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AIDS network wary with suspension of health workers in Malawi over US funds
The suspension of sixty-three Ministry of Health (MoH) workers could impact negatively on those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, the Malawi Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (Manet+) fears....
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Cholera outbreak strikes Malawi: One death, 26 cases confirmed in Machinga,...
One person has died while 26 others are under treatment following cholera outbreaks in Malawi's eastern districts of Machinga and Zomba, the Ministry of Health has said. [caption id="attachment_96842"...
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Mozambican women drain Malawi family planning method resources
Family planning officials in Mulanje are pointing fingers at Mozambican women for draining family planning method resources from the cash strapped Malawi government. [caption id="attachment_100631"...
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Malawi govt to distribute 9 million mosquito nets to contain malaria: US...
Malawi government decision to distribute 9 million mosquito nets has ignited a fresh debate on whether this system is an effective way of dealing with malaria, a disease blamed for the high rate of...
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Malawi govt warns Phalombe of cholera outbreak
Government has warned of a cholera outbreak in Phalombe following the rise in cases of districts that surround Lake Chirwa. [caption id="attachment_97341" align="alignright" width="316"] Ministry of...
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Leprosy hits 7 districts in Malawi as typhoid fever terrorises Neno : Cholera...
Leprosy, a disease older than the Bible, is back in Malawi and has hit seven districts. [caption id="attachment_100959" align="alignright" width="600"] A patient shows the effects of leprosy on his...
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Patients paying for public hospital services: Scam At Nsanje DHO
The health services which are supposed to be provided for free to Malawians in government's public health facilities are said to be paid for as some medical personnel at Nsanje District Health Office...
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Malawi health minister warns clinicians who force patients pay in public...
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has moved in swiftly to warn clinicians that they would be fired if they force patients pay money in public hospitals. [caption id="attachment_100631"...
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Minister Kumpalume embroiled in MK50m bribe from MP Bisnowaty over...
Malawi’s Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume, MP, has embroiled himself in a procurement controversy after he allegedly receiving a MK50 million bribe from fellow Member of Parliament, David...
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Drugs worth K5bn stolen yearly in Malawi hospitals, says Health Minister
Drugs worth five MK5 billion are stolen every year in the country's public hospitals, Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume revealed when he visited Nsanje District Health Office Thursday. [caption...
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Pregnant woman dies due to lack of fuel for ambulance: Malawi woes
A 24 year old woman has died at Mponela Rural Hospital due to a ruptured uterus after authorities failed to refer her to Dowa district hospital because of lack of fuel. A private radio station Zodiak...
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Zomba Hospital phases out malnutrition ward
Zomba General Hospital has phased a malnutrition ward which admitted children suffering from kwashiokor and marasmus. [caption id="attachment_101549" align="alignright" width="600"] Nurses in the...
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Jappie tells Malawi hospitals to grow own maize to feed patients
Information minister Jappie Mhango has told district health officers to change their mindset and be innovative by growing maize to feed patients. [caption id="attachment_96958" align="alignright"...
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President speaks tough on drug theft in Malawi hospitals: Launches forestry week
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has warned all those stealing government drugs and sell to private markets that his government will mete out the harshest measures so as to ensure that ordinary people...
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Public hospitals to have non clinicians as DHOs: CHAM, Malawi govt sign MoU
Government says it is replacing medical doctors with specially trained administrators as district health officers so that the clinicians can be well utilised in their area of medicine. [caption...
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Zika virus now global concern than Ebola, says World Health Organisation:...
Zika virus - which may cause severe birth defects - could be a bigger threat to global health than the Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Africa and the World Health Organization...
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Health crisis dominate Malawi press: Dialysis unit shuts down at QECH, KCH...
The crisis in Ministry of Health has dominated the Malawi press to buttress the fact that the southern African nation is going through a serious financial squeeze. [caption id="attachment_101889"...
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2 interdicted for rape in Malawi health facilities: 26 for theft
Two officials working in the Ministry of Health are suspended as they are being tried for rape . [caption id="attachment_100631" align="alignright" width="600"] Dr. Peter Kumpalume, Minister of...
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Winning battle against maternal, neonatal deaths in Malawi
The development of a country is directly linked to how it provides essential services to its populace, chief among them being the provision and accessibility of quality health services. [caption...
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Another Malawi cholera death reported as health workers strike in Machinga
One person died of cholera on Monday in Machinga whilst seven others were unattended at a health centre in the district after health workers boycotted work to force the government pay them overtime...
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