Month: June 2022 Posts

ActionAid Malawi hand over MK1bn Covid-19 PPEs to its partners

Jun 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

ActionAid Malawi handed over Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to its partners under its Global Fund Covid-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) project. The PPEs, officially handed over in Lilongwe, are worth $1 million (K1 billion) and… ...

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Jun 10, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio — but the continent has also worked for decades to fight these threats. The… ...

Embassy of Ireland monitors implementation of Covid initiatives in Karonga

May 27, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Embassy of Ireland visited Karonga District where Irish funds were invested in strengthening point of entry Covid screening and isolations at Songwe border. The Delegation was led by Lilian Chaguluka and also visited Karonga… ...

Over K3.8 billion in Covid-19 funds abused in Malawi

May 20, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Over K3.8 billion meant for the fight against Covid-19 was abused in government ministries and departments. This has been revealed by an audit report on the K17.29 billion which President Lazarus Chakwera's administration disbursed in… ...

Malawi removes mandatory PCR requirement for vaccinated travellers

May 19, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says all incoming travellers including Malawians that are fully vaccinated and have a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate will no longer be required to produce a COVID-19 PCR certificate prior… ...

Ireland donates data management equipment worth K10.6 million to Malawi

May 13, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Irish Ambassador to Malawi Seamus O'Grady on Wednesday handed over data management equipment worth K10.6 million to Malawi Government as part of the Covid-19 response initiative. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda received the consignment… ...

Chakwera asks companies to re-employ retrenched workers

May 02, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has called on companies and organisations which retrenched  workers, or reduced workers' salaries due to Covid-19, to re-employ the retrenched workers or adjust upwards the reduced salaries. Chakwera made the call in… ...

Blantyre residents urged to get Covid-19 vaccine booster doses

Mar 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Emmanuel Chilemba Blantyre District Health Office, has called upon residents in the district to visit Health Centres to get Covid-19 vaccine booster doses. Booster doses are additional vaccines administered to help restoring body's immune… ...

NGOs wants Govt to engage more Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers

Mar 14, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Council for Non-Governmental Organisation (CONGOMA) in partnership with Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and The People's Vaccine have asked Malawi Government and all governments to engage more Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers in order to… ...

Ministry of Health gets recommendations on Covid-19 booster shots

Feb 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandondo Chiponda says the Malawi Immunization Technical Advisory Group (MAITAG) has now submitted its recommendations to the Ministry of Health to encourage people to get a booster dose of the COVID-19… ...

Football fans to return to stadiums as government eases Covid-19 restrictions

Feb 17, 2022 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Football fans in the country will be able to return to stadiums when the new season kicks off next month after the Malawi Government announced the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. The 2022 soccer season is… ...

Malawi Ministry of Health eases Covid-19 restrictions

Feb 17, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ministry of Health has eased Covid-19 restrictions following a decline in the number of new confirmed cases and admissions. The Minister responsible Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda told Journalists on Wednesday at Parliament building in Lilongwe that… ...

Foundation donates diagnostic test kits worth K150 Million to Malawi

Feb 15, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Africa Future Foundation (AFF) has donated laboratory diagnostic tests kits worth 150 Million Kwacha to Ministry of Health. Africa Future Foundation made the donation on Monday 14 February, 2022 in Lilongwe. The donation consists of… ...

Africa on track to control COVID-19 pandemic in 2022

Feb 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two years after Africa identified its first case of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that, if current trends continue, the continent can control the pandemic in 2022. Over the last two years, the… ...

CDEDI yati ana asabaidwe katemera wa Korona popanda chilolezo cha makolo

Feb 03, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Bungwe la Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) lachenjeza aphunzitsi onse komanso ogwira ntchito za umoyo kuti apewe kunyengelera ana asukulu kuti abayitse katemera wa Korona popanda chilolezo cha makolo. Bungweli lanena izi… ...