Health
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‘Hypertension isn’t witchcraft’
For months, group village head Penembe’s 90-year-old mother, Mezinati Laison gasped for breath. Next, tongues started wagging in the rural…
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Men quietly bottle it up
On a wooden bench outside a small rundown pub in the thick of Limbe Town, Blantyre, a group of men…
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Schools power polio fight
At Makawa Primary School in Mangochi District, more than 5000 children fill classrooms each day. However, March 24 2026 is…
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Did authorties doze off?
In a stench that fouls air at Dyeratu Trading Centre in Chikwawa, tongues wag about spills of ethanol waste from…
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‘Schools should notjust teach sexuality’
Thembinkosi Manda, a 16-year-old Form Four student at Katoto Secondary School in Mzuzu, values her health rights. Having seen her…
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Lab woes slow polio tests
On Christmas Eve in 2025, there was no Santa or candies for a seven-year-old from Makhetha Township in Blantyre, who…
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Cholera among us again
Cholera has become a seasonal killer in one of Blantyre City’s clustered settlements, marked with blocked drains, leaking pit latrines,…
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Neno switches to lifesaver
Frequent and random power outages can mean life and death for patients, but specialised technology can prevent lapses in care,…
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Water supply stirs hope
They say water is life. While safe and clean water is often taken for granted, remote communities such as Daudi…
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Climate shocks fuel cholera
In Nathenje, on the outskirts of Lilongwe District, 31-year-old Lezina Aaron is still struggling to recover from the shock of…
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