Category: Health

By Glory Msowoya, MANA  Information and Communication Technologies Association of Malawi (ICTAM) has partnered with Facebook in creating an information centre on Coronavirus (COVID-19) to curb fake news and misinformation. ICTAM president, Bram Fudzulani told Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Tuesday that the information centre would help Facebook users in getting all the right information and timely updates on COVID-19 from trusted sources.  He said the partnership with Facebook on COVID-19 Information Centre comes after noticing some fake social…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In its budgeted financial resources towards the cost of implementing various programmes, Malawi’s Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) intends to apply part of the funds for payments under a contract for the provision of legal services by a reputable legal firm. An Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI), from CMST’s chairperson of Internal Procurement and Disposal of Assets Committee, has been placed in the media targeting eligible and qualified consulting firms for the provision of the…

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By Blessings Kapina & Daniel Namwini, MANA Chairperson of Parliamentary Committee on Health, Dr. Matthews Ngwale has appealed to trust the concerted efforts by the Government and all stakeholders to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, that include the laboratory tests that are being done to determine if suspected patients have the virus or not. Ngwale, at a media briefing in Lilongwe on Friday, was reacting to isolated social media reports, which suggested that some of the confirmed…

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By Sellah Singini & Maston Kaiya, MANA The German Ambassador to Malawi, Jurgen Borsch on Friday donated medical personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other supplies to Dedza District Health Office (DHO) to help the district in the fight against COVID-19.  The items included hand sanitizers, N95 face masks for health workers and support staff, gloves, disposable aprons, pulse oximeters, liquid soap dispensers, surface disinfectant, hand washing liquid soap and tapped buckets. Borsch said the donation is one way of…

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By Duncan Mlanjira NBS Bank on Thursday donated various personal protective equipment (PPEs) for Blantyre Health Office (DHO) health workers who are in the frontline in mitigating Coronavirus (COVID-19). The PPEs included examination gloves, face masks and protective suits as a response from several calls made by various quarters and the health workers themselves for assistance in such areas. Presenting the donation on Thursday at NBS Bank headquarters at Ginnery Corner in Blantyre, Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking,…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has filed with the High Court of Malawi the Government’s decision not to participate in the Judicial Review case number 22 of 2020 that came about following an injunction granted by Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda that stopped the government from executing its intended plans for a National Lockdown. The lockdown was supposed to be effected from midnight of Sunday, April 19 but Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), together with Esther Cecilia Kathumba;…

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By Loness Gwazanga, MANA Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Dan Namarika has refuted rumours circulating that Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country are being fabricated, arguing that there was no motivation to do so. He made the clarification on Wednesday in Blantyre where he announced six more cases from Kaliyeka and Area 25 townships in Lilongwe that have tested positive to the disease. The new cases take the total tally to 23 registered cases including two…

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