World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Region has stressed the need to raise adequate and sustainable funding in a bid to continue to build systems and capacities to increase blood donation rates and separate donated blood into its components that can be stored for long-term use.
As Malawi prepares to host 52nd Global Fund Board Meeting, a team of seven members from the Fund’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland were in Lilongwe from June 10 to 13, 2024 to discuss and agree on priority preparatory activities the host’s organizing committee requires to implement ahead of the global event.
Community and Mental Health Department of the Saint John of God Hospitaller Services has embarked on mental health awareness to students in universities and colleges.
The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) has backed the planned indefinite sit-in by the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) and the Physician Assistants Union of Malawi (PAUM) set to commence on Monday, 10th June 2024 in all public and CHAM Hospitals across the country.
Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has called upon the Ministry of Health and disgruntled healthcare workers to consider taking amicable action to resolve their differences before 10th June in the interest of patients.
The Global Association of Clinical Officers and Physician Associates (GACOPA) has added its voice to the decision by the Physician Assistants Union of Malawi (PAUM) and Nurses Union of Malawi (NONM) to call for nationwide strike over poor wages.
The Ministry of Health has expressed concern over the rising number of accidents, highlighting the significant and avoidable strain they place on the health budget.
Women’s Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA) has asked the Government of Malawi to implement and enforce stringent regulations on the marketing, sale, and distribution of tobacco products in order to protect the youth from the harmful effects of tobacco and the manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry.
The Lilongwe Chapter of the Malawi alumni of the Global Health Corps have donated assorted medical drugs to Mitundu Community Hospital to ease the pressure the facility continues to face as a result of rapid population growth in communities surrounding it.
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