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… ...