Health Posts

CSOs concerned with low uptake of Covid vaccine in Malawi

Mar 29, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have expressed concern over low uptake of Covid vaccine in Malawi, saying the country is among the least vaccinated countries in the world. Council for Non- Governmental Organisations (CONGOMA) and… ...

Limbe Health Centre gets five new toilets

Mar 28, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Limbe Health Centre in-charge, Dora Mwafulirwa, says the construction of five new toilets and bathrooms at the health centre is timely as the facility had only two toilets used by over 600 people on a… ...

Cyclone Freddy: Survivors concerned over poor sanitation in camps

Mar 28, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Some Cyclone Freddy survivors in Balaka have expressed concern that the camps are overcrowded and that there is poor sanitation which could lead to the spread of diseases. One of the survivors, Martha Burnet, 70,… ...

Journalists urged to help scale up Covid-19 vaccine uptake

Mar 27, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Journalists in the country have been encouraged to embrace science health reporting so as to help increase Covid-19 vaccine uptake especially among pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions. The call was made on… ...

Karonga on alert against Marburg Virus

Mar 27, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Karonga District Council director of health and social services David Sibale says they have formally started screening travelers at the border post for any possible signs of the disease. Speaking to Malawi News Agency (MANA),… ...

Africa CDC conducts training on preparedness for emergencies

Mar 26, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Participants from various agencies and departments including Malawi Police, Malawi Defence Force, Animal Health have undergone Public Health Emergency Operation Centre Training in Lilongwe. The training was organized by Africa Centre for Disease Control and… ...

Fear stopping people from seeking cholera treatment

Mar 26, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Cholera patients continue to shun hospitals amid false rumours that the cholera outbreak is part of a plot to reduce the population of Malawi. Malawi24 has discovered that rumors which have been spreading concerning cholera… ...