Wonders of volunteerism in HIV fight

She saw her husband ill and dying. Then her year-old son, too, joined the fray. It was a twin sickness that brought her tremendous suffering.

Local Development Fund improves maternal health

When she got pregnant three years ago, Mary Yakobe of Maoni Village ,Sub/Traditional Authority (STA) Maoni in Chiradzulu walked a distance of almost eight kilometres to access antenatal services at Nkalo Health Centre in the district.

The long distance made Yakobe’s visits to Nkalo Health Centre for antenatal services erratic.

Boosting immunity with indigenous vegetables

Her health was fast deteriorating when Ida Chapuma decided to go for an HIV test at a hospital in Lilongwe. The test came out positive, with her CD4 count being as low as 185. That was in October 2010.

Registration curbs baby theft

Cases of baby theft offer another need for government to invest more in registering every child at birth.

There are many reasons some people steal babies, but one worrisome trend offer a compelling reason to make every child count right from the start: Some cases happen in what are supposed to be the safest places for children.

Saving lives with medical kits

Veronica Gondwe, 16, from Kashata Village, Traditional Authority Kilupula in Karonga has been sick for a while. Her mother, Maggie, is not sure about taking her to the hospital, but the last time she went to the hospital, there was no medicine.

Behind a delicacy so delicious

At Makhetha Township in Blantyre, there is a meaty business that presents a forest of risky eating habits that cause high blood pressure, a non-communicable disease (NCD) that affects one in three adults worldwide.

Diabetes: Silent but avoidable killer

By the time Timothy Ntambalika of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nchilamwera in Thyolo went to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in October 1986 after a long illness, damage had already been done to his body.

Healing without doctors?

Her life, she thought, was over. Ravaged by cancer that left her immobile because of swollen legs, Falisi Kichimani endured all she could. Then she started getting weak—the entire body ached and she had constant diarrhoea.

Battling malaria in high risk areas

On March 15 2013, Rt. Reverend Dr Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and former president of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) arrived in the country to see the fruits of the malaria project his church is funding in Malawi.

High blood pressure, a silent killer

Perhaps if Francis Gondwe had sought professional medical treatment he would have saved thousands of kwacha lost to traditional healers.

The 32-year-old Gondwe, of Kalembo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chemwamadi in Machinga, says he has struggled with a headache and dizziness for over 15 years.