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Farmers’ surprise plan to beat climate disaster
M alawi is home to just over 20 million people and the United Nations reports that more than 2.8 million…
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Managing NCD burden among youth
Elube Mhone, 18, from Karonga experienced blindness for six months due to type one diabetes mellitus complications. The metabolic disease,…
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Tackling cholera at the source
W hen a businessperson from Limbe Market in Blantyre contracted cholera in July 2022, health workers at South Lunzu Health…
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Mercy James hospital hits 10 000 surgeries
In July 2017, US pop superstar Madonna opened Malawi’s most advanced children’s hospital named after her adoptive daughter Mercy James.…
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Villagers discover green money
Gift Peter, 36, of Ngunga Village in Zomba District endured a scorching half-decade of burning charcoal, but got nothing to…
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Learners bear cholera brunt
Around noon, Machinjiri, Blantyre City’s largest township, transitions into a hustle and bustle despite suffering the most from the deadliest…
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Displaced but not forgotten
A nutrition programme battered by Cyclone Freddy is empowering women for enhanced child nutrition and well-being, writes freelance journalist ARNOLD…
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Localising fistula treatment
As a new graduate in 2012, Lamusi Abudu was assigned to Mangochi District Hospital where women with fistula would be…
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Mchinji: A drying bread basket?
Since Malawi’s independence in 1964, the border district of Mchinji earned an enviable reputation as one of the country’s breadbaskets.…
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Cyclone ruins nutrition push
For Chikondi Likwenga, 40, cleanliness is a must: It safeguards the benefits of giving her children nutritious food. “I want…
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