Circumcision offers no immunity to HIV/Aids – Malawi health ministry
The Ministry of Health has demystified the myth about circumcision craze that has lately been perceived by some Malawians as being an immunity booster against contracting the deadly HIV/AIDS scourge....
View ArticleKaronga Police confiscate assorted medical drugs: Owner elusive
Police in Karonga have confiscated a carton containing assorted medical drugs at Mwenerondo roadblock during a search of National Bus Service which was coming from Mzuzu city. Karonga polices...
View ArticleMalawi gets K80m cancer drugs from Direct Aid Kuwait
Malawi government has received K80 million (US$194 174.8) worth of assorted cancer drugs from the Kuwait people, through a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Direct Aid Kuwait. Minister of...
View ArticleMalawi reduces new HIV infections
Malawi has managed to reduce new HIV infections with current figures indicate that new infections now stands at 35,000 per year from 52,000, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. In an...
View ArticleNtcheu Hospital suspend major operations due to water woes
Ntcheu District Hospital has suspended major operations and is referring all cases to Dedza and Balaka district hospitals due to erratic water supply in the district. Meanwhile, Ntcheu residents in...
View ArticleMalawi gratitude to China for K150m medical drugs donation
Malawi government through Minister of Health, Jean Kalilani expressed gratitude to China for the donation of medical drugs and equipment worth K150 million, saying it will help improve the quality of...
View ArticleKamuzu Central Hospital suspends operations over water crisis
Kamuzu Central Hospital has suspended all theatre operations and others clinical works that require running water because of water crisis that affected the medical facility . Nyasa Times understands...
View ArticleMale fistula case at Thyolo hospital
Medical camp to save Malawi government K300 million The East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) medical/surgical camp which starts Monday at Thyolo hospital has created a twist...
View ArticleMalawi govt denies reports of suspected Ebola case
Malawi government has denied that there is a suspected case of the Ebola virus at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). Some media outlets reported that Malawi registered its first Ebola case after...
View ArticleZomba DHO staff wants management team removed
Staff from Zomba District Health Office (DHO) on Monday closed offices for the senior officers demanding their immediate removal. The management team include the Principal Health Service Administrator...
View ArticleDoes Malawi have what it takes to tackle an Ebola case?
I flew into Malawi via Kamuzu International Airport a few weeks ago and before being granted entry what I assumed to be healthcare worker stopped and asked me if I had visited West Africa the previous...
View ArticleMadonna to build children’s unit in Malawi Queens Hospital
US pop diva Madonna on Thursday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is...
View ArticleMake health researches studies purposeful to Malawi -Kalilani
Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalilani has appealed to all individuals and non – governmental organizations to take Health research findings more purposeful to Malawians. Dr Kalilani made the remarks in...
View ArticleEgypt donates ophthalmology equipment to Mzuzu Hospital, Malawi grateful
The Arab Republic of Egypt on Tuesday donated to Mzuzu Central ophthalmology equipment worth MK60 million as a way of supporting Malawi Government’s bid of ensuring that the country’s health facilities...
View Article‘Baby delivery’ crisis at KK hospital, women protest
Guardians to expectant mothers in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota on Monday morning marched to the District Commissioner’s office to express their discontentment following a rise in still births...
View ArticleSalima hospital gets theatre equipment from Airtel Malawi
Airtel Malawi on Wednesday donated various equipment at Salima District Hospital wealth K2.5 million. Speaking during the ceremony, Airtel Zonal business Manager, Misheck Kabinda said the company...
View ArticleHIV positive Malawians denied ARVs
Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in Kamphata area in Lilongwe, failed to access the life prolonging drug, ARV, last month as clinic officials sent them away to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH),...
View ArticleMalawi nurses, doctors to go on strike over pay hike
Malawi doctors and nurses are planning to go on a nationwide strike demanding government ton increase their allowances and higher pay, a situation that will put further strain on the country’s...
View ArticleGSK tells Malawi doctors to step up Non-Communicable Disease fight
Global healthcare company Glaxosmithkline (GSK) has urged Malawian doctors and healthcare professionals to re-double efforts in the fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Vice President for East...
View ArticleMalawi govt fails to persuade doctors, nurses not to strike
A meeting between Malawian doctors and nurses and government hit a snug on Tuesday when high powered state emissaries failed to convince the medical personnel not to go on with their planned strike....
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