Health Posts

FCB donates to Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital

May 05, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

First Capital Bank has donated K7 million to Beit-CURE Hospital in Blantyre which will help the hospital to reach out to children for free reconstructive and orthopaedic surgeries. Every year Beit-CURE Hospital performs over 2,100… ...

Govt asked to increase funding towards sexual reproductive health

May 04, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Non-state actors in the health sector have urged Malawi Government to increase funding towards sexual reproductive health. The reproductive health sub-sector received K600 million in the 2023/24 national budget, a 20 percent increase from the… ...

Man commits suicide in Lilongwe

May 02, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 52-year-old man Mackford Binison has died in Lilongwe after taking pesticides. Kanengo Police Spokesperson Gresham Ngwira says Binison allegedly took pesticides used for treating tomatoes after returning from a drinking spree. He the told… ...

MANEPO launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign for older persons in Machinga

May 01, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Malawi Network for Older Persons Organisation (MANEPO) is mobilising older persons at Traditional Authority Nsanama in Machinga to go for Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves from coronavirus. Speaking at Nsanama, MANEPO Humanitarian Manager, Nitike Ngwira… ...

Ministry of Health set to conduct Typhoid vaccination campaign

May 01, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Ministry of Health is set to roll out the administration of typhoid vaccine in the country. The campaign will run from 15 May to 21 May, 2023 targeting children from 9 months to 14 years.… ...

HIV, TB transmission rate decreasing

Apr 29, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Authorities at the community of Sant’Egidio under the DREAM Program who are running Bridge the Gap HIV/AIDS and TB Project, have expressed optimism about winning the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB in Malawi as the… ...

Record-Breaking Sperm Donor Who Fathered 550 Children Ordered to Stop

Apr 28, 2023 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Image: Wired A court in the Netherlands has ordered a 41-year-old man suspected of fathering approximately 600 children worldwide through sperm donations to cease donating. The man began donating sperm in 2007. In 2017, the… ...