Month: March 2016 Posts

Parents urged to teach their children sex education

Mar 27, 2016 Martha Chikoti 34 &

Traditional leaders in Chikhwawa district in the area of Paramount Chief Lundu have called on parents to talk about issues of sex in their homes in order to reduce HIV among young people. Senior Village… ...

Cholera outbreak hits Mangochi

Mar 24, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 11 &

Mangochi district has been hit by a cholera outbreak and authorities say two people have died from the disease in the month March. Mangochi hospital sanitation officer Kondwani Mamba said they have registered 12 cholera… ...

Half of Malawians have no toilets – report

Mar 23, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 99 &

Half of Malawi's population lack access to toilets, a situation stakeholders say affects sanitation in households. Speaking during a public debate on Monday evening, Executive Director for Water Aid Marcy Masoo said many Malawians lack… ...

SDA youth urged to go for HIV testing

Mar 21, 2016 Bright Malenga 43 &

Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youth in the country have been urged to go for HIV testing with the aim of knowing their HIV status. This was said today at SDA Global Youth Day at Seventh… ...

Malawi to use drones to reduce child deaths

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 59 &

Government has partnered United Nations children’s fund (Unicef) to test the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) in HIV testing of infants. Infants who have HIV positive mothers need to be tested early… ...

Over 3 hundred trained nurses remain jobless

Mar 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 24 &

National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (NONM) has expressed dissatisfaction with the way government is handling the issue of deploying 339 nurses who were told to stop working last year. For a long time there… ...

Parliament approves additional funding to health sector

Mar 11, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 17 &

The Malawi Parliament has allocated an additional 5 billion Kwacha to the ministry of health, a moved described as good by the ministry. Minister responsible Peter Kumpalume said he is happy to know that the… ...