Month: September 2018 Posts

Malawians urged to go for HIV test

Sep 12, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Lighthouse Trust in Malawi has called on Malawians to voluntarily go for HIV test in order to know their status as one way of reducing HIV transmission. In an interview, Lighthouse Ambassador to Malawi Manzoor… ...

Muluzi speaks tough on drug theft

Sep 10, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi has warned health workers that they will be fired if found stealing drugs. Muluzi made the remarks following the theft of medical drugs at Katuli Health Centre in Mangochi. Reports… ...

Atupele Muluzi warns Malawians on open defecation

Aug 28, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Malawi Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi has expressed shock over continued open defecation and urination despite efforts of government to end the malpractice. Muluzi has warned that if the malpractice is not curbed, Cholera will… ...

Fact Check: Circumcised men likely to die after 10 Years

Aug 20, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 10 &

THE CLAIM: Circumcised men likely to die after 10 years A story is making rounds on social media that a “study” conducted by “Deltas Clare” has found that the medication used for circumcised men reacts… ...

Women to be protected from HIV

Aug 18, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Researchers have expressed hope that many women in Malawi will be protected from the risk of contracting HIV once the vaginal ring begins to be used in Malawi. The researchers said this during a Civil… ...

Malawi to avoid thousands of maternal deaths after UK funding

Aug 17, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

Up to 6,000 maternal deaths are expected to be tamed with a new UK Aid funding expected to provide sexual and reproductive health services to more than 300,000 Malawians. The news has been confirmed by… ...

Health expert wants Malawians to contribute to hospitals

Jul 12, 2017 Martha Chikoti 52 &

One of the health experts in the country has asked Malawians to donate to public hospitals so that the hospitals should have more sources of funding. The call has been made by activist Dorothy Ngoma… ...

TB project targets miners

Jul 01, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Mining might be a job worth millions of money but it also put lives of people at risk when it comes to contracting diseases such as Silicosis and Tuberculosis (TB). This is why PARADISO TB… ...

God save us from religion

Jun 03, 2017 Samuel Majamanda 13 &

While the World commemorated the International Nurses Day on May 12, 2017, four-year-old Dyson M’mangisa curled up in a hospital bed at Mulanje District Hospital praying for God to save him from the religion of… ...

Malawi to conduct rubella, measles vaccination campaign this month

Jun 01, 2017 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

In a bid to overcome measles which mostly attacks mostly children, the government of Malawi will conduct a measles-rubella vaccination campaign starting this month. The National Integrated Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign will be carried out to… ...

Malawi not prepared for pandemics

May 28, 2017 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Most countries, including Malawi, are not adequately prepared for a pandemic and the world is still doing too little to strengthen pandemic preparedness, according to a report by the World Bank. The report entitled From… ...

Malawi on the lookout for Ebola

May 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 47 &

The Malawi government has disclosed readiness in blocking the spread of Ebola into the country despite the human migration and geographical setting from the country that has since registered the deadly disease. This follows reports… ...

Week-long cervical cancer screening campaign starts today

Apr 20, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 14 &

DREAM will start a week long cervical cancer screening campaign in the city of Blantyre today. The screening campaign will see women in the reproductive age group of 15-49 going for the screening campaign in… ...

No malaria drugs in Malawi’s hospitals

Mar 09, 2017 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Despite the fact that Malaria accounts for 6.81% of deaths in Malawi, public hospitals have run out of drugs that treat the disease. '' Officials in the hospitals are supposed to render account for every… ...

Malawi’s religious leaders warned against discouraging ARVs

Feb 07, 2017 Martha Chikoti 6 &

Religious leaders in Malawi have been urged to encourage their followers living with HIV to take anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs rather than discouraging them in the name of faith. The statement was stated in Phalombe during… ...