Malawi’s youth seek youth friendly health services
As a means of improving young people’s access to healthcare, Malawi’s youth have called on the government to establish youth zones at hospitals around the country. During the concluding ceremony of a three-day National Youth Symposium held by the Malawi Evangelical Association (EAM) at Mponela, the young people outlined their requests...
Read moreActionAid Malawi donates PPE’s worth 1 Million USD to its partners
ActionAid Malawi gave COVID-19 PPE’s to its different partners under Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) project. These PPE’s were officially donated in Lilongwe and are worth $1 million. It includes hand washing setups, bicycles, soap, sanitizers as well as reusable masks. According to the manager of the program, Dalitso Kuphanga,...
Read moreMalawi Government ordered by court to give appointment letter to nurse who passed interviews successfully
The Malawi government has been ordered by the high court to furnish an offer letter to a nurse who passed her job interviews successfully but was denied an offer letter because the Ministry of Health told her that she had lost her chance of employment. Isabel Tekwatekwa, the nurse, went...
Read moreMalawi health minister rubbishes claim of a patient dying of Monkeypox
The Malawi Health Ministry said that the investigations have proved that a patient who died last Friday at the Chiradzulu District Hospital was not suffering from Monkeypox. Dr. Charles Mwansambo, who is the Secretary for Health revealed that the Ministry immediately used the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) to...
Read moreMalawi is the host country for the 29th ARCC meet for Poliomyelitis eradication
Malawi will host the 29th African Regional commission certification (ARCC) for the eradication of Polio from June 6th to June 10th, 2022. The site of the summit is the International Conference Center in Lilongwe. On June 7th, the health deputy minister, Enock Phale and Rose Leke who is the ARCC...
Read moreTop Indian Minister in Malawi to discuss health and other areas of development.
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan, India’s External Affairs minister, will arrive in Malawi today for a two-day visit. The president of Malawi and Foreign Minister Nancy Tembo will meet with Muraleedharan. The goal of the gathering is to strengthen relationship between the two nations. There will be a focus on health care, energy, international...
Read moreChinese medical team cheers up Malawi children on the occasion of Children’s Day
Children at Mzuzu’s northern referral hospital were given a special treat on International Children’s Day from eight members of the Medical Team from China (CMT). Mzuzu Central Hospital’s medical personnel and members of the public celebrated World Pediatric Day together at the hospital’s pediatric ward on a morning earlier this week. June...
Read moreMalawian government introduces the “Mental Lab” app developed by NGO Caring Hands and Sparc Systems Limited.
For the debut of the Mental Lab app, which will be used to combat mental disease in Malawi, the Malawian government has praised the Africa branch of Sparc Systems Limited and the non-governmental organization Caring Hands. On Thursday night, the smartphone app was launched in Lilongwe in a colorful ceremony presided...
Read moreMalawi welcomes global lead coordinator for COVID-19 Vaccine delivery
A three-day formal visit by Ted Chaiban, the Global Lead Coordinator for the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP), has begun in the nation. CoVID-19 vaccine coverage will be accelerated through Mr Chaiban’s participation in high-level engagement meetings with government, development agencies, and other important stakeholders to promote the acceleration of...
Read moreEducators and the military takes the lead in vaccination in Mali
Vaccination against COVID-19: Are educators and members of the military taking the lead? (Mali Tribune) Despite the claims by the National Commission for the Fight Against COVID-19 it does not have founded statistics according to social-economic strata. Even though it does have data in this direction, health workers agree that...
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