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...
‘Report child abuse’
Nkhoma Ward councillor in Lilongwe Msinja South Constituency Mphatso Kaduya has urged community members to identify and report perpetrators who...
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...
‘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...
‘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...
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...
Surveillance for Covax
Health experts say once the Covid-19 vaccine will be accompanied by a surveillance system which to observe any side effects...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Supporting pneumonia treatment
Physician Dingase Dula recalls the days when treating pneumonia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre used to be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lucia’s stinging agony
When Lucia Burton sat Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations at Makande Primary School in Balaka last year,...
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...
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...
