Category: Health

  By Duncan Mlanjira In an affidavit filed at the High Court, Associate Professor of Pathology, Dr. Steve Kamiza is challenging the forensic autopsy done by expert Dr. Charles Dzamalala that concluded that 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga of Lilongwe did not die after being bitten by a snake but rather from acute poisoning after consuming Termik. Dr. Kamiza, who is a Fellow of Pathologists from University of Michigan in the USA and University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa,…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira A forensic autopsy done by expert Dr. Charles Dzamalala has concluded that 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga of Lilongwe did not die after being bitten by a snake but rather from acute poisoning after consuming Termik. In his assessment, Dzamalala says based on the circumstances surrounding this death, this incidence of acute poisoning is most probably due to a homicidal act rather than suicidal or accident act. “This death was from unnatural. It was due to…

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  By Henry Kijimwana Mhango, The Telegraph Thousands of people living with HIV and Aids in Malawi are “silently” dying of hunger, even as the government spends huge sums of money procuring life-prolonging drugs. The small southern African country has one of the highest rates of HIV and Aids worldwide, with roughly one million people suffering from the deadly disease.  But over the last 15 years the government has ramped up efforts to tackle the epidemic, gaining global recognition….

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  By Vicky Allan, Herald Scotland Cancer is now the leading cause of death in wealthy countries. But what’s seldom highlighted is that rates are rising in every country and where you live has an impact on how likely you are to die from your diagnosis, and how much pain you are likely to suffer. It has an impact on whether you get effective painkillers and on what chance you have of surviving. In sub-Saharan Africa you are more…

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