Feature of the Week
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CDF goes milky
Estere Wisike, from Namaonya near Thekerani Thekerani Trading Centre inThyolo District never dreamt of owning a dairy cow in her…
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Women unite to end open defaecation
Located about 25 kilometres from Mponela in Dowa District, Choma in Traditional Authority Chakhaza is a model village in business…
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Social cash transfers on mobile money
Government has switched to mobile money platform to ensure vulnerable households recieve monthly social cash transfers with ease. The cash…
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Keeping children in school
A three-week absence from school was enough for Halima Molesi, 12, to fail end of term examinations. The Standard Five…
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At least we’ve water’ is not good enough
Many Malawians mistake boreholes for safe drinking water. Policymakers, politicians and watchdogs say the same thing—drill, drill, drill—when providing water…
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Empowering fistula survivors
Although Marita Vula was in pain, she tried as much as possible to ignore it. The 28-year-old woman was experiencing…
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Tackling return of wild polio
Recently, the Ministry of Health announced the first case of polio in the past 30 years. How is the world…
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Saving mothers’ lives
Kenyan critical care doctor and UK-Med member Serah Kaara tells us of her experiences setting up a life-saving intensive care…
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Road cuts disrupt health care
day in Chikwawa, a 50-year-old woman limped in agony, her battered body precariously leaning on her husband’s shoulder. The story…
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Cyclone affects maternal health
Sunday evening, Monica Dimiwe, 36, and her family gathered around a small battery-powered radio to listen to the evening news.…
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