• blantyre, malawi - Malawi officials say they have arrested two police officers, a medical worker and a Burundian refugee in connection with an apparent human trafficking operation that routes people to Oman. (beijingnews.net)
  • Doctors and nurses in Blantyre stage sit-in, request government to meet their demands amid coronavirus pandemic. (aljazeera.com)
  • Blantyre, Malawi - Dozens of health workers in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, have staged a sit-in to protest against working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic , including a "critical" shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to treat patients. (aljazeera.com)
  • Natasha Lelijveld has recently completed a nutrition research project in Blantyre, Malawi and is undertaking a PhD at UCL. (ennonline.net)
  • Blantyre, Malawi - A high court in Malawi has ordered the annulment of a government moratorium issued in 2012 that suspended a law criminalizing homosexual acts. (globalgayz.com)
  • To determine whether an association exists between group B streptococcus carriage and HIV infection, we recruited 1,857 pregnant women (21.7% HIV positive) from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. (cdc.gov)
  • Lilongwe - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$ 500,000 (MK 500 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to meet the urgent food needs of 200,000 Malawians affected by higher staple prices due to the conflict in Ukraine and recent flood-induced crop losses. (wfp.org)
  • LILONGWE, MALAWI - Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has imposed a travel ban on himself and his government to cut public spending and help the country's ailing economy. (ewn.co.za)
  • AFIDEP opened its offices in Malawi in 2013 and moved its headquarters from Nairobi to Lilongwe in 2022. (afidep.org)
  • FILE - Petitioners march to Malawi's parliament to protest attacks on albinos in the country, in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 24, 2016. (voanews.com)
  • The court's order to enforce the anti-gay laws comes two months after government authorities ordered police to respect the moratorium by unconditionally pardoning two suspected gays who were arrested in December last year in the capital, Lilongwe. (globalgayz.com)
  • Iceland's development cooperation in Malawi aligns with Iceland's policy on international development cooperation , Iceland's Bilateral Development Cooperation Strategy and the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Iceland's development cooperation in Malawi 2023-2026. (government.is)
  • Likoma -Malawi government has today launched the National Community Health Framework (2023-2030), the "Tipewe Cholera/Covid 19" campaign and re-launched the Human Papilloma virus vaccination drive. (who.int)
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. (ewn.co.za)
  • Chakwera also mandated that all cabinet members currently abroad on publicly funded trips promptly return home and ordered a 50% reduction in fuel allowances for senior government officials. (ewn.co.za)
  • Speaking at the launch and commemoration in Likoma, H.E the President of Malawi, Dr Lazarus Chakwera encouraged communities to have all girls aged between 9 and 14 to receive the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. (who.int)
  • The re-launch of the HPV vaccination programme in Malawi is a critical step in our commitment to promoting optimum health", President Chakwera said. (who.int)
  • The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Nancy Tembo, M.P., said that African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) 's support to the government will assist Malawi's efforts in achieving the SDGs and Malawi's Agenda 2063. (afidep.org)
  • The letters of credence submission follow the Government of Malawi's conferring the diplomatic status on AFIDEP in 2021, a testament to the government's resolve to attract more international organisations of AFIDEP's calibre. (afidep.org)
  • The objective is to sustainably restore agricultural livelihoods, reconstruct critical public infrastructure to improved standards in the flood-affected districts, and improve the Government of Malawi's disaster response and recovery capacities. (worldbank.org)
  • Malawi's government on Monday suspended classes in all schools in the southern districts of the country in the wake of tropical cyclone Ana. (jiunge.com)
  • During the next 5 years, 2002 - 2007, CDC's work in Malawi focused on providing technical assistance to Malawi's national prevention and control program with CDC and USAID funding. (cdc.gov)
  • In collaboration with Malawi's National Malaria Control Program, CDC assisted Malawi in policy and guideline development, design and conduct of operations research to improve the delivery of malaria treatment and prevention interventions, implementation of intervention scale-up, and monitoring and evaluation efforts. (cdc.gov)
