Malawi: Castel Malawi in Blood Donation Exercise
[Nyasa Times] Castel Malawi on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day by donating blood as part of its contribution in saving lives. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi Orders Review of All Carbon Credit Projects
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Malawi: Albinism Community in Malawi Demands an End to Attacks
[VOA] Blantyre -- The Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi, or APAM, is appealing for urgent intervention to stop continued attacks on people with albinism in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Human Rights Legal and Judicial Affairs Malawi Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news

Malawi: Wash Project Improves Quality of Healthcare At Khuwi Health Centre
[Nyasa Times] Water, Sanitation and Health services (WASH) Project, which WaterAid Malawi is implementing with financial resources from Wimbledon in the United Kingdom, has been touted to be contributing to the improvement of healthcare service delivery at Khuwi Health Centre in Ntchisi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news

Africa: 12 African Countries to Receive Lifesaving Malaria Vaccine - UN
[Premium Times] The malaria vaccine had been administered to more than 1.6 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi since 2019 and shown to be safe and effective. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - July 6, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news

Malawi: Alliance One Aids Area 25 Hospital
[Nyasa Times] The Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) has commended Alliance One Tobacco Malawi for constructing a 40 bedroom Postnatal Ward worth around K90 million at Area 25 Health Center, saying the structure will greatly improve delivery of postnatal and antenatal services at the public health facility. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Postnatal depression and its social-cultural influences among adolescent mothers: a cross sectional study - Tembo C, Portsmouth L, Burns S.
In rural Malawi, adolescent mothers represent 31% of pregnancies. While some adolescent mothers experience motherhood as an exciting, positive, and affirming experience, for others, it may increase their risk of postnatal depression (PND). Social norms and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Malawi: Country Controls Deadliest Cholera Outbreak in Its History
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi is emerging victorious in its battle against the deadliest cholera outbreak in the country's history, which has killed nearly 2,000 people since its onset in March of last year. Health authorities say the country has seen a steady decline in the death rate, with no new cases or hospitalizations for the past two weeks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Chinese Association Donates K40m of Medical Supplies to Ntaja Health Centre
[Nyasa Times] Lvliang Jiujiu Charity Association from China has donated K40 Milli worth of medical supplies to Ntaja Health Centre in Machinga. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Kandodo Chiponda Makes Surprise Visit to Public Hospital At Night
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo says she made a surprise visit to Kasungu District Hospital last night to see for herself how health workers in public hospitals work at night. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Remote Consultation Via WhatsApp Revolutionises Surgical Care in Rural Malawi
[Nigeria Health Watch] In 2020, Maxwell Yambeni encountered a life-threatening situation involving a patient at Chikwawa District Hospital in southern Malawi. A fifteen-year-old girl with a perforated uterus was in a critical state, and her condition was rapidly deteriorating. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Project Last Mile Impressed With Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
[Nyasa Times] Non-governmental organisations, Project Last Mile -- a marketing and communications which is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health with support from USAID -- has expressed its delight on the number of people that are positively embracing getting the CoVID-19 vaccination in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Malawi: Lilongwe District Health Office Registers 13 Leprosy Cases in 5 Months
[Nyasa Times] Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) registered 13 cases of leprosy between January and May 2023, a development that points to the fact that Hansen's disease is fast resurfacing in Malawi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Malawi: Marist Brothers, MRCS Donate Relief Items to Mayaka CDSS Students
[Nyasa Times] Marist Brothers in Malawi, in partnership with the Malawi Red Cross Society, last Friday donated food and non-food supplies to over 500 students from Mayaka Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Zomba. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Malawi: Malawi Adjusts Some Travel Requirements Related to Covid-19 Pandemic
[Nyasa Times] Effective Monday, June 5, 2023 -- as soon as revised CoVID-19 Rules & Regulations are duly gazetted -- the Presidential Taskforce on CoVID-19 & Cholera has adjusted some travel requirements related to the pandemic that claimed many lives since its onset in 2020. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news