Malawi Delivers Africa ’s Biggest Rate Hike This Year
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malawi: USAID Grants Unicef U.S.$2.5m to Scale Up Cholera Response in Malawi
[Nyasa Times] The Government of the United States of America, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided US$ 2.1 million (approximately MKW 2.18 billion) and committed an additional US$ 400,000 (approximately MKW 415 million) to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to scale up the ongoing cholera outbreak response in Malawi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Govt Unveils Malaria Communication Strategy
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government on Tuesday unveiled the first-ever Malaria Communication Strategy, which seeks to help in making follow ups on how the districts are responding to the fight and prevention of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Urges Increased Implementation of Recommended Tools to Combat Malaria
[WHO] Marking World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing a call for increased implementation of new and existing interventions to save lives from malaria. Nearly 1.5 million children at high risk of illness and death from malaria in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received their first dose of the first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), thanks to an ongoing pilot programme coordinated by WHO. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 26, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Global Health Partners Set to Vaccinate Millions of Children
[Nyasa Times] The World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; the Vaccine Alliance Gavi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- along with Immunisation Agenda 2030 and many other global and national health partners -- have joined forces to call for 'The Big Catch-up'; a targeted global effort to boost vaccination among children following declines driven by the CoVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 26, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Vaccinates 1.5 Million Children Against Malaria
[Nyasa Times] Officials from ministry of Health say nearly 1.5 million under five children have received at least one dose of the malaria vaccine in the country since 2019. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Youth commentary on adolescent interventions - Sitima T, Putra KA.
We are writing this commentary as 2 young people from Malawi and Indonesia each of whom has both participated in and has led youth programs aimed at improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health and achieving gender equality. Throughout our experienc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Malawi: Young Mothers Find a Space Safe From Tropical Storm Freddy's Catastrophic Consequences
[UNFPA] Nsanje, Malawi -- "We are sleeping in the cold," says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. "And when the rains come, it's worse." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 19, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy ’s catastrophic consequences
NSANJE, Malawi– “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Machankura Lets Africans Use Bitcoin With Basic Mobile Phones
Hear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023. Hear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023. So far, Machankura has debuted in eight African countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South…#consensus2023 #hearalexthorn #machankura #african #nigeria #ghana #kenya #malawi #namibia #southafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Correlates of intimate partner violence among pregnant and parenting adolescents: a cross-sectional household survey in Blantyre District, Malawi - Nwafor JA, Chamdimba E, Ajayi AI, Ushie BA, Munthali AC, Thakwalakwa C, Kabiru CW.
BACKGROUND: Despite efforts from the government and developmental partners to eliminate gender-based violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pervasive global health and human rights problem, affecting up to 753 million women and girls globally.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Africa: Vulnerable Countries Need Action On Loss and Damage Today and Not At COPs to Come #AfricaClimateHope
[IPS] Bulawayo -- In March 2023, more than 600 people died in Malawi after Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped heavy rain, flooding the southern part of the country, displacing over half a million people, and damaging property and livelihoods. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: MPs Shocked With Ncds Gravity Amidst Shortage in Funding
[Nyasa Times] Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on Parliamentary Committee on Health and Budget and Finance Committee on Wednesday could not help, but simply confess that Malawi is not doing well on the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Fall injuries in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of prospective injury registry from 23 health facilities in Malawi and Tanzania - Sawe HR, Mulwafu W, Chokotho L, Croke K, Chamanga R, Mohammed M, Bertfelt J, Ndumwa HP, Mfinanga JA, Milusheva S.
BACKGROUND: Low-and middle-income countries account for over 80% of fall-related fatalities globally. However there is little emphasis on the issue and limited high quality data to understand the burden, and to inform preventive and management strategies. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Malawi: Health Authorities Fear Maburg Virus Disease Presence in the North
[Nyasa Times] Health authorities say there is another suspected case of the Marburg virus disease at Songwe border in Karonga. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
