Month: March 2021 Posts

Rural hospitals running short of drugs: Patients told to buy

Mar 02, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Rural hospitals in the country are running short of essential medical supplies and patients are being told to be buying prescribed drugs from pharmacies. Spot check findings in rural hospitals like Chitheka in Nkhatabay and… ...

Concerned students organize demos over school closure

Feb 17, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawian concerned students have organized city after city demonstrations starting next week over prolonged school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement made available to Malawi24, the group through its national chairperson… ...

Malawi to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine: ‘We have received advice from WHO’

Feb 17, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Health says preparations are at an advanced stage for the rollout of AstraZeneca Vaccine in March this year. This is according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health dated February… ...

Kalibu Academy exempted from school closure

Feb 09, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Health has given Kalibu Academy the go-ahead to continue classes for its students. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said in a letter to the school on February 7 that Kalibu students… ...

Final year nursing students allowed to continue studying

Feb 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Nursing and midwifery training colleges have been allowed to continue classes for final year students during the two-week closure of schools. The Ministry of Health Students has granted a waiver to training colleges to continue… ...

Malawians call for deputy health minister’s head: Kalamula was on holiday in US as Malawi bows to Covid-19

Feb 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawians have demanded the resignation of Deputy Minister of Health Chrissie Kalamula Kanyasho for going to the United States on holiday amid the fight against Coronavirus pandemic. Kalamula went on holiday in December and has… ...

UNICEF hands over motorcycles and medical supplies worth K320 million

Jan 30, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Friday handed over to the Ministry of Health 20 motorcycles and medical supplies which will be used by health workers to provide assistance to people in hard to reach… ...

Coronavirus: Malawi records 81 new recoveries, 592 cases

Jan 25, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has registered 592 new COVID-19 cases, 81 new recoveries and 10 new deaths. Of the new cases, 572 of the new cases are locally transmitted. These include 196 from Blantyre, 87 from Nkhata Bay,… ...

Hospital workers accused of stealing oxygen cylinders

Jan 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Health says it is investigating reports that some hospital workers in Lilongwe have been stealing oxygen cylinders and selling them. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has confirmed about the probe folowing… ...

Malawi records 269 new Coronavirus cases

Jan 11, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi on Sunday registered 269 new COVID-19 cases, 15 new recoveries and five new deaths. The new cases include 267 locally transmitted infections with 70 from Lilongwe, 50 from Salima, 45 from Blantyre, 31 from… ...

Malawi’s Coronavirus data system run by US organisation, China claims

Dec 17, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

There is still confusion over who runs Malawi’s Coronavirus data system even though the Ministry of Health has insisted that Malawi controls its own system. A scientist at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital revealed that… ...

Tonse Govt plans to construct 900 health posts by 2022

Dec 08, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says government’s target is to construct 900 health posts in rural areas across the country by 2022. She made the remarks on Monday when she received Mwalija Health Post… ...

Ministry of Health warns of second Coronavirus wave in Malawi

Dec 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Health says there is an increased risk of a second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic due to weather and relaxation on face mask use. The ministry said on Saturday that there is… ...

Lack of staff houses affecting health services delivery

Dec 02, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

People surrounding Mkhwayi Health Centre in Phalombe district have asked authorities to quickly solve problem of lack of staff houses at the facility which is affecting the people's access to health services. In an interview… ...

JTI constructs 15 village clinics in seven districts

Nov 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTI)  on Friday officially handed over 15 Village Clinics worth K650 million to the Ministry of Health. The clinics has been constructed in seven districts across the country and the handover ceremony… ...