Category: National

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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Mihowa (right) presenting communication flyers for better nutrition  * District councils are not preparing budget lines for the sector * Media has a role to play to help in influencing policy makers * To consider allocating more resources at all levels of development By Tione Andsen, MANA Oxfam Malawi has said budgetary allocation for the nutrition sector has been minimal since 2016 with less than one percent being allocated in the total national budget. This was disclosed by Oxfam…

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WaSH is a global initiative * Arguing it is no longer necessary since the Ministry of Education is now drilling boreholes * This is despite calls by stakeholders on the importance WaSH in the COVID-19 fight * This reasoning reflects very narrow understanding of WaSH in the context of the fight against COVID-19–WaterAid * The decision to de-activate it is to be evaluated against the background that it is a COVID-19 response at global level By Duncan Mlanjira The…

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* Based on clear scientific evidence from more than 17 million people vaccinated in the EU * This follows recent concerns raised around blood clotting through social media * “The nature of the pandemic has led to increased attention in individual cases” * “We are going beyond the standard practices for safety monitoring” By Duncan Mlanjira There are unfounded reports circulating through social media across the world including Malawi that are purporting that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which is…

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