AIDS related deaths drop by 85% – NAC
National AIDS Commission (NAC) HIV Fact Sheet for 2023 has shown that AIDS-related deaths in the country have dropped by 85 percent since its peak...
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Cholera outbreak hits Chitipa
Chitipa District Health Office (DHO) has confirmed a cholera case, which involves a six-year-old boy at Kamkwamba Village in the area of Traditional Authority Nthalire...
Tifalitse uthenga wa matenda a TB ndi Khate — Madam Chakwera
Mayi wa pfuko lino, Madam Monica Chakwera, apempha mzika za dziko lino kuti zitenge gawo pofalitsa uthenga okhudza chifuwa chachikulu (TB) komanso khate. Iwo anamema...
Cancer cases still rising
Eighteen thousand cases of various cancers are reported every year in Malawi due to excessive alcohol consumption and heavy smoking. Dr Leo Masamba, an Oncologist...
Madam Chakwera dates TB, Leprosy survivors
First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera is this afternoon hosting a luncheon for Tuberculosis and Leprosy survivors at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. The luncheon has...
There was overuse of antibiotics during COVID — WHO report
World Health Organisation (WHO) says new data shows that there was overuse of antibiotics during COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, which exacerbated silent spread of antimicrobial resistance...
Rescued from the jaws of breast cancer
Nancy Nyirenda is a breast cancer survivor. She has endured the pain of losing her mother and four siblings due to cancer [Photo: Chisomo Break]....
TNM donates to Children’s Cancer Ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
Employees of mobile telecommunications company TNM are at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre where they are cheering the sick as well as donating food,...
Minister calls for action to eliminate malaria
Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, says malaria remains a public health problem that is killing a lot of people in the country. Chiponda made...
Vaccines vital in saving lives – Expert
One of the country’s health expert, Professor Jane Mallewa says there is substantial scientific evidence showing that vaccines have saved millions of lives in the...