Health & Well-being

SCHOOL GIRL RECEIVES ARTIFICIAL LEG FROM BEAM TRUST

Beautify Malawi Trust (BEAM) has donated an artificial limb to a 10-year-old girl Patricia Chimenya based in Bangwe, Blantyre. The […]

GCU research to improve access to water in Malawi and Zambia

Glasgow Caledonian University’s Centre for Climate Justice has been awarded funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Justice Fund for a […]

World Watches as Grandfather from Malawi has his Sight Restored LIVE Online

Sightsavers launches its biggest ever appeal – A Million Miracles – to raise £30 million to provide one million sight-restoring […]

World’s first live cataract surgery to be streamed from rural Malawi

The world’s first live cataract surgery is going to be broadcast live over the internet from Malawi today. Broadcast live […]

THREE MEN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF MEDICAL DRUGS

Three people are in Police custody in Zomba for allegedly being in possession of medical drugs and supplies, contrary to […]

MRCS DONATES ASSORTED DRUGS TO PHALOMBE DHO

Malawi Red Cross society (MRCS) on Friday donated assorted drugs to Phalombe District Health Office (DHO) worthy K4 million. Speaking […]

WFP purchases maize from Malawian farmers to provide assistance to the growing refugee population

WFP purchases maize from Malawian farmers to provide assistance to the growing refugee population in Malawi. In boosting local market activity and meeting the […]

HIV/AIDS ORIGIN TRACED

The origin of the Aids pandemic has been traced to the 1920s in the city of Kinshasa, in what is […]

KUWAIT DONATES CANCER DRUGS TO MALAWI

Kuwait people non-governmental organisation (NGO) trading under the name Direct Aid Kuwait, has donated K80 million (US$194 174.8) worth of […]

Airtel Malawi develops HIV/AIDS mobile app

Airtel Malawi and UNAIDS plan enabling people living with HIV and AIDS in the country to access and share information […]

MINISTRY OF HEALTH: CIRCUMCISION NOT SOLUTION TO HIV/AID PREVENTION

The Ministry of Health has dismissed claims that the late circumcision programme is aimed at immunity boosting against contracting the […]

Airtel and UNAIDS join forces to use ICT in the fight against AIDS

Telecommunications company Airtel Malawi and the United Nations Fund for AIDS (UNAIDS) signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday, October 1, […]

CONDOMIZE! targets cultural practices in Malawi

UNFPA Malawi is incorporating the CONDOMIZE! campaign in deep-rooted and prominent cultural practices in the country in its quest to […]

Plight of a Malawian Girl-Child

Let Girls Lead is thrilled to launch our celebration of International Day of the Girl 2014 with a blog series […]

Universities come together to combat maternal mortality in Malawi

Scottish experts are aiming to pass on the benefit of their experience in reducing maternal mortality to health professionals and […]

PANIC ARISES IN LIBERIA AS 2 EBOLA VICTIMS RISE FROM THE DEAD

Panic arose at some community in Liberia as two Ebola victims suddenly rose back to death. Mirror reports that the […]

A 25 YEAR OLD WOMAN SUSPECTED OF SUFFERING EBOLA IN ZAMBIA

A suspected Ebola case has been recorded at Kitwe Central Hospital on the Copperbelt, Zambia. The patient, a twenty five […]

Surviving Childhood in Africa – Malawi’s success story

There is worldwide agreement that a concerted effort is required to ensure children in under-developed regions, survive and thrive.  Progress […]