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Test and treat policy rekindles hope
Mavuto Mwakihana did not doubt his status when he went for an HIV test. The 35-year-old was not sickly,…
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Is policy helping people with disabilities to access sanitation?
In this third part of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) and disabilities, University of Malawi’s Centre for Social Research (CSR)…
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Legislators get ready for abortion law
No cameras. Just observe. For once, photographable first Deputy Speaker of Parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje seemed allergic to pictures when…
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Family planning averts risky abortions
Nationwide, health workers struggle to save thousands of sexually active Malawians haunted by complications of unsafe termination of pregnancy.…
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Preachy voices mute women
The burning debate over the morality of abortion in the country is making it harder for women to have a…
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COP 22: What’s in it for Malawi?
The Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nation Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently underway in…
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Religion, rights and politics clash over abortion
Malawi is wallowing in a heated debate over Termination of Pregnancy Bill, but this is not a first on…
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Wash: Challenges disabled Malawians face
Last week, in conjunction with the Centre for Social Research (CSR) of the University of Malawi (Unima) our news analyst…
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After sermons, unsafe abortion kills
It is a sunny Saturday when thousands gather at Iyegha near Karonga Town. The opening of St Joseph the…
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Dangerous roads, neglected death traps
Every day, Evelyn Makuwira wakes up and doses off smiling. When the seven-month-old cries, her aunt Teleza Sandram sings…
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Pigeon peas change lives in Mwanza
Like many Malawians, Lucy Nthyoka of Kunenekude grew up producing pigeon peas for food and “sold some for soap”. …
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Cane cutters race for quality sugar
The sweltering heat had everyone in the covered section of Kalulu Stadium at Nchalo in Chikwawa perspiring profusely. This was…
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Likoma’s referral system on deathbed
Death in itself is a painful experience. But death of a 12-year-old person is even more painful, particularly if…
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The invisible, the unspoken
They live with us, but we hardly see or mind the pain people with disabilities endure, every day, in their…
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No joys of motherhood
Raising a child ought to be a joyous moment for a mother. Surprisingly, mothers on Likoma and Chizumulu islands, including…
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Seven months upgrading 650m road?
Forget the days when the stretch from Midima Roundabout in Limbe offered a new feel of driving into Blantyre, the…
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Road projects that snail
In the escarpment that separates Chikwawa and Nsanje from Blantyre and Thyolo districts, some people wonder if they count.…
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Solar tent produces better results for Lake Chilwa fishers
In some parts of the country, fishing is a way of life for people who live near lakes. The fishers…
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Livestock boosts farmers’ resilience
Climate change is accelerating, causing longer and deeper droughts, flooding and other disastrous events. Smallholder farmers and their families…
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Groans of neglected girls
Looking after three sisters, Esther Maliko-Kalaya has never had an easy childhood. The 17- year- old is overburdened. To…
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