Month: August 2022 Posts

Disease that has killed four people in Nkhata Bay identified as E.Coli infection

Aug 15, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Health authorities in Nkhata Bay say the diarrhea outbreak that has killed four people in the district has been caused by bacteria called E.Coli and may have spread due to poor hygiene. Nkhata-Bay Health and… ...

Banja La Mtsogolo launches new women’s wellness services

Aug 14, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

As one way of providing advanced health care in Malawi, Banja La Mtsogolo has launched new women's wellness services such as maternity services, cervical cancer screening, ultrasound scanning, couples’ fertility counselling, child health services, menstruation… ...

Mystery disease hits Nkhata Bay

Aug 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Health authorities in Nkhata Bay are investigating an outbreak of a disease in the district in which affected persons are showing signs such as diarrhea. According to reports from a community member, the disease has… ...

New HIV infections in Malawi decreased by 61% between 2010 and 2021

Aug 11, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

New HIV infections in Malawi decreased by 61% between 2010 and 2021 due to Malawi’s expansion of the HIV treatment, according to the 2022 Global AIDS Update released by UNAIDS. The report attributes the progress… ...

Rumphi district achieves 91% TB treatment rate

Jul 04, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Rumphi  District is among the districts that are doing very well in the fight against Tuberculosis. The district achieved 91% treatment success rate in the year 2021. Speaking to Malawi24, Rumphi TB officer Umar Mwamadi… ...

Community volunteers playing vital role in TB case detection

Jun 29, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Community volunteers have been hailed for the vital role they are playing in the fight against TB. The volunteers work hand in hand with health surveillance assistants in their respective areas in collecting sputum and… ...

Grouping calls for prayers over socio-economic challenges

Jun 22, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The National Repentance Malawi has organized an international prayer conference to seek God's intervention on the country's social and economic challenges. This is according to National Repentance Malawi Coordinator Reverend Dr Edward Mikwamba who said… ...

Mzimba registers 600 STI cases in three months

Jun 12, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Over 600 cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) were recorded at the Mzimba District Hospital from January to March this year. Mzimba South STI’s Coordinator, Dan Kwacha, says the figure is higher than the number… ...

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… ...

18 cases of Leprosy registered in Mzimba North

Jun 01, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Mzimba North health office has registered 18 cases of leprosy and the cases are being managed at Mzuzu Central Hospital. Phillip Maunda, one of the clinicians managing Dermeto-Venereology/ Dermatology (Skin) clinic at Mzuzu Urban ealth… ...

Malawi monitoring monkeypox outbreak in Europe, US

May 26, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Ministry of Health says it has received a report from World Health Organization (WHO) about Monkeypox cases in United States of America (USA) and in some countries in Europe and Asia. In a press… ...

Balaka DHO registers Cholera death

May 26, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Balaka District Hospital has registered the first Cholera death since the outbreak started in the district. The deceased, a woman aged 33, hailed from Chikuse village in Traditional Authority Matola in the district. According to… ...

Marriages of closely related people should not be allowed, says doctor

May 24, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 1 &

A medical doctor at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES), Stephen Emilio Njolomole, has advised Malawians not to allow marriages of people who are closely related in order to prevent Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). In… ...

Balaka DHO registers 3 Cholera cases

May 24, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Balaka District Hospital Public Relations Officer, Mercy Nyirenda, says the hospital has registered 3 Cholera cases and there is also one suspected case. Speaking in an interview, Nyirenda said one of the cases is improving… ...

Rumphi man mentally ill for 27 years recovers after father’s burial

May 23, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man identified as Simon Kayira, 49, who suffered from mental illness for over 27 years, regained his sanity recently after the burial of his father at Chiberekete village in the area of senior chief… ...