Month: April 2021 Posts

NAPHAM urges people living with HIV/AIDS to get Covid-19 jab

Apr 11, 2021 Andrew Mwenelupembe 0 &

The National Association for People living with HIV and AIDS in Malawi (NAPHAM) has called upon people living with HIV/AIDS in the country to embrace Covid-19 vaccine saying the uptake of the vaccine will reduce… ...

Game, City Mall, Chichiri Shopping Mall to have Covid-19 vaccination centres this weekend

Apr 10, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Health authorities in Lilongwe and Blantyre have established additional Covid-19 vaccination centres which are open this weekend and the authorities have urged Malawians to go and get vaccinated. In Lilongwe, vaccination sites open this weekend… ...

Covid takes over MUST

Apr 09, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The dark days of the coronavirus are among us once again with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) being in the throes of the virus. Reports from the University in Thyolo have indicated… ...

Elderly persons shun Covid-19 vaccine in Mzuzu

Apr 03, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Only one person out of the 34-member Thula Older Persons Association in Mzuzu has received Covid-19 vaccine, with those shunning the jab blaming lack of information to debunk myths and misconceptions. It has been revealed… ...

Karonga recording over 150 monthly STI cases

Mar 29, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Paulina Chiyombo Despite many interventions by a number of non-governmental organizations   providing in sexual reproductive health, statistics from Karonga District Heathy Office show that many youths continue to contract sexually transmitted infections with over… ...

Couple charged with manslaughter for neglecting sick daughter

Mar 25, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A husband and wife in Balaka have been charged with manslaughter for refusing to provide food and other basic necessities to their two-year-old biological daughter who later died. Confirming the development was Balaka police public… ...

Soldier dies after getting AstraZeneca jab in Ukraine

Mar 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A soldier in Ukraine has died after receiving AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The Army in Ukraine on Tuesday night announced the death of the servicewoman who had received CoviShield vaccine, the Indian version of the AstraZeneca… ...