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Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital equipped with Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine

January 29, 2026

* First of its kind in the country’s public hospitals that will reduce the need to refer patients abroad for specialised scanning services * It has the capacity to scan between 50 and 150 patients per day with conditions such as brain tumours and nerve-related complications By Dan Kosondo, MANA Minister of Health & Sanitation, Madalitso Baloyi has today commissioned a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment at Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital that is expected to improve advanced diagnostic services…

US, Malawi sign 5-year US$936 million bilateral health cooperation agreement

January 16, 2026

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* The agreement outlines a comprehensive co-investment framework designed to save lives and strengthen Malawi’s infectious disease prevention and response capabilities By Innocent Manda, MANA The governments of the United States of America (USA) and the Republic of Malawi have signed a five-year health cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening disease prevention, response, and long-term health system sustainability. In a press statement released today and signed by the USEmbassy Public Affairs Officer, Grand Phillip, the agreement outlines…

Born between boxes: The silent struggle of intersex people in Malawi

January 2, 2026

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* The way forward is clear — education, protection, and respect for bodily autonomy. Parents need accurate information, not fear * Communities need open conversations. And government systems — from health to education to civil registration — must recognise intersex people as human beings with rights * Some civil society organisations are beginning to include intersex issues in broader discussions on sexual and reproductive health and rights — however, activists say progress is slow By a correspondent All the…

Healthy employees is good business all round—Illovo Sugar Malawi Nchalo Estate in commemorating World AIDS Day

December 9, 2025

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General Manager Ricky Pillay leading the commemoration parade * Under the theme; ‘We remember, we lead, we rise to transform the response’, which reminds that the fight against HIV/Aids is not over * Spread love, not HIV; let’s unite in the fight against AIDS by getting tested and if positive, start and stay on treatment * Support colleagues, fight stigma and be champions of change — together we can rise to transform the response and ensure a healthier, stronger…

CDH Investment Bank contributes two fronts towards NPL Mothers health initiative; sleepover challenge and K10m investment

November 20, 2025

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Kwatiwani (right) hands over the funds to Nation on Sunday Editor, Emmanuel Luciano * Chief Human Capital Development Officer, Ivy Kwatiwani spent a night at Santhe Health Care Clinic on October 10 * It was a huge eye opener for her on the challenges that expectant mothers face in remote rural health care settings * She appreciated firsthand the need to support investment in our health care systems, particularly for maternal and neonatal health * Santhe Clinic had no…

Medical doctor Victoria Bobe shot dead in cold blood through the head by gunmen in an invasion of her Chigumula home

November 18, 2025

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Late Dr. Bobe * The 33-year-old Dr. Bobe was a senior obstetrician and gynaecologist at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and long-serving lecturer at KUHeS * She was merciless shot after she and her husband couldn’t provide the money the gunmen demanded for invading their home Maravi Express Police in Limbe, Blantyre, have assured the public that they are on the man-hunt of unknown criminals for cold blood murder of medical doctor and lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health…

Religious organisation highly commends High Court ruling mandating medical practitioners to provide safe abortion to minors who fall pregnant due to rape

November 15, 2025

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Religious Leaders Network for Choice National Coordinator, Rev Nyekanyeka * Religious Leaders Network for Choice advocates dignity for all human beings and believes that rape, defilement and sexual abuse are evil and should not be justified * As the court recognised and confirmed that health is not just an absence of illness but it goes beyond that to include mental health which is also of great concern to society * By making emphasis on the mental health aspect of…

Illovo Sugar Malawi’s Nchalo Estate hands over mortuary it constructed for Chikwawa District Hospital

November 12, 2025

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* A mortuary is an essential part of any hospital as it provides dignity and respect for the deceased and comfort for bereaved families * This facility is a commitment from Nchalo Sugar Estate to ensure that during the difficult chapter, our departed loved ones can be kept with the dignity and the respect they deserve * And that grieving families have the necessary support and infrastructure to carry out their final duties to the departed loved ones By…

CDH Investment Bank solidifies its partnership with Beit CURE Children’s Hospital

October 30, 2025

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Zondwayo Mafuleka (2nd right) hands over the cheque to Davie Simengwa * Invests K3 million towards the targeted K310 million annual fund-raising goal towards its mission is to provide free, life-changing surgical and rehabilitative care * For children with conditions such as clubfoot, knock knees, burn contractures, and other orthopaedic conditions * CDH Investment Bank’s mantra is to help businesses to grow but for this to be achieved, we need to have a healthy society By Duncan Mlanjira CDH…

High Court endorses access to safe abortion services for rape victims

October 29, 2025

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* This Court has no doubt in its mind that a purposive interpretation of Section 19 of the Gender Equality Act entails; ‘that a girl victim of a sexual offence who is pregnant as a result of such an offence definitely has a right to seek an abortion automatically upon indications that she had become pregnant as a result of a sexual offence being perpetrated on her—High Court Judge, Michael Tembo Maravi Express The High Court of Malawi has…