Health
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Unmasking medical male circumcision myths
Jones Mchacha, a resident of Chilobwe Township in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, was among youths that went to Chimwankhunda Primary…
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Closing caregiver gap in Balaka
To educationists, the mention of Balaka conjures up images of teenagers dropping out of school due to early marriages. But…
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Ensuring right skills, attitudes in maternal, newborn care
Reducing maternal and newborn illnesses and deaths is high on the agenda of the Malawi Government, with President Joyce Banda…
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Denied maternal health care
When President Joyce Banda ascended to power in April 2012, she took a critical step and made the Safe Motherhood…
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Condomise Malawi: Hope for youths in the face of HIV
It is hard enough to get a Malawian university student to tell you whether they use condoms or not, even…
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Circumcising HIV’s problem
HIV and Aids continues to be a central health challenge across the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa countries like Malawi…
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Involving sexual minority groups in HIV/Aids fight
When Maria (not real name) arrived at the HIV awareness campaign meeting venue, people murmured and scorned her. The 24-year-old…
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Curbing early pregnancies in Malawi
Rose Mwale, 18, got pregnant last year while in Form Two at Mitundu Secondary School in the capital, Lilongwe. She…
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Bringing hope to the hopeless
For three years since 2009, Didya White, 45, from Group Village Head Kalanga in Traditional Authority Chimwala, Mangochi had been…
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Saved from 25 years of fistula
After giving birth to a stillborn, Edna Siwila of Libalile Village, Traditional Authority Nyambi in Mangochi realised she had wet…
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Reversing plight of the elderly
Her plight, she thought, was over. Beaten, insulted and sidelined because of being suspected of practising witchcraft, Mary Masingo, 72,…
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Containing rabies, a deadly challenge
Rabies kills about 55 000 people every year in Africa and Asia, according to World Health Organisation. But in Malawi,…
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Overcoming fistula with spousal support
Weston Chalingana of Chiwembe Village, Traditional Authority Kapeni in Blantyre surprised people gathered at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) grounds…
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Wonders of volunteerism in HIV fight
She saw her husband ill and dying. Then her year-old son, too, joined the fray. It was a twin sickness…
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Boosting immunity with indigenous vegetables
Her health was fast deteriorating when Ida Chapuma decided to go for an HIV test at a hospital in Lilongwe.…
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Saving lives with medical kits
Veronica Gondwe, 16, from Kashata Village, Traditional Authority Kilupula in Karonga has been sick for a while. Her mother, Maggie,…
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Diabetes: Silent but avoidable killer
By the time Timothy Ntambalika of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nchilamwera in Thyolo went to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in…
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Battling malaria in high risk areas
On March 15 2013, Rt. Reverend Dr Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and former…
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Local Development Fund improves maternal health
When she got pregnant three years ago, Mary Yakobe of Maoni Village ,Sub/Traditional Authority (STA) Maoni in Chiradzulu walked a…
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Registration curbs baby theft
Cases of baby theft offer another need for government to invest more in registering every child at birth. There are…
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