Category: Health

* While it is true that for a vaccine to be administered there has to be consent, people need to realize that polio is a life-threatening disease for children * We need to cover 80% of the targeted children to curb the disease and we need your support to achieve this By George Mponda, MANA As the country is preparing to roll out fourth phase of the polio vaccination campaign, religious leaders in Mzuzu City and sorrounding areas have…

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Finally eliminated  * Coming hot on the heels of elimination of infectious eye disease trachoma * Elephantiasis was a major public health problem in Malawi  * With seropositivity rate ranging from 1% to as high as 74% in some parts of country * Ministry of Health applauds support from partners as it has changed people’s lives * The Ministry continues to focus on high impact cost effective interventions, health promotion and disease prevention efforts By Natasha Muthete, MANA Coming…

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Minister of Health, Khumbize Chiponda launching the programme  * Chlorine dispensers at several water points in Blantyre, Chiradzulu, Neno, Mwanza, Balaka, Mangochi and Machinga * The program will provide safe water access to 15% of the population and 35% in Southern Region By Chilungamo Missi, MANA Evidence Action, an organization which scales evidence-based and cost-effective programmes to reduce the burden of poverty, has launched a safe water program in Blantyre district to address challenges of water borne diseases. The…

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* Martha Chizuma says her office received a lot of complaints on these issues * Including one complaint dominating in terms of procurement and ghost projects By Linda Likomwa, MANA Phalombe District Council has come under investigation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) following recent recruitment of health workers at the yet to be opened district hospital, abuse of constituency and district development funds (CDF and DDF), among others. ACB Director General, Martha Chizuma disclosed this on Monday in an…

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