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Integrating SRH, HIV services
Call her Joyce Chirwa to protect the identity of her granddaughter who is living with HIV. It takes the…
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The ‘break-dancer’ traffic police officer
Is there any connection between one’s name and character? Surely there must be some collation, especially in the hectic…
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No time to dose off
A clinician’s sleepless nights bring to light huge sacrifices health workers are making to ensure no one dies of cholera,…
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Water for cholera prevention
Cholera cannot continue killing people every year, says Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga. “Let us do all we can…
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Exclusion water Cholera
The cholera outbreak in the capital city has exposed how Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has forsaken a community in…
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Drones fly in anti-cholera raid
Gazing at an aerial view of Chigwirizano, a busy trading centre in Lilongwe, Angela Masoambeta figures out why cholera…
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Makanjira’s road transport woes
The Mangochi-Makanjira Road has been in the news over the years as one road that needs upgrading. But year after…
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Efforts to tackle Dzalanyama degradation
In this final part of the series on Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, our contributor CHARLES MKOKA looks at the collective efforts…
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Not all scrap is litter
A rectangular grass-thatched shed, a half meter-high charcoal-fired brick oven and sand molds of different types and sizes complete Michael…
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Power investments offer hope
As Alefa Banda walked out of a grinding mill at Mponela in Dowa, her face glowed with joy. She…
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Learning across dangerous divide
The border re-demarcation between Malawi and Mozambique has put some pupils in Makanjira on a dangerous path as they…
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Hunger, poverty in ‘no man’s land’
In Makanjira, Mangochi District, we saw how Malawian communities on the Mozambican side are facing hunger and poverty. In…
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Learners’ Council: Empowering children to deal with violence
Sherif Nkhata, a Standard Seven pupil at Thanula Primary School in Traditional Authority (T/A) Timbiri, Nkhata Bay is not…
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Towards sustainable water supply in LL city
In this second part of the series on Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, our contributor CHARLES MKOKA looks at the synergy between…
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Still living in fear
One Friday in late December last year, Mozambican soldiers entered Lukono Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Makanjira in Mangochi brandishing…
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Tobacco kills 5 700 in Malawi—global atlas
The American Cancer Society and Vital Strategies on Thursday released a public health atlas which ranks Malawi among low-income countries paying a…
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Detained for 50min in Makanjira
It is 10.28 on Monday morning, February 26 2018. The place is Mbalaka Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Makanjira…
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Sacrificing life for wildlife
He has fought nerve-wracking battles, faced and escaped death more than once. This is the untold story of one game…
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Shining with six points
Sixteen-year-old Felistus Thom smiled from ear to ear when she received her best student award from the First Lady…
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Chemical war on armyworms
Since fall armyworms arrived in Malawi December of 2016, government and development partners have developed strategies to effectively control…
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