Month: October 2021 Posts

J&J accused of shielding assets amid baby powder cancer lawsuits

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Johnson & Johnson, makers of baby powder said to contain cancer-causing asbestos, has been accused of hiding its assets and evading liability for compensation by  separating its baby powder from the rest of the company.… ...

Bushiris allowed to leave Malawi on medical grounds

Feb 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi government has allowed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to send his first born child, Israella Bushiri, to Kenya for a bone-marrow transplant. The innocent child, 8 years old, was barred at the Kamuzu International Airport from… ...

12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year – APAM

Nov 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) says 12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year alone. APAM president Ian Simbota said this at Mkolimbo school ground in Traditional Authority Kwataine in… ...

Former Miss Malawi Blandina Khondowe dies

Nov 21, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Miss Malawi and cancer awareness advocate Blandina Khondowe has died today. Khondowe was pronounced dead at Spring Valley Private Hospital in Area 10 in Lilongwe where she was rushed to. Born in 1980, Khondowe… ...

The world mourns Chadwick Boseman

Aug 29, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Tributes are pouring in for American actor and producer Chadwick Boseman who died on Friday. Boseman succumbed to colon cancer which he was diagnosed with in 2016. He battled the disease in the past four… ...

Namadingo: Malawi’s walking statue of humanity

Aug 26, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 0 &

By 8:30am on 25 August 2020. Namadingo, and his Namartist Management Team were already at the proposed site for Mahatma Ghandi statue in readiness to raise funds for musician William Kachigamba who needed 3 million… ...

Namadingo in fundraising campaign for guitarist Kachigamba

Aug 25, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Musician Patience Namadingo has embarked on a fundraising campaign for guitarist William Kachigamba. Kachigamba who has cancer need money for travel and medical expenses as he looks to go to Zambia to get treatment. Namadingo,… ...

Chamaca organises ride against cancer

Feb 29, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Chatinkha Maternity Care (Chamaka) has organised a ride against cancer slated for 26 April, 2020 with the aim of raising funds for buying equipment to be used to screen women in rural areas. President of… ...

National Youth Council of Malawi urges youth to get tested for cancer

Feb 06, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

As the world commemorated world cancer day on Tuesday, the National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCM) urged youth to be in forefront in getting tested for various types of cancers in order to get early… ...

Lions cruise for childhood cancer

Oct 28, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Lions Clubs International District 412B comprising Malawi and Mozambique over the weekend held its second annual Lake Malawi Boat Cruise. Over 120 people from across the country boarded Chilembwe ship as it sailed from Monkey… ...

National Cancer Centre to become partially operational next month

Sep 19, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says the National Cancer Centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) will become partially operational next month. Officials from the Ministry of Health told a cluster Parliamentary Committee on Health, HIV and AIDS and Nutrition… ...

Researchers develop early detection test for ovarian cancer

Aug 23, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom have developed a test that may be able to detect ovarian cancer up to two years earlier than current approaches. The researchers discovered that the presence… ...

Malawians urged to raise childhood cancer awareness

Sep 24, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Lions Club of Bwaila has urged Malawians to raise awareness of childhood cancer. In a press statement on Saturday, the club said Malawians should also donate to the cancer ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital especially… ...

Malawi cervical cancer campaign screens 1,859 women

Aug 13, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

A week long Cervical Cancer awareness and mass screening campaign organised by the Blantyre District Health Office and Saint Egidio saw 1,859 women getting screened, representing 53% of the campaign's target. The campaign targeted women… ...

Over 2000 women turn up for Cervical Cancer Screening Campaign

Apr 27, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

A week-long Cervical Cancer Screening Campaign conducted in Blantyre by DREAM in partnership with St Egidio has seen over 2000 women turning up for screening at different health centers across the city with 30 testing… ...