Month: July 2024 Posts

Adolescent girls, young women in Balaka credit Her future her choice project for enhancing SRHR services 

Jul 01, 2024 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Adolescent girls and young women living in the areas of Traditional Authorities Amidu and Kalembo in Balaka District say they are now aware of the benefits of using contraceptive methods to avoid unintended pregnancies as… ...

Women and girls encouraged to use contraceptive pills to avoid unsafe abortion

Oct 06, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Malewezi A non-governmental organisation has encouraged women and girls in the country to use emergency contraceptive pills after unprotected sex to avoid unwanted pregnancy which leads to unsafe abortion. The NGO, called DKT Women Care… ...

Opinion: On population growth in Malawi

Apr 10, 2022 Guest Writer 1 &

By Lucius Gerrald  Globally, it is difficult to come to the exact number of births every day since not all births are registered or recorded. But, according to United Nations (UN), it is estimated that… ...

Karonga recording over 150 monthly STI cases

Mar 29, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Paulina Chiyombo Despite many interventions by a number of non-governmental organizations   providing in sexual reproductive health, statistics from Karonga District Heathy Office show that many youths continue to contract sexually transmitted infections with over… ...

Youth workers trained on use of emergency contraceptive pills

Feb 18, 2021 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Stakeholders responsible for distributing family planning methods in Phalombe have been trained on the use of the emergency contraceptive pills to promote proper usage in the district which registered 3,000 teenage pregnancies last year. Family… ...

Contraceptives killing libido: Women urge men to embrace ‘withdrawal method’

Feb 08, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some women in Malawi have attributed their low bedroom voltage to contraceptives which they claim extinguishes their powerlines. Reacting to a Facebook complaint by a man who lamented his wife's matrimonial underperformance, women disclosed that,… ...