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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Calls For Patients Care
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Inside Malawi’s maternity waiting homes: the hidden use of labour -inducing herbs.
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Women with disabilities demand equal access to SRHR services
Victoria Supuliyano, a teacher at Chilanga School for the Blind in the area of Senior Chief Kaomba, in Kasungu district recalls how negative attitudes from health workers affected her. During one antenatal visit in 2023 a nurse remarked, “even you got pregnant,” as if pregnancy were impossibl...
Risk: Tackling SRHR challenges among girls in Nkhotakota
For 21-year-old Thandi Banda from Dwangwa in lake shore district of Nkhotakota, fear of judgment kept her from seeking reproductive health services. "I used to be scared to visit the hospital because people would gossip if they saw a young girl there, especially seeking family planning service...
Restoring dignity: Nkhotakota opens first fistula ward for women
Nkhotakota District Hospital, located at the Boma of Malawi’s lakeshore district of Nkhotakota, serves more than 20,000 people referred from government health centers and mission hospitals across the district. Inside the hospital, there is a special waiting area, locally known as “Kodikilira”,...