Month: August 2021 Posts

Sparc, Caring Hands developing mental health app

Aug 25, 2021 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

In a bid to promote mental health awareness and the importance of a healthy mental being, Caring Hands Center Limited has partnered Malawi's leading ICT service providers Sparc Systems Limited to develop a mobile application… ...

Menstrual hygiene challenges causing high school dropout

Aug 21, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Menstrual hygiene and sanitation challenges are still contributing to high school dropout in Euthini Education Zone in Mzimba district in Malawi. It has been noted that normally, there is always a significant enrolment of girls… ...

Phoka sing’anga discovers miracle charm against abortion

Aug 20, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Whilst dust refuses to settle on the issue of abortion legalisation in Malawi, a traditional doctor at Phoka in Rumphi claims to have discovered a miracle charm that fights against any form of terminating pregnancy.… ...

NGO urges Govt to invest in mental health

Aug 20, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Connect Plus Resource Institute (CPRI) says investing in mental health and suicide prevention services could help reduce the number of immediate life-threatening situations related to mental illness. Chief Executive Officer for CPRI Dennis Mwafulirwa has… ...

Dowa woman arrested for burning son over chicken

Aug 19, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Dowa arrested a 28-year-old woman, Rute Sikelo, on suspicion that she burnt her 7-year-old son's cheeks, nose and hands after accusing him of stealing chicken. The incident happened on Wednesday evening, at Ngalazuka… ...

Malawi to receive 115,200 doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Aug 19, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

The Ministry of Health says 115,200 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the country tomorrow. The vaccine will arrive in Malawi at around 4PM on August 20, six days after the country also… ...

Former Malawi Chief Justice Munlo dies

Aug 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Chief Justice of Malawi, Lovemore Munlo, has died today at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Munlo was appointed Chief Justice of Malawi in 2007 by the then President Bingu wa Mutharika.  He served… ...