Malawi: How Malawi Is Fighting Infant Mortality Through Mother Care Group Initiative in Ntchisi
[Nyasa Times] Mother Care Group (MCG) an initiative which started in 2019, has been hailed as a vibrant initiative aimed at reducing infant mortality rate in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 8, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Parliament, SADC-PF Sign Agreement On SRHR Project
[Nyasa Times] The Parliament of Malawi and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on Wednesday, 6th March, 2024 signed an agreement on the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV and AIDS Governance (SRHR) Project. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - March 7, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: Can GMO Maize, Biotech Maize, Be a Solution to Malawi's Perennial Food Insecurity Problem?
[Nyasa Times] Kanyangala Nkhoma, a 60-year-old peasant farmer from Kuliyani Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Chitukulua in Lilongwe, will face yet another life-threatening hunger this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Strike Announces Africa Expansion
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: WomenLift Health Appoints Akhona Tshangela as Southern Africa Region Director
[WomenLift Health] The Southern African Regional Hub will serve Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, the Kingdom of Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Women and Gender Source Type: news
Malawi: With 37% of Malawians Stunted, Stakeholders Urged to Collaborate
[Nyasa Times] Feed the Children, in collaboration with Total Land Care and School for Agriculture for Family Independence (SAFI), supported by United States Aid for International Development (USAID), has highlighted the vital need for collaboration to address both the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Governance Health and Medicine Malawi NGOs and Civil Society Nutrition Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Cholera Outbreak in Southern Africa - a Multinational Fight
[DW] The cholera crisis has engulfed southern Africa. As cases surge across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lack of clean water and sanitation continue to threaten lives. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Southern Africa: SADC Heads of State to Hold Extraordinary Summit on Cholera Situation in Region
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In some countries in Southern Africa, including Zambia and Zimbabwe, cholera cases are on the rise. In 2023, cholera outbreaks occurred in several Southern African countries, with Malawi experiencing one of the deadliest outbreaks in 10 years. Over 56,000 cases were reported with over 1,700 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Southern Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Eliminates Two Neglected Tropical Diseases - Trachoma and Elephantiasis
[Nyasa Times] There is good news for Malawi as the country has managed to eliminate two Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Trachoma and Elephantiasis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Launches New Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign Amid Rising Cases
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- The Malawi government and the World Health Organization launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday in 10 of the country's 29 districts. This is partly in response to new cases confirmed in the past three weeks in several districts across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Intimate partner violence and excess fertility among women of reproductive age in Malawi - Dadabhai S, Quaynor L, Bandala-Jacques A, Seyama L, Rahman MH, Phiri R, Decker MR, Taha TE.
PURPOSE: Gender inequity and adverse health outcomes continue to be of concern among women in sub-Saharan Africa. We determined prevalence of intimate partner violence and excess fertility (having more children than desired) in reproductive age women in Ma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Access to quality care after injury in Northern Malawi: results of a household survey - Whitaker J, Amoah AS, Dube A, Rickard R, Leather AJM, Davies J.
BACKGROUND: Most injury care research in low-income contexts such as Malawi is facility centric. Community-derived data is needed to better understand actual injury incidence, health system utilisation and barriers to seeking care following injury. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Health system assessment for access to care after injury in low- or middle-income countries: a mixed methods study from Northern Malawi - Whitaker J, Edem I, Togun E, Amoah AS, Dube A, Chirwa L, Munthali B, Brunelli G, Van Boeckel T, Rickard R, Leather AJ, Davies J.
BACKGROUND: Injuries represent a vast and relatively neglected burden of disease affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While many health systems underperform in treating injured patients, most assessments have not considered the whole system.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Malawi: Cholera Cases Soar Globally - Malawi, Haiti Deadliest Outbreaks, WHO Reports
[UN News] The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Southern Africa: As Cholera Cases Continue to Rise, Unicef Calls for Increased Focus On Children
[Unicef] Nairobi -- UNICEF redoubles support to concerned governments in the cholera response (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Southern Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Source Type: news
