Category: Health

Bande signing the project contract * Currently 2.2 million people have access to clean water due to the works of World Vision International and Water for People—Bande * Lack of water sanitation in the district is a threat to national development as it is fundemental to public health By Robert Maloya & Linda Likomwa, MANA About 84,500 people in Chiradzulu are expected to have access to clean water through Clean Water and Sanitation for Everyone, Everywhere project that World…

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Captioned ‘Owner and Patient of the Day’ * On days when we see terrible cases of animal cruelty and negligence, it helps to see owners like these * To remember that most people care about their dogs—Blantyre SPCA * Such heartwarming from an amazing lady and lucky dog—Sarah Ross * I pray for more wonderful animals owners like her—Millie Kotecha-Makhecha By Duncan Mlanjira Several members of the public have applauded and acclaimed a lady who walked a long distance…

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* The first step is declaring this as a Public Health Emergency and assures the nation that the situation is under control * A risk assessment of the situation will be done with support from partners such as the WHO * Ministry of Health also to work very closely with our neighbouring countries as diseases know no borders * Laboratory results show that this is an imported virus as there is no evidence of community circulation of the virus…

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* Access to be granted only when the test result is negative * In due course Parliament will check with Ministry of Health on authenticity of vaccination details or test results * Parliament is one institution hit hard by the previous waves of the pandemic * Since the first wave, the august House has lost nine MPs to the pandemic By Duncan Mlanjira Parliament has instructed Members of Parliament, staff, contractors and the general public visiting its premises that…

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Various corporate companies and organisations are encouraging people to get vaccinated * So far, only over half a million people in this country are fully vaccinated * Less than 5% of the targeted 11 million people that need to vaccinate to reach herd immunity * Though the CoVID-19 restrictions have saved lives, they have caused inevitable damage to livelihoods By Duncan Mlanjira One of the long-term wound that in the country’s economy which President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration is set…

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