Malawi: Kasungu Records Increase in MDR-TB Cases
[Nyasa Times] Kasungu district has recorded six cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in a short period of time. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - October 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Malawi: Breaking the Barriers On Access to Safe Abortion to Reduce Maternal Mortality
[CSJNews] 28 September marks the annual International Safe Abortion Day. As Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating the day, it is important for the government to fulfill the commitment made in the National Postabortion Care Policy that 'no woman should suffer or die from complications of abortion in Malawi.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Government Needs U.S.$207 Billion to Feed 4.4 Million Hungry Stomachs
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Government says it needs K226 billion to feed 4.4 million people facing acute hunger. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Malawi Nutrition Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: Unemployed Nurses, Midwives Demand Permanent Employment, Give Malawi Government 14 Days to Effect Mass Recruitment
[Nyasa Times] Concerned unemployed nurses and midwives have given the Malawi Government up to 5th October 2023 to offer them permanent employment or face nationwide protests. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: New HIV Infections Worry Authorities
[Nyasa Times] Authorities have expressed worry over resurgence of new HIV infections at a time the country started celebrating the progress it has made in eliminating the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Governance Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Addressing the rights and well-being of domestic workers in Africa: status in Malawi - Nayupe SF, Touray A, Tembo D, Msiska MT, Mputeni J, Muhome AH.
Domestic work continues to contribute to employment in most developing countries significantly. Over 75.6 million people are domestic workers worldwide, three-quarters of whom are women. In Africa, many people still rely on domestic work for employment, ma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Malawi: First Lady Shares Malawi's Success in TB Fight in New York
[Nyasa Times] Malawi'S First Lady Monica Chakwera has shared the successes of Malawi in fighting against tuberculosis (TB) in the country during the End Tuberculosis Innovation Summit held alongside the UN General Assembly (UNGA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Malawi: Health Workers Primed to Fight Breast Cancer in Malawi
[SciDev.Net] Blantyre -- Women in rural Malawi are learning how to detect breast cancer thanks to the country's first dedicated training programme for health workers, aimed at reducing the burden of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Malawi Noncommunicable Diseases Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Extends Polio Vaccination to 15-Year-Olds
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi is extending the maximum age of children eligible for the polio vaccination from 5 to 15. Since the discovery last year of its first polio case 30 years after the country eradicated the disease, the number of cases has increased to five this year -- the latest victim being 14 years old. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: First Lady Monica Chakwera Joins War Against TB, Appointed Champion
[Nyasa Times] Malawi First Lady Monica Chakwera has been appointed Malawi's tuberculosis (TB) Champion, a role which has been described by health activists and experts as an epitome of strong political will and commitment to end the vice by the year 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Malawi: Chakwera Envisages Hunger, Poverty Elimination Through Mega Farms
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has stated that the launch of the mega farms demonstrates his administration's resolve to eliminate hunger and poverty in Malawi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine Malawi Nutrition Southern Africa Source Type: news
Against the odds, Malawian girl overcomes child marriage, agonizing labour and obstetric fistula
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Source: UNFPA News - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Ministry to Conduct Polio Supplementary Immunization Campaign From 13-16th Sept, 2023
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Health has announced that it will conduct a 2023 second round of polio supplementary immunization campaign from 13th to 16th September 2023 targeting all children under the age of 15 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news
1st Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3 billion demands more say and financing
FILE — People walk on a road swept by flooding waters in Chikwawa, Malawi, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022. Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa. uch of the world takes daily weather forecasts…#chikwawa #madagascar #africa #africaclimatesummit #kenya #apphotofile #nairobi #africanclimatesummit #kenyan #williamruto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malawi'on course' to restructuring $1.2 billion debt
Malawi is on course to getting its $1.2 billion external debt with different lenders restructured to "sustainable levels", its central bank said in a statement on Sunday. The bulk of the debt - $800 million - is contracted with Afriximbank, and repayments started in 2020, it said. The Reserve Bank…#afriximbank #reservebank #malawigovernment #landlockedmalawi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
