By Gift Chiponde Organisers of the Corporate Wellness Challenge 2023 Edition have promised special exciting moments for those to attend the event slated for December 16 at Kumbali Country Lodge in Lilongwe. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (MANA), Sales Team Leader for Corporate… Read More »Corporate Wellness Challenge promises exciting moments
By Austine Patrice Kachilika Civil Society Organisation Nutrition Alliance (CSONA), Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) and MwAPATA Research Institute have collaborated their effort to incept the Food Systems Transformation Initiative Project. The project aims to scale up nutrition, food consumption and production in the wake… Read More »CSO consortium incepts project to improve food systems in Mzimba
By Moses Nyirenda WaterAid says through the 150 Health Facility Challenge it has fully equipped 11 healthcare centers in Ntchisi district with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities to assist in promoting hygiene as well as infection prevention. The healthcare centres that have been equipped… Read More »WaterAid equips 11 healthcare centres with WASH facilities in Ntchisi
By Lyte Ali Amref Health Africa Malawi, in partnership with Pfizer Foundation through the Expanding Access to Covid-19 project, has donated a solar power system, seven vaccines carries, two cold boxers and a refrigerator to Nankhwali Health Centre in the area of Traditional Authority Nankumba… Read More »Amref donates to health centre in Mangochi
By Harold Mtepatepa Acting Chief of Emergency and Critical Care Services at the Ministry of Health (MoH), Norman Lufesi, has hailed Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies – NEST (360) Program for reducing newborn death rates in Malawi. NEST (360) Program is a project under the… Read More »Program hailed for reducing newborn deaths
By Phyllis Nkhoma Nkhotakota based radio station, Umunthu FM, has launched a K120 million ‘Quality Menstrual Health for People with Disabilities’ advocacy project in Kasungu with an aim of addressing challenges women and girls with disabilities face in accessing menstrual health hygiene information and services.… Read More »Umunthu FM in K120 million menstrual hygiene initiative
By Sarah Munthali Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has said community participation is vital in all malaria control and prevention interventions. Speaking on Monday at a press briefing in Lilongwe in commemoration of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Malaria Week, Chaponda said interventions like… Read More »Malawi commemorates SADC Malaria Week
By Kondwani Magombo When 16-year-old Shalom Chisepeya, a form 4 student at Mlanda Girls Secondary School in Ntcheu, shared a sad story with her classmate, Comfort Mwase, 15, the two girls didn’t know they were about to embark on a journey that would take them… Read More »Fascinating innovations from teen brains
By Phyllis Nkhoma Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) District Nutritionist for Kasungu, Haswell Mlenga has emphasized on the need to champion behaviour and mindset change on good agricultural and nutrition practices amongst communities participating in Afikepo Programme. In an interview on Sunday upon completion of… Read More »FAO calls for mindset change in nutrition practices
By Fostina Mkandawire Environmentalists in the country have expressed worry at the pace in which the country is addressing the issue of lead pollution, as evidenced by lack of specific regulations and policies, a development which is endangering lives. The remarks were made on Thursday… Read More »Lack of regulations and policies on lead pollution worries environmentalists