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Medical Assistant Dies in Motorcycle Crash Along Mangochi-Makanjira Road
Face of Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Published on July 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM by Edgar Naitha 152 words • approx. 1 min read A 44-year-old medical assistant, identified as Paul Kumala, died after his motorcycle plunged into a deep trench along the Mangochi Makanjira road last night....
History Made: Chakwera Commissions Malawi’s First National Cancer Centre in Lilongwe
Nyasa Times
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July 3, 2025
Malawi has taken a historic step in the fight against cancer. On Monday morning, President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera officially commissioned the country’s first-ever National Cancer Centre, a modern, state-of-the-art facility built in the...
Malawi Secures Gains Against Polio, Strengthens Health Systems For The Future
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) As Malawi celebrates its first anniversary after officially closing its reimported wild poliovirus (WPV1) outbreak, the country is taking strategic steps to sustain hard-won gains and strengthen its broader health system. On 24...
“I will create a national health service funds after September 16 polls”-Chakwera
The Maravi Post
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July 2, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus has disclosed establishing a National Health Services Fund, which will independently generate additional resources for the speedy procurement of equipment, repairs, and medicines for health facilities in the...
Chakwera inaugurates Malawi’s first National Cancer Centre
The Maravi Post
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July 2, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday, June 2, 2025 inaugurated the first and new state of the art National Cancer Centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in the capital Lilongwe. The facility which has been co-funded by...
Tax And Spending Bill, Medicaid Concerns, Gun Tracing Fund
The Maravi Post
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July 2, 2025
The Senate approved President Trump's megabill, which includes tax cuts and boosts border security and defense programs. Cuts to Medicaid in the bill are unpopular with some Senators and the general public. Also, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
Chakwera Vows Post-Election Creation of National Health Services Fund
Nyasa Times
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July 2, 2025
In a bold policy pronouncement, President Lazarus Chakwera has pledged to establish a National Health Services Fund immediately after the September 16 general elections to address chronic shortages of equipment, drugs, and repair delays in public...
Over 14 Million at Health Risk as Trump’s USAID Cuts Threaten Africa’s Poor
Face of Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Published on July 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM by Evance Kapito 132 words • approx. 1 min read More than 14 million people, mainly from African countries, could face serious health challenges in the next five years following a decision by former United...
Chakwera Has Improved Lives Since 2020 – Kabwila Praises MCP Leadership
Face of Malawi
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July 4, 2025
Published on July 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM by Evance Kapito 169 words • approx. 1 min read Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila,has praised President Lazarus Chakwera for what she described as notable strides in improving the lives of...
Innovation Week opens with strong calls for solutions to health sector challenges, regional collaboration
Capital Radio Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome (MLW) research programme has expressed optimism that this year’s Innovation Week will generate practical solutions to address some of the long-standing challenges facing Malawi’s health sector. The three-day event,...
Court Halts Malawi Health Ministry’s Controversial Nurse Recruitment
News Central TV
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July 2, 2025
Malawi’s High Court has blocked the deployment of newly recruited health workers on allegations that many lack proper qualifications to practice nursing in the country. At least five hundred unemployed nurses obtained a court injunction halting...
A Beacon of Hope: Malawi’s new cancer centre opens doors, hearts
Malawi 24
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July 2, 2025
As the morning sun cast its light on the newly inaugurated National Cancer Centre in Lilongwe, emotions ran high – gratitude, hope, and resilience filled the air. At the centre of this historic moment stood George Zulu, Member of Parliament for...
President Chakwera to Officially Open National Cancer Centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital
Face of Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Published on July 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM by Evance Kapito 179 words • approx. 1 min read President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is today, Tuesday, 2nd July 2025, scheduled to preside over the official opening of the National Cancer Centre at Kamuzu...
Malawi: Police Look on as Peaceful Protesters Assaulted
Human Rights Watch
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July 1, 2025
(Johannesburg) – On June 26, 2025, about a dozen weapon-wielding men in Malawi attacked demonstrators peacefully protesting the government’s handling of upcoming national elections, Human Rights Watch said today. The police’s apparent...
Regionalism or reform: What drives the Malawian voter in 2025?
Malawi 24
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July 2, 2025
As Malawi approaches its highly anticipated September 2025 presidential election, a familiar question resurfaces: Is regionalism still the key deciding factor in how Malawians vote? Historically, Malawi’s political landscape has been heavily...
Women in the race: Is Malawi ready to elect a female president?
Malawi 24
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July 2, 2025
As Malawi prepares for the September 2025 presidential election, one question demands renewed attention: Is the country finally ready to elect a female president? Despite having had a female president once before— Joyce Banda, who served from 2012...
Justice served or gaps in accountability? Closer look at Paramount Holdings’ acquittal, its implications for Malawi’s legal, procurement systems
Malawi 24
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July 2, 2025
The Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe recently delivered a landmark ruling, acquitting all directors of Paramount Holdings Limited and the company itself of criminal charges related to an alleged procurement scandal. The court’s ruling...
Mining could generate $3 billion annually
The Times Group Malawi
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July 4, 2025
Malawi’s mining sector has the potential to generate $3 billion— equivalent to what the country requires to import essential commodities such as fuel, medicines and farm inputs— annually. This is according to revelations made at the 3rd Edition of...
46 000 HIV+ Malawians ‘on the loose’, raise concern
The Nation Malawi
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July 2, 2025
Ministry of Health says there are about 46 000 HIV-positive Malawians who do not know their status and are consequently not on antiretroviral therapy (ART), raising concerns about spread of new infections. The ministry’s HIV and Viral Hepatitis...
PIH to implement Health Systems Strengthening for NCD diseases
Malawi 24
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June 29, 2025
The Partners in Health (PIH) will implement a two-year project “Health Systems Strengthening for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Malawi” aimed at leveraging the existing comprehensive WHO-PEN programme to be implemented by the Ministry of...