Month: March 2016 Posts

World class nursing school to be built in Malawi

Mar 10, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 73 &

Malawi will in December 2017 have its ever first ever state of the art 270-bed capacity university teaching hospital which is expected to reduce number of referrals sent outside the country. According to director of… ...

Man in custody for selling hospital drugs

Mar 10, 2016 Martha Chikoti 23 &

Police in Ntcheu district are keeping in custody Raymond Jothan, 42, for selling drugs stolen from public hospitals. Southern Region Police assistant spokesperson Peter Mchiza said Jothan has been operating the business of selling drugs… ...

Amnesty tells Malawi to protect albinos

Mar 05, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 37 &

Human rights group, Amnesty International, has ordered the Malawi government to protect people with albinism in the country. The group made the directive in reaction to a sickening discovery of the severed head of a… ...

Manerela in trouble over gratuity

Mar 02, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 6 &

It never rains but pours for the once vibrant organization, Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with HIV (Manelera), as the organization has been taken to court over money. The family of former executive director… ...

Govt, World Vision strategise Malaria Grant

Feb 29, 2016 George Mhango 9 &

Health authorities in Malawi, officials from World Vision and Global Fund have begun a five day Malaria start up workshop in Lilongwe to come up with a conclusive implementation strategy to enhance community empowerment. Global… ...

Ministry of Health in trouble for ‘useless’ expenditures

Feb 27, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 39 &

Malawi’s Minister of finance Goodall Gondwe has accused the Ministry of Health (MoH) of spending its budgetary allocation on insignificant things like travel while hospitals were lacking funds to perform important operations. The minister made… ...

‘ Malawian Health workers behind drug shortage’

Feb 25, 2016 Martha Chikoti 33 &

Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume says government has been working hard to curb the problem of drug shortage in the country but health workers are defeating the efforts. Kumpalume made the remarks in the national… ...