Vaccines Archives

Third phase of polio vaccination starts in Zomba

Aug 11, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office on Wednesday launched third round of polio vaccination campaign across the district to reach all children aged five years below with oral polio vaccine. To this effect, Zomba District Council Chairperson,… ...

World Bicycle Relief donates bicycles worth K30 million to Ministry of Health

Aug 04, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

World Bicycle Relief on Wednesday handed over 140 bicycles worth 30 million Kwacha to the Ministry of Health for use by Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) who work in hard-to-reach areas. Speaking after the donation, Minister… ...

Partners in Health spends K80 million to deliver Cholera vaccine in Neno

Aug 02, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (PIH/APZU) has reaffirmed its commitment towards improving health service delivery in Neno district where the organization has spent K80 million to ensure availability of Cholera vaccine. This is according… ...

Zomba DHO bemoans polio vaccine resistance by parents in urban areas

Jul 31, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office (DHO) says parents in low density areas and in houses surrounded by brick fences refuse to open gates to let health workers give oral polio vaccine to their children. To this… ...

Malawi invited to apply for funding to roll out Malaria vaccine

Jul 26, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Malawi along with Ghana and Kenya have been invited to apply for support in rolling out the first ever malaria vaccine which will protect children against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands in Africa.… ...

Malawi among countries to benefit from Pfizer initiative

May 26, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera attended the launch of launch of ‘An Accord for Healthier World’, an initiative in which pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, aims to provide all its patented, high quality medicines and vaccines to low-income countries… ...

Cases of measles on the rise in Africa – WHO

Apr 29, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. According to WHO, almost 17,500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022,… ...