NCD Alliance Malawi calls for ban on tobacco flavours that make cigarettes, nicotine appealing to smokers
The Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance Malawi (NCD Alliance Malawi) has called for the development of stringent policies, including ban, on flavours that make tobacco and nicotine products more appealing to the…
First Lady Chakwera calls for increased investment in TB, leprosy interventions in Malawi
Malawi’s First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera has asked players in the health sector to continue collaborating with the government in mobilizing resources needed for combating tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy.
WOCACA calls for more equitable, accessible cancer care as the globe commemorates World Cancer Day
Women’s Coalition against Cancer (WOCACA) has called upon policymakers, healthcare providers, community leaders, civil society advocates and all Malawians to work together to create a more equitable and accessible cancer…
Frontline health workers to hone skills in tobacco harm reduction, smoke cessation in Malawi’s Lilongwe and Mzimba districts
Frontline healthcare providers from 57 public hospitals and health centres in Malawi's Lilongwe and Mzimba districts will undergo a series of capacity building training on tobacco harm reduction (THR) and…
HRDC quizzes Government Health Service Commission on recruitment of nurses, midwife technicians in Malawi
Malawi's Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has penned the Executive Secretary for the Government Health Service Commission demanding information on the recruitment process for nurse and midwife technician (Grade K).
Malawi’s health institutions asked to prioritize link between GBV, women’s health
Women’s Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA) has appealed to health institutions in Malawi to prioritize the link between gender-based violence (GBV) and women’s health as the global community commemorates this year’s 16…
Survivors call for greater investment in NCDs fight in Malawi
Survivors of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have pleaded with the Government of Malawi and other stakeholders to seriously consider increasing funding to NCDs fight to prevent untimely deaths of productive…
NGO urges Malawi Government to decriminalize drug use: “Treat to reduce harm instead of punishing”
Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Platform (DPHRP Malawi Chapter) has reiterated calls for the Government of Malawi to decriminalize drug use in an effort to reduce harm among users.
Empowered health workforce, community structures for increased immunization coverage in Malawi
Statistics at Chilomoni Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi, indicate that the facility has registered a 97 percent immunization coverage, barely three percent shy of the finish line.
Collabo yields immunization dividends in Chiute Village of Mchinji, Malawi
Combined efforts to get every child and mother vaccinated against diseases are paying dividends in the area of Village Head (VH) Chiute of Traditional Authority Mlonyeni in Mchinji district in…