Health
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Teen pregnancy in the face of disaster
Tropical Storm Ana that wreaked havoc in the Southern Region of Malawi displaced 5 313 women exposing them to a…
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Preserving every drop of polio shots
As community health workers hop house to house to vaccinate children against polio, Unicef Malawi communication officer RODGERS SIULA follows…
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Gesd bridges maternal health gaps
Ten month ago, Loyce Shaba perilously delivered a baby boy at home with the help of unskilled neighbours. The 33-year-old…
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Restoring displaced women’s dignity
Tropical Storm Ana that displaced thousands in southern Africa forced Roselina Lupenga, 18, to flee to a congested emergency evacuation…
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Malawi ready for cholera vaccination
Malawi has received 1.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine from the Global Emergency Stockpile for the first round of…
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Shoe doctor wants every child vaccinated
Malawi’s first wild poliovirus case in 30 years has left health workers racing against time to vaccinate every child aged…
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Tuberculosis on the decline
clinician carries out TB testing at a health centre in Lilongwe Last Thursday was the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day set…
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Resillient toilets, healthy lives
Zomba Banda of Fayiti Village in Ntcheu District stopped constructing latrines every year as they collapsed in no time. “I…
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Nurse helps women give birth using phone light
On January 24, Cyclone Ana left Nchalo Health Centre cut-off by a flood that disrupted electricity and water supply across…
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Superstition slows TB treatment
Some tuberculosis (TB)patients delay to get treatment because they blame it on witchcraft. Nancy Mbale, a floor attendant at Chitimba…
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