By Salomy Kandidziwa Lilongwe, February 24, Mana: Save the Future Foundation is advocating for proper waste disposal and management through awareness campaigns and clean-up operation. The Foundation aims to achieve this through a walkathon that will raise K3, 750, 000 for the procurement of waste… Read More »NGO in a walkathon for waste bins
By Kondwani Magombo Mangochi, February 24, Mana: Deputy Minister of Labour, Vera Kamtukule, has cautioned business owners in the country to ensure adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures which were set by her ministry. Kamtukule made the call on Monday when she made a surprise tour… Read More »Kamtukule for total adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures
The Malawi Sustainable Development Goals Acceleration Fund (SDG-AF) supports three Joint Programmes to improve health systems, keep girls in school, and build community resilience, and has allocated additional MK3 billion to fight COVID-19. Malawi’s SDG-AF) was set up in 2019 by the Government of Malawi,… Read More »Malawi SDG Acceleration Fund allocates additional MK3 billion to fight COVID-19
Mzuzu, Mana: The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 has pleaded with well-to-do Malawians to join the fight against the pandemic through donation of oxygen and cylinder supplies in established treatment centres to save more lives. The Taskforce Co-Chairperson, Dr. John Phuka made the remarks Friday in… Read More »Covid-19 Taskforce Appeals to Malawians to Donate Oxygen Supplies
By Andrew Mkonda Karonga, January 21, Mana: Karonga Director of Health and Social Services (DHSS), David Sibale has disclosed that Karonga District will soon have a molecular testing laboratory that will carter for a wider scope of work including testing for Covid-19. Speaking in an… Read More »Karonga to Have a Molecular Testing Laboratory
By Patricia Kapulula Lilongwe, Mana: President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has declared a State of National Disaster effective immediately in view of the escalating Covid-19 cases. The President made the declaration at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Tuesday as stipulated on Section 32(1) of the… Read More »Malawi Declares State Of National Disaster As Covid Kills Ministers
By Patricia Kapulula Lilongwe, January 8, Mana: COVID-19 has affected the blood donor recruitment drive which has led to the decline in blood collected across the country thereby worsening blood supply in the country’s hospitals. The situation has prompted Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) to… Read More »COVID-19 Affects Blood Recruitment Drive
By Andrew Ndhlovu Lilongwe, January 7, Mana: Government will now enforce a requirement that no one is seen in public space without a face mask on. The enforcement was announced by the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 during a press briefing in Lilongwe on Thursday. Presidential… Read More »Malawi to Start Arresting People Without Face Masks
By Abigail Kumwenda Mangochi, January 6, Mana: Mangochi has adopted a new model in Covid-19 response which would see Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) closely monitoring Covid-19 patients to contain further transmission of the virus. Chief Preventive Health Officer for the district, Dr. Kondwani Mamba, disclosed… Read More »Mangochi Adopts New Model On Covid-19 Response
By Tione Andsen Lilongwe, December 29, Mana: Government set to install oxygen plant at Mzuzu Central Hospital in order to handle serious Covid-19 patient cases. Epidemiology Officer for Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), Daniel Mapemba said this Tuesday at Hillside Lodge in Mponela, Dowa… Read More »Mzuzu Hospital to Have Oxygen Plant