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Fighting HIV and Aids the Islamic way
Growing up, Aisha heard so little about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) as elders around her were reluctant…
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‘If you lose the foreskin for a benefit, you’ll not have lost’
The way people conduct themselves when they come to visit him at his compound—whose entry has a wooden tower with…
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Stench in our cities
In Blantyre’s Ndirande Township, living or doing business in a waste-free environment is a dream. This is what Ben Chabooka…
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Battling nurses’ shortfalls
In 2004, Malawi’s health system was described as close to collapse due to chronic shortage of human resources. Over…
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Councils shun ECD agenda
Depressing trends of early childhood development (ECD) in Chitipa confirms the vital sector is NGO-driven sector, skewed and fragile.…
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Boosting rice production
Maize has become scarce due to environmental factors that have befallen Malawi. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa…
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Thinking climate change solutions
When he looks at what he has carted home from his field, Moffat Jailosi (56), of Bwerekeni Village, Traditional Authority…
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Reforms on microscope: Are they translating?
A year ago, it would take businessperson Sam Chiunda, from Blantyre, two days to register a new vehicle at the Directorate…
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Malawi farmers transform their communities
Smallholder farmers are now able to grow crops, sell them at a good price and make a decent living which…
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University students shining in permaculture
Students under the faculty of permaculture and rural and community development at Share World Open University recently visited United Methodist…
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Battling mosquito bites
Recently, Malawi joined the world in commemorating World Malaria Day under the theme End Malaria for Good. As Malawi continues…
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Inspiring girls to return to school
Enala Ngulu, 35, who was forced into marriage at 13, re-enrolled for Standard Eight at Lusako Primary School in Karonga…
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Taking HIV testing to the home
He opens the test kit and takes out the testing device. He then swabs his upper and lower gums for…
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Kelvin Zalimba wins E Wallet
Twenty-year-old Kelvin Zalimba was on Sunday night crowned the winner of E Wallet, Malawi’s version of Idols, after his triumph over…
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Family planning myths, misconceptions
Jessie Dzama, 25, of Group Village Head (GVH) Mtende, Traditional Authority (T/A) Pemba in Salima believes that if a…
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How quota system is worsening inequalities: A response
Educator KING KAPITO responds to matters that have been raised in a previous article on the quota systems. Ephraim Nyondo…
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Handouts won’t sustain hospitals
Through transformative partnerships, a surgeon in Nkhata Bay is turning around an idle valley into a food basket to…
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Empowering communities through gender project
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) together with Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is implementing a three-year gender project…
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Worries of tomato farmer
Zondwayo Jere, 36, has been growing tomatoes since 1999 when a friend told him that the crop is profitable.…
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Tales from refugee camps
Malawi is a host of close to 25 000 refugees, but how are these welcomed and treated in camps? ALBERT…
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