Health

New NAC findings show men continue to lag behind in HIV testing and treatment uptake. Health expert George Jobe is calling for targeted interventions, urging government to take services directly to workplaces, farms and other male-dominated areas to close the widening gap.

Malawi’s rollout of the new twice-a-year HIV prevention injection has stalled, leaving fishermen, migrant workers and other high-risk groups waiting longer for protection as funding cuts and regulatory delays slow progress.

This year’s World AIDS Day has been decentralised to five districts as Malawi turns its attention to men—now the weakest link in HIV testing—while civil society warns that shrinking donor funding could reverse years of progress.

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) – a leading banking institution in Malawi – has expressed commitment to providing startup capital to artisanal and small-scale miners to facilitate growth of the sector.

Mchinji District Agriculture Extension Coordination Committee (DAECC) has stressed the need for strong relationships and collaboration among stakeholders to sustain agriculture initiatives being implemented in the district.

A little known woman, Letina Kamwamba, has dragged Leader of Opposition and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential aspirant, Kondwani Nankhumwa, to court over child maintenance issues.