Month: April 2022 Posts

Chimombo Health Post in Nsanje to enhance safe motherhood

Apr 29, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Construction of the K38 million Chimombo Health Post in Traditional Authority (TA) Chimombo's area in Nsanje District is expected to reduce maternal and child deaths as most women will be able to deliver under the… ...

Expectant mothers at Balaka district hospital worry over lack of care

Mar 16, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

Expectant mothers at Balaka District Hospital have expressed worry over lack of maternity care at the facility as the situation which is causing deaths of either delivering women or babies. Reports indicate that about two… ...

Woman delivers baby under tree

Feb 11, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A woman in Mulanje delivered a baby under a tree after she was sent back from Mpala Health Centre in the district. The woman went to the health facility at around 3am but a nurse… ...

Malawi told to invest in family planning

Jul 20, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Population and Development Institution of Health Policy Plus has urged Malawi to promote policies and programs that will encourage more people to use contraceptive methods in order for the country to realize its development potential.… ...

Safe motherhood on WhatsApp

Jul 20, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

Pregnancy was something that scared first time mother Tadala Namakhoma as she had no one around to advise her on what to do during the period. Living together with her husband Stevie Namakhoma in the… ...

Malawi electricity blackouts underrate safe motherhood efforts

Oct 08, 2016 Luke Bisani 37 &

Despite efforts to end cases of women dying when giving birth, persistent blackouts in Malawi are reported to have underrated the efforts as a woman in Mzimba district has died due to lack of electricity.… ...