Month: October 2023 Posts

Lack of waiting shelter haunts Mzimba women

Oct 12, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Expectant women in Mzimba district have bemoaned lack of waiting shelters at the district's hospital, saying there is need for authorities to act on the matter. Speaking in an interview on Wednesday, a woman who… ...

Innovative study focuses on Malawian women’s perceptions of fertility difficulties

Aug 13, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Young women in Malawi who reported difficulties conceiving and/or carrying a child to term turned to traditional healers, churches and mosques, as well as medical clinics for help, says new research from Lancaster University. The… ...

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies

Jun 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 37-year-old woman in South Africa has given birth to 10 babies– seven boys and three girls – breaking the Guinness World Record. According to new site IOL, the decuplets were born at a hospital… ...

Health Minister says new maternity wing is not licence for more pregnancies

Dec 17, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has advised women in Salima not to get pregnant just because of a desire to use the new maternity wing constructed at Salima District Hospital. Chiponda said this when… ...

Midwives concerned over rise in home births in Chitipa

Nov 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Joseph Mbughi Midwife technicians say there is a rise in home births at Kameme in Chitipa because women ignore advice they get from health personnel and due to poor roads in the district.… ...

Ministry of Health pledges to protect pregnant women’s privacy in hospitals

Aug 07, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Health and Population Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says the ministry is committed to fighting against maternal deaths and will also ensure that pregnant women have privacy in hospitals. Kandodo said this at Ufulu gardens… ...

Coronavirus: Mother delivers baby, another pregnant woman recovers

Jun 17, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 delivered a baby through cesarean section at Bwaila Hospital while another pregnant woman recovered from Covid-19 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Director of Quality Management and Digital… ...