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National News
More gaps in cervical cancer fight
Ministry of Health says limited access to cervical cancer services and misconceptions are limiting factors to cervical cancer screening, particularly…
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‘Report child abuse’
Nkhoma Ward councillor in Lilongwe Msinja South Constituency Mphatso Kaduya has urged community members to identify and report perpetrators who…
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Partners in Health gives QECH IV fluids
Neno-based Partners in Health has donated intravenous (IV) Fluids worth $35 694 (about K35.6 million) to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital…
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‘People who had Covid can delay second dose
Immunologist Dr Kondwani Jambo says it is practical that people who recovered from Covid-19 should at least get one dose…
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‘2021-2022 are years of reform for MLS’
Malawi Law Society (MLS) members have elected PATRICK MPAKA as their president for the next two years, replacing Burton Mhango…
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Covid-19 affecting safe motherhood services
Ipas Malawi board chairperson Dr Chisale Mhango has said Covid-19 has affected safe motherhood services in the country as women…
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Surveillance for Covax
Health experts say once the Covid-19 vaccine will be accompanied by a surveillance system which to observe any side effects…
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Health
Covid-19 moves First Deputy Speaker into action
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Madalitso Kazombo first started feeling like he had fever and malaria. But later, the problem…
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Feature of the Week
Taking cancer screening to rural communities
It is Saturday morning at Ndamera Health Centre in Nsanje District. Senior community health nursing technician Evelyn Zambasa is standing…
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Inequalities rife in health care
Following the global adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, Malawi outlined its vision of achieving the target…
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Development
Rose gets justice, still haunted
Twelve-year-old Rose (not real name) watched as her defiler was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at the Midima Magistrate’s Court…
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Feature
Madalo’s innocence ripped away
Between January and October this year, at least1 700 defilement cases were reported nationwide. While these might appear as mere…
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Health
Supporting pneumonia treatment
Physician Dingase Dula recalls the days when treating pneumonia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre used to be…
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Mulanje in campaign to end child marriages
Mulanje District Council on Thursday commemorated International Day of the Girl Child, an event that provided a platform to raise…
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Pneumonia common cause of admission—doctor
Malawi joins the global community to commemorate World Pneumonia Day today with physician Dingase Dula stating that the respiratory disease…
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Feature of the Week
Covid-19 exposes space problems in schools
When Mbayani II Junior Primary School was constructed in 2015, government and concerned stakeholders thought that this was going to…
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Feature of the Week
Saving newborn babies using social media
One Friday morning in August this year, nurse-cum-midwife Luseshelo Simwinga-Mumba set out to work as usual. She found the labour…
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Development
Lucia’s stinging agony
When Lucia Burton sat Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations at Makande Primary School in Balaka last year,…
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Ministry to decongest Mbayani I Primary School
Deputy Minister of Education Madalitso Wirima has announced plans to decongest Mbayani I Primary School in Blantyre which has an…
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Oxfam, Wolrec take role models to Balaka
Oxfam in Malawi and Women’s Legal Resources Centre (Wolrec) on Friday engaged several role models to motivate young girls at…
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