Category: Health

By Duncan Mlanjira Wheelchairs are one of the very important equipments that Kachere Rehabilitation Centre use on a daily basis to treat their mobility challenged patients and they are needed endlessly because at times, they are given to patients who had been discharged when they cannot afford to buy one.   This was disclosed by Kachere Rehabilitation Centre board of directors chairperson, Tom Mwamadi on Wednesday when Muslim Youth United (MYU) donate 10 wheelchairs to strengthen the relationship that…

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By Duncan Mlanjira The calls by the co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka that there is a general relaxation of preventive measures by the public due to low numbers of confirmed cases being reported on daily basis, should be taken serious because number of new cases keeps registering against few recoveries. In the past 24 hours of Wednesday evening Malawi has registered one new COVID-19 related death, seven new cases against one new recovery from the…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Friday’s COVID-19 update indicates that Malawi has registered 523 new recoveries and no new related deaths while there were eleven new cases. Co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says the new data indicates that the proportion of those that have recovered has neared 90% of the total confirmed cased while the number of active cases is below the 500 mark. “This is encouraging as it gives hope in this fight against COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr….

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Life and NICO Pension jointly donated K1.8 million to Global Health Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) for the completion of the construction of a new mobile clinic operation centre based at Chikuse Village in Mulanje. This is a second support as the two NICO Group subsidiary companies initially supported the project by injecting K542,100 to buy bags of cement last year to kick start construction up to roof level. GAIA’s Finance & Administration Manager, Adalileni Nkhata said…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In the past weeks, the country has not been recording any new COVID-19 related death but some new cases kept creeping in as local and imported transmissions, prompting co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka to plead with the public not to relax in the adherence to the preventive measures that are legally still in place. Following the new case of one new death from the 223 COVID-19 tests that were conducted…

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