Malawi

Malawi launches national “End Cholera” campaign Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30%…

RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the first vaccine recommended by WHO for use against a human parasitic disease of any kind. If introduced widely, it could save tens of thousands of lives each year. The Government of Malawi was the first to launch the…

More than eleven (11) million doses will be administered to more than 2.9 million children under 5 years in the four-round vaccination drive.

AU, Africa CDC, Afro Champions Initiative launch COVID-19  Respond Fund ECOWAS donates test kits, equipment, drugs to member states More recoveries for Cameroon Malawi confirms 1st COVID-19 death 10 year…

Joins Ghana and Malawi The malaria vaccine pilot programme is now fully under way in Africa, as Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to introduce the landmark vaccine as a tool against a disease that continues to affect millions of…

Holds in June To feature presentations by top African Health officials After the success of the first edition of the Africa Healthcare Extension Summit (AHES), the organizers, Verve Management have announced that…

Malawi  today begins vaccination against malaria in a landmark pilot programme. The country is the first of three in Africa in which the vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be made available to children up to 2 years of age; Ghana and Kenya…

Children aged between six months and two years are expected to receive the first ever malaria vaccination in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Program (MVIP) expected to commence in April in Ghana,…

1.6 million people  affected in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands of people impacted by flooding in Malawi,…

LILONGWE, Malawi – Prisca Gama, 22, and Given Mwira, 26, remember first trying the menstrual cup in November 2016. The women, both fourth-year students at Mzuzu University in northern Malawi, quickly became enthusiastic about the product,…