  • Malawi's transition from piloting interventions to national scale-up of those efforts, aided by monitoring and evaluation activities, helped make Malawi a regional success story. (cdc.gov)
  • The Government of Malawi's investments in life-saving interventions through Community Health programmes over the past few decades have saved millions of lives. (who.int)
  • On 5 July the Government of Japan announced an aid package valued at some US$ 200 million for countries in Africa and the Middle East whose food insecurity has been exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. (wfp.org)
  • Malawi lies on the East Africa Rift System which has many fault lines, making the area prone to earthquakes. (www.gov.uk)
  • The diplomatic status will undoubtedly strengthen AFIDEP's financial and operational capacity to magnify the impact of our work in Malawi and across Africa. (afidep.org)
  • The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa , although sometimes it is considered to also be situated in East Africa. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • WUNC reporter and AHCJ member Rose Hoban tackled abortions in Zambia, AIDs orphans in Malawi, medical education in Africa and other issues with North Carolina ties on a recent grant-funded reporting trip to Africa. (healthjournalism.org)
  • CDC first became engaged in working on malaria in Malawi during a USAID-supported project from 1984 through 1998 called the Africa Child Survival Initiative-Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases (ACSI-CCCD). (cdc.gov)
  • Malawi officials said Friday that they have been seeking to investigate alleged abuses of Malawians trafficked to the Middle Eastern nation, but that Omani officials have refused their visas. (beijingnews.net)
  • In some cases the government took steps to prosecute officials who committed human rights abuses or engaged in corrupt practices, but impunity remained a problem. (state.gov)
  • According to officials in Dar, the organisation erred in allowing the said people to tour Malawi without the necessary permits, including informing the Tanzanian embassy in Malawi. (co.ke)
  • The timing of the tour was also not right as it happened when Malawi government officials were on vacation for end of year festivities. (co.ke)
  • Hon Allan Chiyembekeza, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in his 2015 meeting with Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, ICRISAT, had expressed the need for ICRISAT's support to meet the challenges associated with low sorghum production in the low-lying areas of Lower Shire in the southern region of Malawi and those along the shores of Lake Malawi where it serves as a staple food. (icrisat.org)
  • In the beginning, the focus was entirely on development in the fisheries sector by Lake Malawi but around the turn of the century ICEIDA's strategy changed and increased emphasis was placed on providing support for improvement of basic services (health, education, and water and sanitation) of rural communities in Mangochi District. (government.is)
  • Hominid remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than one million years, and early humans inhabited the vicinity of Lake Malawi fifty thousand to sixty thousand years ago. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Although the Portuguese reached the area in the sixteenth century, the first significant Western contact was the arrival of David Livingstone along the shore of Lake Malawi in 1859. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Geostatistical modelling shows that Se deficiency risks are influenced by soil type, and also by proximity to Lake Malawi where more fish is likely to be consumed. (nature.com)
  • In 2016-17, over 40% of the population needed humanitarian assistance, which had devastating impacts on livelihoods, nutrition, and our progress to expand inclusive economic growth as outlined in the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy III. (preventionweb.net)
  • Along with a consortium of partners, ICRISAT is implementing the Malawi Seed Industry Development Project (MSIDP) with the aim of ensuring smallholder farmers have access to seeds of improved varieties of legumes and cereals. (icrisat.org)
  • This certified seed will be channeled to more smallholder farmers through the Malawi Government's Farm Input Subsidy Program. (icrisat.org)
  • With the changing climate, farming can be an uncertain business in Malawi, especially for smallholder farmers," said Paul Turnbull, WFP Malawi country director and representative, at the time. (royalgazette.com)
  • The ministry's Principal Secretary Christina Zakeyo, in a statement issued on Wednesday, says the decision has been taken by the government following an updated national food balance sheet as of 30th June, 2021. (nyasatimes.com)
