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk groups until 2025. The plan… ...

Unemployed nurses to withdraw from internship, hold demos

Jul 02, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Nursing officers on upkeep and internship basis in public hospitals, will withdraw from work this month as all unemployed nursing officers will be taking to the streets to force government to address their grievances. This… ...

Over 360,000 men circumcised in Lilongwe

Jul 01, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Over 360,000 men in Lilongwe District have been reached with Voluntary Male Medical Circumcission (VMMC) services and 800 000 people have been reached with VMMC messages. The significant numbers are coming from Project Dolo that… ...

Thyolo health chiefs demand K632 million from health workers

Jun 25, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Thyolo district Director of Health and Social Services Dr. Arnold Jumbe and hospital administrator, John Phiri, have demanded health workers in the district to pay 632.5 million Malawi Kwacha in damages for accusing them of… ...