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Inside Malawi’s maternity waiting homes: the hidden use of labour -inducing herbs.
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MHEN calls for sustained financing towards sanitation and hygiene
On Tuesday, Malawi Government launched implementation plan for Executive Order No. 2 of 2026 on sanitation and hygiene. According to Malawi government this is a landmark directive aimed at strengthening public health standards across the country. Among others, the order mandates that all ...
Chief laments rising teenage pregnancies in Itezhi Tezhi
Zambia loses one woman every four hours to pregnancy complications – Ipas ASR A traditional leader in Itezhi Tezhi District has sounded a distress call over the increasing number of young girls in his chiefdom who are dropping out of school due to unplanned pregnancies. Officially opening ...
Fuel Price Hike Sparks Concern Among Minibus Owners: A Local Reality of Global Power Plays
In March 2026, Malawians woke up to a sharp increase in fuel prices announced by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). Petrol rose from K3,499 to K4,965, a 41.9% jump, while diesel climbed from K3,500 to K4,945, representing a 41.3% increase. The hike was justified by MERA as a response ...
MHEN calls for expansion of dialysis centre’s to improve access to kidney treatment
The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has called on government to gradually expand dialysis centers to more districts across the country in order to improve access to life-saving treatment for patients with kidney disease. MHEN says the expansion should prioritize underserved areas such as t...
MHEN raises alarm over sewer leak discharging into Lilongwe river
The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has expressed serious concern over a leaking sewer pipe discharging untreated sewage into Lilongwe River. MHEN Executive Director, George Jobe says the leaking sewer line, located behind a building south of SANA Mega Shop, is posing a significant public ...
Nkhotakota flood victims raise sanitation fears as government moves to prevent cholera
Growing congestion in flood evacuation camps across Nkhotakota district is fuelling anxieties over sanitation and disease, prompting government officials to reassure communities that cholera will be contained. Deputy Minister of Health Charles Chilambula issued the assurance on Thursday after ...
Ndi Moyo Intensifies Fight Against Cervical Cancer Through Awareness Campaigns
A Salima-based Ndi Moyo Palliative Care Trust says there is a need for intensified efforts in raising awareness on the importance of cervical cancer screening among women. The organization say many women in Malawi are dying silently because they lack proper information about cervical cancer. ...
Mixed reactions over proposed sale of the airfield land
The Mchinji Civil Society Organisations has denonuced the Mchinji district council’s decision to sell the airfield land, saying the council has several development priorities that could be implemented on the land. This follows reports from the council about plans to sell the airfield land on g...
Breaking the Silence: One Woman’s Struggle and Hope After Forced Abortion
All of the 24 years she lived as a girl ended when she was impregnated by her older boyfriend. Shakida (not her real name), from Lunda Village in Traditional Authority Lunda in Salima District, was forced into an abortion by her boyfriend in 2023. “I was told to consume drugs to terminate t...
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...
Sanitation Crisis: WaterAid calls for renewed commitment from communities and youths
WaterAid Malawi says there is a need to intensify efforts aimed at addressing sanitation gaps, saying the country is currently not doing enough to ensure improved sanitation for human capital development. The call comes as Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Toilet Day, ...
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”,...
NCD Alliance Malawi commend the endorsement of global charter as a game changer
The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Alliance Malawi has described the endorsement of the Global Charter on NCDs as a game changer, saying it will transform approaches to advocacy and implementation in the fight against non-communicable diseases. Speaking in Lilongwe on Thursday during an eng...
Unseen trauma: Unsafe abortion’s silent mental toll on men
The air at the rice and maize mill hangs thick with the scent of dust and grain, but Sabina Kumwenda’s neatly plaited natural hair, her bright pink patterned top and a traditional wrapper attire are outstanding. But the cheerfulness ends there. With the grind of the machinery as her backdrop,...
Umunthu FM calls for strengthened advocacy on legal reforms for safe abortion
The coalition of two organizations, Umunthu FM and Ladder for Rural Development (LAFORD), under "Community Voices for legal reforms project" have called for intensified advocacy towards reviewing legal reforms on safe abortion in the country Speaking on Tuesday in Salima during a two-day m...
Leprosy cases surge in Mchinji district
The Mchinji District hospital has registered over 30 cases of leprosy from January to June this year. The District's Health Promotion Officer Owen Chataika says it's worrisome that the disease is spreading after it was previously declared it was eradicated. "We believe these cases have resu...
Unsafe Abortions on the Rise: Calls Grow in Nkhotakota for Law Reform
Senior Chief Kalimanjira of Nkhotakota has called on authorities to review Malawi’s restrictive abortion laws if the country is to reduce the rising number of unsafe abortions among girls and women in the district. Statistics from the district health office indicate that Nkhotakota has one of ...
NGO empowers local communities in biofertilizer production
At least 500 individuals from the area of Traditional Authorities Mwadzama and Kalimanjira in Nkhotakota district have started producing Terra Preta organic fertilizer for farming and business. These are beneficiaries of the Tikolore project which Humission Limited is implementing in the area....