  • The government has therefore, opened window for export of 500, 000 metric tonnes of maize grain which is part of the surplus for 2020/2021 agricultural season harvest," reads the statement in part. (nyasatimes.com)
  • Government would like to assure the Nation that the exportation of Maize would not affect the food security situation of the country due to bumper Maize harvest for the 2020/2021 farming season following successful implementation of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP)," concludes the statement. (nyasatimes.com)
  • The commitment by the Central Government to rescue local councils comes at a time when development partners under the Health Services Joint Fund have just announced that they will stop paying utility bills for district health offices, effective July 1, 2021. (nyasatimes.com)
  • In 2021, when we began our work in Malawi, we identified that cumbersome and inefficient processes were serving as barriers to people accessing ID services - an issue raised by the public and in the media. (institute.global)
  • He served as a Lecturer in Demography at the University of Malawi before then. (afidep.org)
  • Dr Zulu earned a Ph.D. and a master's degree in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in Population and Development from the Australian National University, and a bachelor's degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Malawi. (afidep.org)
  • However, Edge Kanyongolo, a constitutional lawyer at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, believes that death sentences cannot deter attacks if the cases take a long time to conclude. (voanews.com)
  • The study was approved by the College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee of the University of Malawi and the Ethics Committee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (cdc.gov)
  • The main aid modality for Iceland in Malawi is a programme-based approach at district level, with local governments taking responsibility for ownership and implementation of programmes. (government.is)
  • In his reaction to the development, Mkandawire said the decision shows that the Capital Hill, especially the Minister of the Finance himself, has keen interest in the affairs of local governments. (nyasatimes.com)
  • He also urged the Central Government to consider widening the financial base for local governments, saying the local revenue sources for councils are not adequate to cushion the deficit faced by councils in central government transfers. (nyasatimes.com)
  • Malawians for the first time in history had to vote for their local governments, members of parliament and president in a single election. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • He assumed leadership of the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC), which later became the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), and in 1960 participated in a constitutional conference in London. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Kamuzu Banda the Founder & first president of Malawi was the only party until 1993. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • The DPP has 61 while the main opposition Malawi Congress Party has 55. (africanews.com)
  • We are grateful to the Government of Japan for helping people in Malawi withstand the increasingly severe impacts of the crisis in Ukraine, particularly the rapidly rising inflation and the effects of floods, which threaten to further compromise food security," said Paul Turnbull, WFP Country Director and Representative in Malawi. (wfp.org)
  • Remains of Edicas' mud hut, Karonga, north Malawi. (www.gov.uk)
  • Last December two earthquakes measuring 5.8 and 6.2 magnitude struck Karonga in north Malawi. (www.gov.uk)
  • Karonga district with a population of 270 960 is situated in the northern region of Malawi. (www.gov.uk)
  • The Institute also works with the Malawi Parliament and the National Planning Commission. (afidep.org)
  • He said only the Malawi parliament has the mandate to change or suspend any law in the country. (globalgayz.com)
  • And having regards to the penal code which prohibits acts of homosexuality in the country, that Act of Parliament was not amended or repealed in any way by the Malawi parliament," he added. (globalgayz.com)
  • Islamic Health Association of Malawi (IHAM) and Ministry of Health have today signed a memorandum of understanding which will help to develop the health sector in the Country. (org.mw)
  • In 2019, government through the Ministry of Health set this day with the purpose of raising awareness about the importance of community health in Malawi. (who.int)
  • As other donors are running away from Malawi with tails wagged between their legs as the country reels from the unprecedented disaster, Zambia has joined the rescue team by donating about $20,000 (about MK9.2 million) to help support victims of the incessant floods. (thezambian.com)
