Category: Health

Expectant mothers no longer have to endure this burden * It required some great strength and courage for expectant mothers to draw water from a borehole situated 80m downhill * Since the competition to draw water was always fierce, expectant mothers had to wake up very early in the morning * WaterAid installed solar powered water pump to supply adequate water for entire health centre By Dennis Lupenga, WaterAid Mzandu Health Centre in Ntchisi District was built on top…

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In this Century people shouldn’t be drawing from unsafe sources * Climate change acts as a threat multiplier for water * Worsening problems caused by poor management of water resources * Without easy access to clean water, people’s lives are blighted by sickness, poverty * And also worsens the endless drudgery of collecting water by vulnerable women By Duncan Mlanjira WaterAid Malawi has reiterated its emphasis on the need to take urgent actions to help poor communities adjust to…

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* So far K4 million raised of the needed K11 million treatment cost at Atermis Hospital * She needs to go Atermis Hospital within 8 weeks from March 10, 2021 * She received chemotherapy and mastectomy treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital By Duncan Mlanjira Concerned citizens and relations of breast cancer-stricken, 28-year-old Chikondi Kazembe, are appealing to well-wishers to donate funds towards helping her travel to India for specialized treatment, which is quoted at US$15,000 (K11 million). The ‘Chikondi…

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* To ensure that more vaccination sites become operational to increase access in the districts * The delivery platform remains the government and CHAM health facilities * The public to contact their local health authorities for specific vaccination schedules for their areas * There were 528 new COVID-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours of 21 were new with three new deaths By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential task force on COVID-19 says the government is continuously working on training more vaccination…

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* The number of those vaccinated in Malawi, is at 23,907 since the roll out on March 11 * South Africa remains as having the most reported COVID-19 cases so far at 1,535,423 including 52,035 deaths * Malawi ranks at number 20 with cumulative figure of 33,216 cases including 1,093 deaths By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi is going into the second phase of administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, the public should gain confidence that fellow African countries are also seriously reaching…

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President Chakwera was first to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 11 * Blantyre DHO rolls out second phase from Monday, March to 22-26 * Targeting the elderly; those with commorbidities and other social workers * Over 861 centers across the country will provide the vaccination services * About 1.4 million Malawians are expected to be vaccinated * There were 129 new COVID-19 cases, 315 new recoveries, one new death as of Friday By Duncan Mlanjira Since the COVID-19…

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