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Taking HIV response beyond 90-90-90
Its 2020, the turning point in the global push to end the Aids pandemic. Although the country has surpassed 90-90-90…
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Towards a new vision
National Planning Commission (NPC) chief Thomas Chataghalala Munthali is already talking about Vision 2063 after Vision 2020 promised a lot…
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Chilling side of vaccines
Long walks to get children vaccinated call for reliable energy and cooling for rural health centres, JAMES CHAVULA writes. In…
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Mothers unite for vaccines
A simple vaccine can prevent a child from contracting polio and a host of other deadly diseases, but some children…
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‘Vaccines aren’t sins’
A landless woman has gone against stiff religious resistance to vaccines and medicines to save children, our Staff Writer JAMES…
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Taking girls back to school
In a society where teenage pregnancy is synonymous with loose morals, girls that fall pregnant face humiliation. To reduce the…
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Is 50+1 the answer to problems in current electoral system?
SALULE MASANGWI Contributor It is some months now since the elections were conducted on May 21 2019. The declaration of…
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Will medical humanities solve some health problems?
Have you ever gone to a public hospital and left disappointed with the way medical practitioners treated you? Or have…
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Sexing-up youth cafes
Mercy Mashaba, 20, a mother of one, once lived a hopeless life from the time she fell pregnant at the…
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Demystifying school development fund
At the dawn of multi-party democracy in 1994, government introduced free primary education which doubled enrolment for learners. However, the…
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Saving girls, teachers from cervical cancer
Mable Mambo (not real name), 36, from Mpinga Village in Balaka bled every time she and her husband exercised their…
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Men taking lead in PMTCT
Being a promoter for his area’s care group was one of the greatest attributes that made 30-year-old Enock Chingalangala of…
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Towards an inclusive, equitable quality education
In this last part of the series, our reporter JOHN CHIRWA interrogates solutions and interventions put in place to achieve…
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Pains of detention without trial
In 2010, Parliament enacted the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code (CPEC) that empowers the court to release suspects at the…
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Community for sustainable school feeding
It becomes a matter of concern for most communities when children are no longer going to school due to lack…
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Irony of inclusive education in Malawi
In Malawi, all persons are accorded the right to education under Section 25 (1) of the Constitution. On the other…
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Self-boarding affecting girls’ education
S eeing her name on the secondary school selection list placed on her former primary school’s notice board in 2017,…
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Mothers feel free to breastfeed in public
Health experts indicate that breastfeeding—the feeding of babies and young children with milk from a woman’s breast—gives babies the best…
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Self-actualised widows
She casually proclaims her transformation while cradling her red chitenje as she drags a life-size bag of washing powder from…
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Outgrowing changing times
A Malawian farmer worried about unpredictable rains and spates of dry spells has asked governments to invest in strategies that…
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