Blantyre DHO takes Ebola awareness to communities

Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) has intensified Ebola awareness campaigns amid reports that the disease has spread to Tanzania which is closer to Malawi. Unconfirmed reports indicate that one person is suspected to have suffered from the disease in Tanzania, a country that borders with Malawi to the north. Speaking on Tuesday in Senior Group Village Head (GVH) Chiwembe, Blantyre DHO Health Promotion Officer, Chrissy Banda, said the campaigns were one way of preparing communities against any possible Ebola…

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Namitambo’s sons and daughters donate state-of-the-art ambulance to government health centre

A grouping of sons and daughters from Namitambo in Chiradzulu South constituency, who reside in different parts of the country, mobilized funds amongst themselves and bought a state-of-the-art ambulance, which they officially presented to their community’s  government health centre. Trending under the name ‘Zakwathu Ku Namitambo’, the grouping has the blessings of the area’s MP and the country’s Minister of Finance, Joseph Mwanamveka, who graced the occasion in the company of Chiradzulu District Commissioner, Reinghard Chavula; Council chairperson Bruno…

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Closing in on malaria with vaccination

Fainesi Maida (not real name) of Bereu Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Maseya’s area in Chikhwawa District never saw two of her three babies grow through to 11 months. She lost both to malaria; the first at six and the other at 10. Maida has since then been a desperate regular client of Bereu Health Centre with her third who is now seven months old. “I can dare you, no one knows the pain and emptiness of losing a…

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