Health

Malita Chizombe, from South Lunzu in Blantyre, is in the last trimester of her pregnancy. She and her husband are...

The coronavirus burden in Malawi is falling steeply, but experts say it is too early to return to normal. Frontline...

Elias ChipofyaContributor Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide, with a global annual death toll...

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Madalitso Kazombo first started feeling like he had fever and malaria. But later, the problem...

Breastfeeding, initiated within the first hour of birth, is one of the most powerful practices for promoting child survival and...

Physician Dingase Dula recalls the days when treating pneumonia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre used to be...

Many breast cancer patients in Malawi suffer in silence, seek treatment unrelated to the disease and die from the curable...

The coronavirus pandemic offers a litmus test for Malawi’s resolve to put sexual and reproductive health (SRH) at the centre...

Bhatupe Mhango-Chipanta Aids Activist I have lived openly with HIV for 17 years. Here is what I know about viral...

Rabson Kondowe For D+C Magazine As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc, there is a massive global shortage of face...

When Malawi first got to know about the coronavirus, Malawians did not expect the disease to find its way into...

As Covid-19, the coronavirus disease, continues to spread around the world and more countries in Africa are confirming positive cases,...

Long walks to get children vaccinated call for reliable energy and cooling for rural health centres, JAMES CHAVULA writes. In...

A simple vaccine can prevent a child from contracting polio and a host of other deadly diseases, but some children...

A landless woman has gone against stiff religious resistance to vaccines and medicines to save children, our Staff Writer JAMES...

Due to poverty and other factors, most families in both urban or rural areas still strive to have good and...

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. SHORAI NYAMBALO-NG’AMBI from Unicef Malawi shares a tale of a midwife...

With rapid population growth, Malawi is  struggling to provide quality education, jobs, healthcare and other basics. According to the 2018...

Blessings Chipeta wants you to know that it is exhausting to fight a war inside your head every day, but...

The incessant rains experienced between March 5 and 10 this year in Chikwawa left scores of people in destitution. Statistics...