Month: March 2022 Posts

Ministry of Health set to roll out polio vaccination on Monday

Mar 19, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Malawi Government through the Ministry of Health will start polio immunization exercise on Monday 21st March, 2022. The exercise will be done in four months starting from Monday 21st March up to July 2022 and… ...

Zomba DHO appeals to CSOs to raise awareness on polio vaccination

Mar 15, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Raphael Likaka The District Health Office (DHO) in Zomba has appealed to the Civil Society Organisations in the District to raise awareness in their respective impact areas on the polio vaccine which will target… ...

Polio vaccination campaign to be rolled out in Blantyre

Mar 15, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Emmanuel Chilemba Blantyre District Health Office has announced that it will conduct Polio vaccination exercise next week targeting children under the age of five amid the threat of further spread of Polio. The Development… ...

Ministry of Health puts in place measures to contain Polio

Feb 23, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Health has put in place additional measures in order to contain Polio after a case was registered in Lilongwe last week. This was disclosed yesterday during a press… ...

Malawi records first polio case in 30 years

Feb 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Mwayi Nsaliwa Malawi has recorded a case of polio for the first time since 1992. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has announced the case in a statement. She said laboratory results show that… ...

Govt to roll out polio vaccine this month

Jul 05, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi government through the Ministry of Health will this month conduct a week-long catch-up polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.8 million children below the age of five. Confirming the development was the ministry's public… ...