  • But an agricultural economist Tamani Nkhono Mvula has cautioned the government against being over-excited with the surplus maize the country has, stressing that the export has potential to create hunger in the country, if the export is not handled carefully. (nyasatimes.com)
  • This follows a request by the Government of Malawi asking Iceland to expand its support to other district councils in the country. (government.is)
  • Malawi has, so far, 16 confirmed cases of coronavirus, mostly from individuals who arrived in the country from India, United Kingdom and elsewhere. (aljazeera.com)
  • As government and country, we're putting in place strict measures to curb the spread. (aljazeera.com)
  • The Minister said this while receiving letters of credence from Dr Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu , AFIDEP's Country Representative in Malawi, today. (afidep.org)
  • Malawi has a death penalty law on the books, but there have been no executions since the country switched to a democratic government in 1994. (voanews.com)
  • Chanika however appealed to the government to consult and ask for help from gender activists in the country on how to achieve the 50-50 equality. (malawistar.com)
  • The Malawi government had selected sub-national triggering risk transfer to address localised drought spells and insured a total of four cluster policies, which covered different regions in the country, explained Lesley Ndlovu, ARC Limited CEO. (royalgazette.com)
  • The east African country of Malawi, one of the poorest in the world, derives most of its economic income from tobacco production. (bmj.com)
  • Additionally Malawi does not have a standing cluster system, and instead activated clusters (including shelter, logistics, food security, WASH, protection, education, and nutrition) soon after the emergency under the coordination of the Malawi Government and Humanitarian Country Team with support from UNDAC (UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination). (ennonline.net)
  • Meanwhile, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi announced Monday that the institution had experienced "system shutdown resulting in power outage in most parts of the country. (jiunge.com)
  • Our main arguments have been that the executive branch of government, the minister of justice, the director of public prosecutions and Malawi police service do not have the mandate to change the position of any law in the country," argued George Kadzipatike, lawyer representing the three pastors. (globalgayz.com)
  • In 2007, Malawi became a focus country for the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). (cdc.gov)
  • Experts in the country have urged government to consider giving the indigenous business groups an opportunity to control part of the country's economy. (malawistar.com)
  • He said for Malawi to construct more and be able to maintain existing roads, it needs enough resources and that tollgates and user fees are one of the means through which the country can generate such resources. (businessmalawi.com)
  • The President expressed his gratitude to UNICEF, World Health Organization, United States Agency for International Development, The Global Fund, GAVI, Last Mile Health, Mother2Mother, Embassy of Iceland and the private sector players for the continued support to government in the implementation of community health services in the country. (who.int)
  • Malawi set out an approximately 30mn USD Preparedness and Response Plan to help cope with COVID-19's economic impact and development aid has been flowing into the country. (lu.se)
  • Inter Aide has been operating in Malawi since 1991. (interaide.org)
  • Inter Aide was founded in 1980 and has been running programs in Malawi since 1991. (interaide.org)
  • The College of Medicine is the only medical school in Malawi and was established in 1991. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we report that the risk of Se deficiency in Malawi is large among a nationally representative population of 2,761 people. (nature.com)
  • In Malawi, an estimated 70% of the population consumed inadequate Se based on nationally-representative household-level food consumption data 6 . (nature.com)
  • Malawi began as a one party state after gaining her independence in 1964. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • Malawi got its independence on the 6th July 1964 and has 28 administrative divisions at the moment. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • After the earthquake, Malawi Red Cross Society and UNICEF provided temporary shelter and other relief items for 6,000 affected households, with support from UKaid from DFID, to replenish their stocks to cope with future disasters. (www.gov.uk)
  • She said government partnered Standard Bank, Press Trust, UNICEF and CAMFED to boost its existing scholarship scheme for needy students. (malawiobservers.com)
  • The funding will complement a Government of Malawi-led intervention providing 540 metric tonnes of locally procured beans to affected people in the districts of Chikwawa, Nsanje and Phalombe hit by flooding in March. (wfp.org)
