Malawi News News Malawi » Health: Strengthening district health systems to achieve Malawi’s decentralisation objectives: lessons learnt from Malawi’s Blantyre Prevention Strategy
The Alma-Ata ‘Health for All’ Declaration of 1978 emphasised community participation in health systems and the need to ‘bring health care as close as possible to where people live and work’. Since ...
News Malawi » Health: Malawi unveils urgent plan to tackle suicide crisis among men
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News Malawi » Health: UN Concerned About Disease in Malawi's Displacement Camps
The U.N. humanitarian agency says Malawi needs immediate help to deal with diseases spreading in displacement camps for Cyclone Freddy survivors. The Malawi health minister told reporters Tuesday that ...
News Malawi » Health: Malawi Extends Polio Vaccination to 15-Year-Olds
Malawi is extending the maximum age of children eligible for the polio vaccination from 5 to 15. Since the discovery last year of its first polio case 30 years after the country eradicated the disease ...
News Malawi » Health: Malaria Vaccine Saves Children’s Lives In Malawi
In central Malawi, health worker James Chinomba sees firsthand how vaccines provided by UNICEF and partners are keeping young children safe from malaria. In central Malawi, 5-year-old Wisdom hasn't ...
News Malawi » Health: Booze crackdown - Malawi plots tough new alcohol laws to tackle nation's drinking crisis
Malawi is edging closer to a major booze crackdown after the government gave the green light to draft plans to shake up the National Alcohol Policy and overhaul the outdated Liquor Act.The move ...
News Malawi » Health: Atupele Muluzi: Can we do more with what we already have in Malawi health service?
Assuming the role of Minister of Health and Population has been my greatest challenge in government. It has seen me travel across the country to get a better understanding of the challenges our health ...
News Malawi » Health: Malawi aid freeze could hit health and education sectors
A freeze on all direct British financial aid to Malawi after reports of high-level corruption could have huge adverse effects on health and education, an aid expert has warned. The Department for ...
News Malawi » Health: Malawi’s health system puts women first. This isn’t always a good thing
Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men. Shutterstock Policymakers, donors and international agencies have, for decades, emphasised the need to prioritise women’s health ...