Daily Archives: Oct 19, 2023
TEVETA provides K40m for labour force survey by NSO
Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) Authority has provided K40 million to National Statistics Office (NSO) for the 2023 Malawi Labour Market Force Survey (MLFS).
African journalists urged to accelerate uptake of harm reduction strategies
Integra Africa – a non-governmental organization that champions the use of brand types to identify solutions for uniting the humanity – has urged journalists in African countries to assume an active role in accelerating the progress towards full uptake of harm reduction strategies in all spheres of health across the continent.
Media practitioners challenged to adhere to ethical reporting on tobacco harm reduction interventions
Malawi’s leading tobacco harm reduction advocate, Chimwemwe Ngoma, has challenged media practitioners in the African continent to adhere to the highest standards of ethical reporting on electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) to address misinformation and prejudice towards non-combustible products.
WHO, governments accused of protecting, promoting combustible cigarettes
A public health expert at the ongoing Third Edition of Harm Reduction Exchange 2023 Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, has highlighted ‘vested interest’ by World Health Organization (WHO) and governments as one of the impediments to interventions aimed at reducing harm from tobacco.
Poor countries could be at risk of being dumping ground for combustible cigarettes, harm reduction activist Dr. Letlape warns
Renowned public health activist, Dr. Kgosi Letlape, has warned that developing countries, particularly those in Africa, could soon be a dumping ground for combustible cigarettes if authorities do not put in place regulations that restrict importation and consumption of the cigarettes.
