Malawi News News Malawi » People: People with HIV in Malawi face greater risk for dementia
Adults living with HIV in Malawi are more than twice as likely to also have dementia compared to those without HIV, according to a new study by a team of US and Malawian researchers. Thanks to ...
News Malawi » People: Worst cholera outbreak in decades kills 750 people in Malawi
The worst cholera outbreak to affect Malawi in two decades has now claimed 750 lives, a government minister said, while the World Health Organization chief described the southeast African country as ...
News Malawi » People: Cyclone Freddy affects 500,000 people in Malawi: UN
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy has risen to 360, with more than half a million affected by the storm in the country – Copyright AFP Amos Gumulira ...
News Malawi » People: Cyclone Gombe Kills 7, Damages Houses and Roads in Malawi
Officials in Malawi say at least seven people have been killed and hundreds displaced by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which also left 11 people dead in Mozambique. Authorities have deployed search and ...
News Malawi » People: Malawi takes steps to end poverty among women and girls
Malawi and its development partners are trying something new to help the country’s most vulnerable women and girls get out of extreme poverty. Besides enhancing their socio-economic status, a new ...
News Malawi » People: Malawi: People With Albinism 'Living in Fear'
Malawi's refusal to push forward with prosecuting suspects accused of attacking and killing people with albinism has left a persecuted minority on the edge, according to the Association of Persons ...
News Malawi » People: Malawi's response to Cyclone Freddy offers lessons in managing disasters: First up, don't leave people in the lurch
Malawi is one of the most disaster-prone countries in Africa. In the past 15 years it has experienced 16 floods, one rainfall-related landslide, five storm-related disasters, and two severe droughts.
News Malawi » People: Commentary: Llewellyn King: Foreign aid that works — the Malawi story
In 2005, Gordon Brown, British chancellor of the exchequer, later prime minister, was in Washington, seeking to raise $50 billion annually in additional international aid for Africa. I hosted a press ...
News Malawi » People: Cholera outbreak in Malawi kills over 1,600, poor people hit the hardest
Domestic worker Annita Symon fears for her children's health after seeing several friends fall seriously ill due to a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,600 people in Malawi over the last ...
News Malawi » People: Engineering students provide power for people of Malawi
A group of Case School of Engineering students are bringing power to isolated parts of Malawi in Africa. In Kasakula, a village just outside of the Kasungu National Park where Case Western Reserve ...
News Malawi » People: People with Albinism in Malawi Face Discrimination, Fear
In Malawi, an estimated 134,600 people have albinism, a genetic condition characterized by reduced or absent melanin, often resulting in low vision and extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. A ...