Month: October 2016 Posts

Mzuzu hospital feeling pinch of Taiwan-Malawi ties severance

Oct 23, 2016 Thula Chisamba 1 &

Authorities at the Mzuzu Central Hospital have revealed that the facility is facing numerous challenges since Malawi government cut bilateral ties with the Taiwanese government. Speaking in an interview, the hospital’s public relations officer Frank… ...

UN pledges more support to fight fistula in Malawi

Oct 13, 2016 Bright Malenga 9 &

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has pledged to continue supporting Malawi in the fight against obstetric fistula in Malawi.   Speaking at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe where UNFPA officials met women, the organization’s representative… ...

NPL rescues Mzimba Hospital

Oct 09, 2016 Luke Bisani 7 &

In efforts to end maternal deaths in the country, Nation Publications Limited (NPL) through its 2016 Fun Run event has donated equipment worth millions in Kwacha to Mzimba district hospital. The 2016 Fun Run generated… ...

Malawi urged to step up efforts to end maternal deaths

Oct 06, 2016 Thula Chisamba 5 &

Health stakeholders in the country have spoken on the need for government to employ and train more midwives to reduce maternal mortality. Speaking in an interview, executive director for White Reborn Alliance, Nancy Kamwendo, said… ...

Myths derailing female condom distribution in Malawi

Oct 02, 2016 Patience Mandala 8 &

The Hunger Project in Malawi has described myths and cultural norms as the major challenges that they are facing in the distribution of female condoms across the country. This was said on Saturday at the… ...

Smoking in public could end in Malawi: Environmental experts lobby for anti-smoking policy

Sep 27, 2016 Luke Bisani 78 &

Environmental experts in Malawi have called for anti-public smoking policy following high records of deaths due to smoking of cigarettes in public. According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, over five thousand Malawians are killed… ...

Malawi economy: Poverty limits man from accessing medication

Sep 21, 2016 Bright Malenga 21 &

A 63 year-old man at M'gomba village, Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota district has been struggling with a disease for over ten years now but he is failing to access medical treatment due to poverty.… ...