Health
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Media’s role on health crucial
The media has been challenged to give health governance issues prominence over political news if health service delivery is to…
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Malawi behind in Universal Health Coverage
Malawi is still lagging behind in meeting some indicators for attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. While the country…
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Coughs, urine…and stools
New findings show the search for effective TB screening is leaving nothing to chance, our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA writes.…
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Neglecting prisoners in TB prevention
Kingston Namviluwa rues the evening he entered Chikwawa Prison. The 32-year-old from Traditional Authority (T/A) Mchilamwera in Thyolo, grew up…
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Malawi’s paralysing health crisis
She woke up weak and dizzy. While in the bathroom, Chrissie’s arms grew numb. She collapsed. That was in 2016.…
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Risky childbirths of Ruarwe
Last December, Pamela Mphasi, 21, gave birth at home and named the baby Favour because she was born “luckily if…
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Stressed by open defaecation
At 14, Mercy knows what the remote lakeside population appears not to worry about. “Even adults defaecate in the open,”…
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Gains in mother to child HIV transmission
In 1999, Malawi was at a peak in the mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. This coincided with the…
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Judged, shunned, at risk
Sex workers want an end to discriminatory tendencies constraining access of healthcare services. JOHN CHIRWA writes. She does not want…
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Let’s Talk: About Depression, about Nutrition
Today is World Health Day and the theme is Depression, a condition, which according to the World Health Organisation, affects…
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A tale of two hospitals
Seven times, Baseke Mhango has opted against giving birth at the State-run Lura Health Centre in the vicinity of her…
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When hospitals are on life support
An hour’s drive from Songwe Border Post to Karonga District Hospital at 2am could have been the longest drive Daniel…
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Wonders of integrated health care
James was devastated when he and his wife tested HIV positive in 2010. The newlyweds feared that they would pass…
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Fighting HIV at Dzaleka
It is around 6pm at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa, precisely along the road called Blantyre, a name derived from…
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Smiling back to normal
The country offers plenty of smiles and sights to entertain the curious tourist, but some of its citizens cannot afford…
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‘I can see again after 15 years’
Fresh cotton wool was visible in Lydia Zefeniya’s eyes when she emerged from St Andrew’s Anglican Hospital in Kasungu. For…
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Ntambalika’s death no end of diabetes
His life is over, but the fight against diabetes must continue for a safer nation. ALBERT SHARRA writes. Timothy Ntambalika…
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Likwenu Dam spurs typhoid outbreak
The prevailing typhoid outbreak in Zomba mirrors costly aftermaths of neglecting water, sanitation and hygiene. ALBERT SHARRA writes. Around 10am,…
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Mzimba District Hospital promises to use Fun Run proceeds well
We have only one famous trolley left at this hospital. It is famous because those pushing it have to be…
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Is safe motherhood achievable in Malawi?
They trekked from far and wide to participate and render their total support to a Campaign for Accelerated Reduction in…
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