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Lessons from Cashgate
Malawi’s Cashgate scandal exposed in September 2013 is often remembered as an institutional failure, but anti-corruption systems fail when the…
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Treating malnutrition closer to home
Village clinics bring life saving malnutrition treatment within walking distance for families in rural Dedza, freelance journalist DUMASE ZGAMBO-MAPEMBA reports:…
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AI expands public health frontier
Environmental health professionals gather this August for an annual conference to reflect on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can improve public…
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Can batteries keep lights on?
When Cyclone Ana ripped through Southern Malawi in 2022, floods buried hydropower stations in mud, knocked down transmission lines and…
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Fear and rejection: The life of a lesbian
At 11, Blantyre-based Monica suspected that she was gay. She liked girls more than men. But she was not sure.…
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TB ignores borders, but health systems do
Mozambican patients seeking care in Malawi expose gaps in cross-border data sharing, treatment continuity and resource allocation. Bright Mpokwe Chimsosa…
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Breastfeeding at work
At 7:15 am, Rizwana Makda gently kisses her four-month-old daughter goodbye before taking a motorbike to work as a teacher…
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Youths rise against suicide
When a 10-year-old boy hang himself to a kitchen roof in Karonga District last year, dumbstruck villagers asked: What drove…
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When betting odds hurt
The allure of easy money is rigged against unquestioning Malawians who mortgage their earnings, pensions, relationships, reputations, lives and jobs,…
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Students battle healthcare gaps
In a laboratory at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Mubas), ideas are translated into project sketches on…
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