Category: Health

Nsamala receives the cheque from Chikoti * It is unfortunate that access to health facilities is difficult and expensive to get * We all have a role to play in contributing to enhance health services in our beloved country * CDH Investment Bank is honoured to give back to the community through this initiative that will contribute to saving lives By Duncan Mlanjira In its efforts to boost access to blood transfusions for hard-to-reach areas across the country, Malawi…

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* As of Friday, 892,414 were fully vaccinated with 1,142,421 having had their first jab while 766 have had the Booster dose * New cases are also not escalating as 10 new were registered as of Friday evening * There were 324 new recoveries and no new related deaths * Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 85,650 cases including 2,626 deaths at case fatality rate of 3.07% * A total of 80,654 cases have now recovered at the rate of 94.17%…

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A polio immunization exercise * As Blantyre DHO embarks its exercise from Monday, March 21-31 targeting under-5 children By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Mayamiko Phiri, Correspondent With the support from UNICEF and other partners, more than 9 million children in four countries of the Eastern and Southern Africa are to be vaccinated against polio in the first round of a mass campaign after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. Meanwhile, as part of its national response, Blantyre District…

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* By now after one year since vaccination was rolled it should have been at 12% * Ministry of Health encourages people availability of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson in all health facilities * As of Tuesday, 863,025 people are fully vaccinated; 1,135,654 have had their first jab while 415 have had the Booster vaccine * There were 11 new CoVID-19 cases registered, 56 new recoveries and one death from Blantyre that  was unvaccinated By Steven Godfrey Mkweteza, Correspondent…

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