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Let Misa Malawi be, Malawi needs media council
There have been muted discussions and calls within media circles, notably by the Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa Malawi)…
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Giving birth at camp forces woman to go for tubal ligation
Having a child is the happiest thing any parent dreams of, more especially if the child is born under the…
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Justice delayed isn’t just
In January 2015, unknown assailants beheaded a seven-year old boy with albinism in Mpakati Village, Machinga, and vanished with his…
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Growing into men without legs
They don’t have a foot and a leg to play football. Yet, they jolt about, run fast for the ball,…
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Under staffing, lack of resources haunt midwives
While some people are drawn to midwifery by the natural-curiosity of childbirth, the story is different for Daniel Kawaye who…
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Reducing stunting at household level
On a sun-lit May afternoon, Elizabeth Maulidi, 34, from group village head Chibothera’s area in Nkhotakota arrives from a maize…
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Recovering from floods
Patuma Elias, 24, from group village head Phimbi in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkaya in Balaka nearly lost her two children…
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As laws fail to converse, sanitation stutters
A conflict of laws and policies has led to malaise in faecal and liquid waste management in Malawian cities. For…
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Saying goodbye to gender-based violence
Winfred Khwangwala, 66, from Helemani Village, Traditional Authority Khwethemule in Thyolo has five children and four grandchildren. The man is…
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Taking reproductive health closer to flood survivors
The incessant rains experienced between March 5 and 10 this year in Chikwawa left scores of people in destitution. Statistics…
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Taking reproductive health closer to flood survivors
The incessant rains experienced between March 5 and 10 this year in Chikwawa left scores of people in destitution. Statistics…
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Inclusive education that excludes others
Fifty-five years after independence, and close to a century after formal education was introduced in Malawi, visually impaired students cannot…
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Hoes, ploughs and tractors
Rice growers in Karonga illustrate how smallholder farmers in Malawi can use simple machines to simplify their back-breaking work.…
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What breaks farmers backs?
Since he ventured into farming in 2012, Brian Kumwenda has never used any other tool, except a hand hoe…
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Reducing human waste
According to the recent census, the country’s population has grown from 13 million to 17.6 million since 2008. This…
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Transforming street children into productive citizens
His father was the sole breadwinner such that when he died, the family’s living conditions worsened. “We could hardly have…
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All women affair in climate change fight
The undulating and green covered Nyika plateau has been a source of all-year round waters flowing into rivers for use…
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Danes rescue Lwanjati
Imagine a 22-year-old primary school without a permanent building, a public facility where learners are crammed in leaky shacks…
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Safe births in crisis times
Fasileni Kanyenga was in her eighth month of pregnancy when she fled heavy rains that displaced about 79 000 people…
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Deforestation reduces drinking water
Clearing a wide area of trees reduces access to clean drinking water in communities, a study conducted in Malawi…
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