Asthma awareness campaigns are vital — MSAM
The Medical Students Association of Malawi (MSAM) has emphasised the importance of Asthma awareness campaigns in dispelling misconceptions surrounding the chronic lung disease. People have...
Category : Health
Malawi celebrates World Hand Hygiene Day
A call is going out to people in the country to wash hands with soap or hand sanitiser to curb the transmission of germs which,...
Nurses are backbone of health care delivery – NONM
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) says Malawi needs to start recognising contributions made by nurses if it is to achieve universal...
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...
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]....