Category: Health

By Duncan Mlanjira The 5km breast cancer awareness walk, which Breast Care Malawi organised on Sunday, was also to help raise funds for a cervical cancer victim Sheila Watterson. Watterson also took part in the walk that started from Old Lucky Luciano near South End School along Chikwawa Road and headed past Catholic Institute (CI) to join Mahatma Gandhi Road all the way up to College of Medicine Sports Complex. There the route branched off into Mandala residential area…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Pemphero Mphande, leader of the Citizens of Progressive Action, has swiftly mobilized people to raise funds to replace a broken down oxygen cyclinder for the paedriatic emergency unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Mphande said he had gone to Queens to check on a friend, Daniel Mumba, a Paedriatic Emergency Nurse Specialist, who had asked him to make a courtesy call to appreciate the challenges they face only to discover the medical personnel there…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Courtesy of the vigorous awareness campaign carried out by Breast Care Malawi over the past three years, the country now has breast cancer screening clinics situated at Chitawira Private Hospital and another at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. Breast Care Malawi is a legally registered Non Profit Organisation limited by guarantee in the country, whose mission is to provide help and inspire hope to those affected by breast cancer through early detection, education and awareness. And on…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has described murdered Lucy Kadzamira, a retired nurse, as a pillar of wisdom to the nursing and midwifery sector in Malawi and Africa. Police are investigating the murder of Kadzamira, who was discovered dead in her home at Area 47 in Lilongwe. “NONM joins the nursing and midwifery members, leaders, family, and the public in mourning Dr Lucy Kadzamira, the retired nurse and midwife and…

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