Month: October 2021 Posts

Alliance to conduct study on challenges midwives face

Oct 30, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

White Ribbon Alliance says it will conduct a study called "What midwives want" to understand the challenges midwives face so that the challenges can be addressed in a bid to reduce maternal mortality in Malawi.… ...

Funding for family planning methods increased by K24 million

Oct 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government has increased funding for family planning commodities from the initial K176 million to K200 million with an increment of K24 million. The increment comes after White Ribbon Alliance Malawi lobbied the Parliamentary Committee on… ...

NGO pushes for more investment in family planning

Sep 24, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A rights group has asked government to increase funding towards provision of family planning methods as a way of curbing teenage pregnancies. Speaking after meeting Members of Parliament in Lilongwe, White Ribbon Alliance Malawi Executive… ...

NGO looks to fight against child marriages

Sep 10, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

A Non-Government Organisation has embarked on a project to fight against child marriages and teenage pregnancies in Ntchisi. Speaking at a meeting at Ntchisi Community Development hall, on September 8, White ribbon Alliance executive director… ...

White Ribbon Alliance wants more clinics to offer maternity services

Aug 16, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

White Ribbon Alliance says there is need for more maternity clinics in Malawi as a way of promoting safe motherhood. The alliance’s Executive Director Hester Mkwinda Nyasulu on Friday urged development partners as well as… ...

White Ribbon Alliance decries poor funding for family planning

Jun 20, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The White Ribbon Alliance has expressed concern over poor funding for family planning commodities in the 2020/21 national budget. Executive Director for the White Ribbon Alliance Hester Mkwinda Nyasulu said this on Friday in Lilongwe… ...