Feature of the Week

ECD caregivers left behind

Most of them are not qualified, but trusted by their communities to prepare children for lifelong learning. The forgotten volunteers’…

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Villages unite to make Pasani Hill green again 

Communities around Pasani Hill in Mulanje have found meaning in planting trees under whose shade they do not expect to…

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Taming cholera amidst Covid-19, polio outbreaks

In April this year, 30-year-old Thoko Gawani (not her real name) suffered a bout of diarrhoea. Since she had to…

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Tobacco threat to environment

The world marks World No Tobacco Day on May 31 every year to raise awareness of the negative health, social,…

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Covid jab meets routine vaccines

On a sunny morning, two community health workers are hard at work under a leafy tree in the middle of…

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Menses are normal. Period

Catherine Malasha, 49, is certain that “old ways won’t bring new results for our children” The chairperson of Namalindi Mother…

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Renewed war on polio

Alinafe Frackson, from Traditional Authority Ndindi in Salima, was shocked in February when Malawi confirmed its first wild poliovirus case…

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More action needed in tackling climate change

A Study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) has analysed how climate change influenced weather patterns in Malawi, Mozambique and…

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