  • Kamtukule said the Malawi government had intensified its crackdown on people who are operating illegal job recruitment agencies. (beijingnews.net)
  • A court in Malawi sentenced three people to death this week for killing an albino person. (voanews.com)
  • For too many years the people of Malawi have cycled in and out of seasonal and multi-dimensional poverty. (preventionweb.net)
  • ARC is aligned with national policies and strategies - for example, the Malawi National Disaster Risk Financing Strategy -- so that whatever cash is made available can benefit the local people to best effect. (royalgazette.com)
  • The African Risk Capacity will this month pay at least $14.2 million to benefit the people of Malawi, after the country's parametric drought insurance coverage was triggered with its driest season since 1981. (royalgazette.com)
  • Malawi, an east African nation of 10 million people, is ranked among the 10 poorest nations in the world. (bmj.com)
  • When announcing the order this week, Judge Dingiswayo Madise said the arrests [of gays] should continue until there is a judicial review of the government's decision to stop the prosecutions of gay people in Malawi. (globalgayz.com)
  • Speaking to The Malawi Star , Mlombwa hinted that government consider views by IBAM and intervene with the central bank to reduce bank interest rates to smooth business operations for local business people. (malawistar.com)
  • He further cited that government should put interests of people at heart and hold to task business sector operations due to unstable prices of goods and services. (malawistar.com)
  • The government needs to check on prices of goods and make a thorough research on when these people purchased their goods because most companies and shops are taking advantage over the depreciating of the kwacha to raise prices unnecessary', said the business tycoon," added. (malawistar.com)
  • Most of our public hospitals are lacking protective wear, and most of our front-line staff are exposed to the risk of contracting the virus," said Collins Mitambo, president of the Medical Doctors Union of Malawi. (aljazeera.com)
  • In 1966, Malawi became a republic, with Dr. Banda as its first president, and was also declared a one-party state. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • In 1970 Dr. Banda was declared president for life of the MCP, and in 1971 he consolidated his power and was named president-for-life of Malawi itself. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • This was followed by another democratic election in 2004, as a result of which the late Prof. Bingu wa Mutharika was elected and became the third President of Malawi until his sudden death on the 5th April 2012. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • She became the first female president and the fourth president of the Republic of Malawi. (travelmalawiguide.com)
  • The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) charged all members of the dissolved cabinet to consult the Chief Secretary to the government for appropriate administrative arrangements, the statement added. (africanews.com)
  • The Malawi Defense Force commander reports directly to the president as commander in chief. (state.gov)
  • According to the president of Indigenous Business Association of Malawi (IBAM), Mike Mlombwa, the government should prioritize on Small Business Enterprises (SME s) instead of foreign companies. (malawistar.com)
  • Meanwhile, Economic Association of Malawi (ECAMA) President, Henry Kachaje, has blamed the government for using short term plan to revamp the country's economy. (malawistar.com)
  • We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. (allafrica.com)
  • We are an independent News publishing network based in Malawi. (faceofmalawi.com)
  • Radio Islam Station is an Islamic religious radio station in Malawi covering Islamic issues, health issues, developmental issues, agriculture, wild life issues, general news, just to mention a few. (org.mw)
  • Make sure to come back daily for more Malawi business news updates. (businessmalawi.com)
  • A health worker rapidly enters patient information into a touchscreen EMRS in Malawi. (cdc.gov)
  • A 13th March 2020 statement from the Chief Secretary to the government Lloyd Muhara, confirmed the new arrangement which comes in the run-up to the May 19 rerun of presidential polls that were annulled in February. (africanews.com)
  • Specifically, it will enable AFIDEP to attract local and global development research and policy experts to support the Government of Malawi in enhancing the use of robust research evidence and data in public policy formulation and implementation," he said. (afidep.org)
