Health
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Bisiyele’s water poverty
She starts her day with a fervent prayer before embarking on a daily routine to fetch water. The prayer Mary…
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Mpox brings back masks
Increasing sights of face masks in markets and meetings across Malawi signal the ripple effect of the mpox disease ravaging…
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Cancer survivors share hope
Cancer is treatable if detected early, but the malignant disease is ranked the second leading cause of death globally. According…
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Activists remember abortion ruling
Pro-Choice Campaigners meeting in Dedza last week hailed the government for rubber-stamping the court ruling that affirmed women’s rights to…
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Caregivers return to basics to save lives
A battered earth road that splits a vast floodplain west of Chikwawa town takes travellers close to Majete Wildlife Reserve,…
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Sparking disability inclusion
In 1976, Tilile Nabanda of Mponda Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaomba in Kasungu District, delivered a baby with malformed legs. …
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Calls for safe abortion persist
Lying on a hospital bed in Kamuzu Central Hospital’s Gynaecological ward, Edna, 16, is battling for her life after clandestinely…
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Mothers fight cervical cancer
At just 21, Jessie Mzemba is a foot soldier in Malawi’s battle against vaccine hesitancy and cervical cancer. Every day,…
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Abortion balloons health spending
Malawi’s overwhelmed healthcare system is paying a huge cost to treat deadly complications fuelled by a colonial ban on termination…
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Wash boost for urban schools
In 2022, Chisiyo Primary School along the Western Bypass Road on the outskirts of Lilongwe City faced a water and…
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