The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has urged communities to remain vigilant and strictly observe hygiene practices to contain a cholera outbreak, as 11 confirmed cases have been recorded across several districts, with Kasungu among the hardest hit.
Malawi has confirmed two cholera cases in Lilongwe and Balaka as the rainy season begins. Health experts warn the situation exposes persistent gaps in water and sanitation, urging early action, vigilance and sustained prevention to avoid a wider outbreak.
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) in collaboration with Ministry of Health engaged communities through theatre performance at Traditional Authority Kuntaja in Blantyre on cholera and malaria prevention during the rainy season.
Chitipa District Hospital (DHO) has confirmed one case of cholera and nine suspected cases at Kapenda Health Centre in Senior Chief Mwabulambya in Chitipa District.
Mulanje has registered a total of 67 cholera cases since the onset of the rainy season, Health Promotion Officer for Mulanje District Health Office (DHO), Chipiriro Mjojo, has disclosed.heal
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda announced Monday evening that cholera, which tragically claimed the lives of more than 1,700 individuals over the past year, is no longer categorized as a public health emergency within the country.
Co-chairperson of the President Taskforce on Covid-19 and Cholera, Dr. Wilfred Chalamira Nkhoma, has appealed to journalists to triple their efforts in disseminating information on the two pandemics.
Malawi State Vice President on Friday opened a high-level emergency ministerial meeting on cholera epidemics and climate related public health emergencies in Lilongwe with a call to delegates to identify a lasting solution to the diseases.
