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Hospitals face critical shortage of blood

June 23, 2023

A student volunteer donating blood during the event * Every year, MBTS is supposed to provide 120,000 units of blood * To sufficiently meet the requirement in maternity wards and other critical wards in all hospitals across the country * However, in often times, MBTS does not meet the requirement as only few people donate blood * Currently, MBTS manages to collect at least 86,000 units only By Prince Justice Banda, MANA Assistant deputy director of diagnostics in the…

Barbaric water infrastructure vandalism put Zomba City residents at huge risk of cholera resurgence

June 9, 2023

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* Repair works completed last Friday and full water supply resumed from Sunday, June 4 * People were forced to draw water from some unprotected sources such as rivers and streams * The Water Board was losing almost K14 million of daily revenue throughout the entire period of 10 days By Duncan Mlanjira As of Sunday, June 4, Southern Region Water Board resumed its full water supply for Zomba City and sorrounding areas ate its dedicated Team of engineers…

FCB invests K15m towards Beit Cure’s fundraising dinner

June 9, 2023

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Twikale Chirwa (right) hands over the support to Elly Chemey * We’ve been partners with Beit Cure since 2002 and we are impressed with the good quality health care they provide * FCB is assisting to make sure needy children are reached out to and receive the needed help and become healthy By Victor Singano Jnr The country’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima is expected be the guest of honour at Beit Cure’s fundraising dinner on August 4 at Amaryllis Hotel…

Malawi commemorates World Environment Day as CSOs petition the judiciary demanding banning use of thin plastics

June 6, 2023

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* Day celebrated under the theme: ‘Beat Plastic Pollution-to Protect the Environment and Human Health’ * Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal in 2015, ruled against the use of the plastics but it faced injunction from other concerned citizens * The injunction which was put against the banning of plastics was mainly for economic gains on their businesses By Victor Singano Jnr Malawians led by civil society organizations (CSOs) on Monday joined the international community in commemorating the World Environment…

Project Last Mile impressed with CoVID-19 vaccination campaign

June 6, 2023

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Jacque Geess, the country’s Project Last Mile representative * The project was launched in April this year and is being run concurrently in Zomba and Thyolo * People have responded after receiving messages on the importance of the exercise through media platforms By Victor Singano Jnr 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…

Malawi adjusts some travel requirements related to CoVID-19 pandemic

June 5, 2023

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President Lazarus Chakwera led by example by getting vaccinated against the CoVID-19 * They have been made in light of current markedly decreased CoVID-19 situation in the country and globally * The public is, however, advised that CoVID-19 remains a public health threat * All countries, including Malawi, are expected to continue advocating for and applying necessary preventive * And other control measures such as CoVID-19 vaccination for high risk population groups By Duncan Mlanjira Effective Monday, June 5,…

Standard Bank invests K4.5m worth of equipment to Beit Cure to boost children’s surgeries

June 3, 2023

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Chege (right) presenting to Beit Cure’s Chemey * Today marks a continuation of our contributions to the health care sector where we have a track record of building hospitals * And providing financial support for Cholera and CoVID-19, food and medicines, among others By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Stock Exchange-listed Standard Bank Plc has donated mobility devices worth K4.5 million to Beit Cure International Hospital in Blantyre to help in rehabilitation of children undergoing surgeries from natural and post-life physical…

Japanese Government donates K250m worth of vehicles to Malawi’s health sector

June 2, 2023

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* Japan stands in solidarity with the people of Malawi in promoting efforts to achieve universal health coverage * We will continue to work closely with the government and other partners such as WFP to support the health sector By Roselyn Phiri, MANA The Japanese Government, through World Food Programme (WFP), on Thursday donated three 4×4 refrigerated EPI vehicles worth MK250 million to Malawi, to help ferry vaccines to hard-to-reach communities. At the handover ceremony in Lilongwe, Japan Ambassador…

Malawi needs at least 100 orthopaedic surgeons to properly help eliminate burden of trauma cases

May 12, 2023

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* Currently there is a total of 14 orthopaedic surgeons and 117 orthopaedic clinical officers * Against the total population of over 18 million people and this is not recommended By Steven Godfrey Mkweteza, Correspondent & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Malawi Orthopaedic Association (MOA) says Malawi needs, at least, 100 orthopaedic surgeons to properly help eliminate the burden of trauma cases. The association’s president, Moreen Sabawo said this in Blantyre during the launch of partnership with other orthopaedic project…

MRF-UK supports Chiradzulu District Hospital’s casualty department with much-needed wheelchairs

May 10, 2023

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Munira Abdullah and Aisha Missi presenting the wheelchairs * Patients needing services of the casualty department were being carried on guardians backs * We face a lot of mobility challenges for the casualty department, the maternity ward as well as for theatre services By Duncan Mlanjira After discovering that patients were being carried on guardians backs for medical services at Chiradzulu District Hospital due to lack of wheelchairs, concerned charity foundation, Malawi Relief Fund-UK (MRF-UK) has swiftly provided three…