Month: November 2023 Posts

Malawi and African nations receive groundbreaking malaria vaccine in fight against deadly disease

Nov 27, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In a significant move to combat malaria, over 330,000 doses of the World Health Organization-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine have arrived in African countries, marking a historic milestone in the broader vaccination efforts against this deadly… ...

Malaria cases reduced in Malawi, says Minister of Health

Nov 07, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says cases of Malaria in the country have reduced from an estimated 6.1 million malaria cases in 2016 to 4.2 million cases in 2022. Speaking yesterday in Lilongwe during… ...

WHO recommends new Malaria vaccine

Oct 03, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for widescale use in the prevention of malaria in children in various countries including in Malawi. The vaccine which is cheap and can be… ...

Malaria: World Vision commits to spray over 139,000 houses in Balaka

Apr 16, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

World Vision Malawi says it projects to spray about 139,949 dwelling structures in Balaka District in the 2023 Indoor Residue Spray (IRS) campaign covering a population of about 470 thousand people. The organization's project Officer… ...

Over 10,000 households survivors in Phalombe at risk of contracting Malaria

Apr 01, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Over 10,000 survivors living in camps for Cyclone Freddy survivors in Phalombe South Constituency are at risk of contracting Malaria due to congestion. In an interview with this publication, Member of Parliament for the constituency… ...

Govt urged to allocate funds to anti-malaria program

Dec 12, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The parliamentary committee on health has called on government to consider allocating a certain percentage of money in the ministry of health budget towards Indoor Residue Spray (IRS) Program in a drive to reduce the… ...

Malawi to roll out Malaria vaccine this month

Nov 20, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Health is expected to roll out Malaria vaccine for children under the age of five starting from 29 November 2022. Programs Manager for National Malaria Control Program, Dr… ...