Malawi: Female Police Network in Anti-Suicide Campaign
[Nyasa Times] Central East Police Region Women Network says the rising cases of suicide in the country could be reduced if men are able to open up to others on the problems they are going through in their lives and families. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Standard Bank Supports Mary's Meals School Feeding Programme
[Nyasa Times] Standard Bank, through its Limbe Branch, has donated K1 million to the global school feeding charity, Mary's Meals aimed at feeding 45 primary school children for a full academic year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Southern Africa: New Hope for Reducing Cervical Cancer Deaths in East and Southern Africa
[UNFPA] A poignant story about a woman from Malawi this week resonates deeply with me. At the age of 40, Mary went for cervical cancer screening and tested positive. Because the cancer had spread to her uterus, her only option was a hysterectomy. But Mary had been trying for 10 years to start a family. Sadly, she declined the operation and passed away from the disease in November last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: UN, Humanitarian Partners Appealing for U.S.$45.3 Million Aid for Cholera Outbreak
[Nyasa Times] As new cases of the cholera continue to increase in Malawi, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners have today, February 20, launched a Flash Appeal to assist 4 million people, including 56,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, who have been hardest-hit by, and are at highest-risk of, the outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Over 33 Million Children Vaccinated Against Wild Poliovirus in Southern Africa
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild poliovirus type 1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated against the virus, with over 80 million vaccine doses administered over the past year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Chakwera Orders Reopening of Area 25 Health Centre in Lilongwe After Vandalism
[Nyasa Times] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the minister of Health Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda to immediately open Area 25 Health Centre in Lilongwe which was last week vandalised by some people of nearby Mgona township. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: President Chakwera Launches Cholera Campaign After 1,316 People Die
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera Monday launched a cholera campaign after about 1, 316 people died from the deadly disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 13, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Moving Towards Reduction of TB Incidences By 2030
[Nyasa Times] National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Program (NTLEP) Manager, James Mpunga, has disclosed that Malawi is on the right course towards achieving the reduction of the incidences of tuberculosis by over 90 percent by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - February 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Cholera Outbreak in Malawi Kills More Than 1,200 With 'Very High' Risk of Spread
[RFI] More than 1,200 people have died in the deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history and several other African nations have reported outbreaks, the World Health Organization said on Thursday calling for strong interventions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Ongoing Malawi Cholera Outbreak Infects Nearly 37,000 and Kills 1,210 - WHO
[VOA] Malawi is experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, say World Health Organization officials, who note that the disease has left more than 1,200 people dead and nearly 37,000 others infected since March of last year.The U.N. released a statement Thursday as an update on the situation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Government to Launch Mass Sensitization Campaign On Cholera
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has disclosed that government will soon embark on a nationwide mass sensitization campaign on cholera. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Minister Satisfied With Efforts in Containing Cholera
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has expressed satisfaction with the efforts made in the management of cholera in hospitals despite some challenges. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi's cholera death toll crosses 1,300 in deadliest outbreak on record: health officials
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Castel Malawi Donates Over U.S.$19 000 Towards Cholera Fight
[Nyasa Times] Flagship brewers, Castel Malawi Limited has re-affirmed its commitment towards the fight against the marauding Cholera outbreak by donating items worth K20 million to the Ministry of Health to support the cause. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
