Society
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Sex education at church and school
Last year, I published a column that said prevention campaigns that focus on abstinence and be faithful (the AB of…
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Traditional food is alive
If you think Malawi’s traditional foods are extinct, you better think again. Traditional food is alive and Malawians are once…
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Lake of stars winners, losers
On this night, there were no stars in the sky shinning on the waters of Lake Malawi—christened ‘Lake of…
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British HIV cure ‘breakthrough’ is premature
A British newspaper reported that British scientists are on “the brink of an HIV cure” after HIV had become…
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Malawi prisons: Are inmates at the end of the food chain?
As a food crisis unfolds in the country, prisons lack money to purchase even simple food stuffs such as…
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Vaginal ring: The next frontier in HIV prevention
A report from the Aspire study of 2 629 women in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe presented at the…
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No fresh grounds as Freshlyground return to LoS tonight
It is no fresh ground for the multinational group, Freshlyground, as tonight they perform again at the Lake of Stars…
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Mining in Malawi brings forced evictions, report says
Villagers in Malawi have been forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for coal and uranium mines and consequently…
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Is empowering citizens on their rights necessary?
Power is intangible, but crucial; a subtle and pervasive force field connecting individuals, communities and nations in a constant process…
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Art redefining culture
A lot has been said and written about a ‘hyena’ in Nsanje. A BBC report recently opened debate on the…
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Police brutality: Are police officers above the law?
Pictures of police officers slapping students at Chancellor College (Chanco)—a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima)—during the demonstrations…
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Forced sterilisation of women
The International Community of Women Living with HIV and Aids (ICW) held a workshop in January 2008 for 30 young…
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Fairy tales: A trip up Lake Malawi
As the sun rises, the inky shape of the hills and the stars above the Malawian shore start to pale.…
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Are donations sustainable in financing health sector?
Donors and well-wishers have for decades been financing approximately 60 percent of Malawi’s healthcare system, according to data available on…
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Less clinic visits improve retention in HIV care
At the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) which took place in Durban, South Africa. Yours truly was not there…but…
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Should we go ahead drilling oil, gas on Lake Malawi?
Environmental activists, including one Godfrey Mfiti, have been holding public lectures and mobilising community and traditional leaders to rally behind…
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Fare ye well Zacharia
They say artists foresee death. It seems so did stage play and movie actor Jacobs Mwase, alias Zacharia, who on…
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Could the elderly be solution to albino myths?
A professing Kenyan Christian woman killed her child born with albinism, Esther Moraa, in August 2010. In court, the mother…
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Malawian HIV research round up
I did a title/abstract search for HIV and Malawi in Medline to find out what research has been published about…
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Young artistS take centre stage
Looking at the lineup of performers at tomorrow’s Carlsberg Urban Music Legacy at the College of Medicine Sports Complex in…
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