Month: February 2016 Posts

Child bearing age key to ending maternal deaths

Feb 06, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 10 &

A health expert in the country says women should consider the age at which they bear children if the country is to end maternal deaths. The expert, Timothy Bonyongwa, said the age of 21 and… ...

Malawians asked to go for Cancer screening

Feb 04, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 18 &

People in the country have been encouraged to go for cancer screening so that the disease should be detected early when the chances of survival are highest. Chairperson for Cancer Association of Malawi (CAM), Gladys… ...

Malawians urged to prevent malnutrition

Feb 01, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 2 &

The parliamentary committee on nutrition and HIV/Aids has urged Malawians to always look into issues of nutrition in order to prevent malnutrition in the country. Last year, severe malnutrition claimed 45 under-five children in Chikhwawa… ...

Government moves to protect Malawians from Malaria

Jan 29, 2016 Thula Chisamba 26 &

Government through the ministry of health will soon begin distributing mosquito nets across the country as one way of stopping the spread of Malaria in the country. Information gathered shows that the ministry is already… ...

Patients turned away as Phalombe hospital has no X-ray machine

Jan 24, 2016 Timothy Kachedwa 22 &

Phalombe residents have expressed displeasure with lack of equipment at the district’s hospitals as the facilities have had a malfunctioning X-ray and scanning machine for over 3 months. Speaking to Malawi24, Phalombe residents said that… ...

Ambulance driver caught drinking while on duty

Jan 23, 2016 Thula Chisamba 319 &

As hospitals in the country continue to complain of inadequate resources including fuel for ambulances, a Mzimba district hospital ambulance driver was found drinking beer at a bar with his ambulance parked in front of… ...

US bails ministry of health with 185 emergency vehicles

Jan 23, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 116 &

As Malawi is going through tough times in health service delivery, the United States of America has handed 185 emergency vehicles including 15 ambulances to the Ministry of Health. During the donation function which took… ...