  • Over the next five years, the $20 million sustainable capacity building project, Increase Gains in Nutrition by Integration, Education, Evaluation, Empowerment (IGNIT3), will be led by the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health to improve the nutrition of children, adolescent girls and women, who are disproportionally affected by malnutrition in Ghana, Malawi and Pakistan. (wateraid.org)
  • Dr Zulu applauded the Government of Malawi for granting AFIDEP diplomatic status, stating that the gesture demonstrates the government's commitment to creating an enabling environment for the Institute's work focused on putting evidence at the centre of development efforts in Malawi. (afidep.org)
  • Dans le cadre de la réactualisation du système de management de la qualité en 2012, le pharmacien responsable de la stérilisation du centre hospitalier de Cambrai a évalué l'état des connaissances des agents sur les bonnes pratiques de lavage puis il a révisé l'ensemble des procédures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gwyneth Hogley Cotes, MPH is Programmes Director for Concern Worldwide, leading Concern's programming, development, and advocacy work in Malawi. (ennonline.net)
  • She said community health programmes are vital in Malawi. (who.int)
  • Since 2012, focus has been on a programme-based approach (PBA) at district level in Mangochi District, in collaboration with Mangochi District Council and the Ministry of Local Government. (government.is)
  • The overall objective of the current programme support, the Mangochi Basic Services Programme, is to facilitate the efforts of the Malawi Government and Mangochi District Council, in particular, to improve livelihoods and socio-economic living conditions in rural communities in Mangochi District. (government.is)
  • In Malawi, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has been working with the government through the National Registration Bureau (NRB), and in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, to address this gap by digitising payment processes and implementing electronic payments for ID services. (institute.global)
  • The National Resilience Strategy (NRS) represents a pivotal shift in the way Malawi will address poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, and inclusive resilient growth for all its citizens. (preventionweb.net)
  • Director for Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education Dr Florida Banda said the lack of tuition fees and related needs is a serious challenge in the Malawi education sector. (malawiobservers.com)
  • The Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu might have heeded the warning as he announced this week that the government has started auditing debts in all local councils in order to determine 'whatever are certified to be the correct amount of arrears' for each council to pay suppliers. (nyasatimes.com)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eisenhower Mkaka, says Malawi Government has put in place a number of activities to ensure sustainable. (nyasatimes.com)
  • According to Suryadharma Ali, Minister for Religious Affairs, the government is determined to "fight with seriousness," the tendency of women to wear sexy outfits, including the world famous "mini" because it is inconsistent with Islamic principles and morals. (malawimuslims.com)
  • For the other countries, the date given may not represent "independence" in the strict sense, but rather some significant nationhood event such as the traditional founding date or the date of unification, federation, confederation, establishment, fundamental change in the form of government, or state succession. (cia.gov)
  • The decision followed months of sometimes violent unrest as some in Malawi called for the head of the electoral commission to step down. (africanews.com)
  • She stated that collaborative efforts have successfully reduced Cholera and Covid-19 cases in Malawi including tackling the aftermath of natural disasters like Cyclone Freddy. (who.int)
  • A spokesman for the Presbyterian Church in northern Malawi, Reverend Maurice Munthali, welcomes the high court order. (globalgayz.com)
  • A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (state.gov)
  • She visited a North Carolina couple running an organization coordinating care for thousands of AIDs orphans in Malawi, a North Carolina nonprofit's involvement in access to reproductive health in Zambia, and UNC's massive health care and research operation in Malawi. (healthjournalism.org)
  • Malawi was affected by severe flooding in early 2015 prompting cluster activation, including nutrition. (ennonline.net)
  • In early January 2015 heavy rains, four times the monthly average, caused the most severe flooding seen in Malawi for over two decades. (ennonline.net)
  • In Malawi , during 3-6 month postpartum , the prevalence of severe diarrhoea was greater in the LNS (8.1%) than the MMN (2.9%) group, with IFA (4.6%) in-between, p = 0.041). (bvsalud.org)
  • This collaboration combines SickKids' knowledge and experience and the technical and local expertise of project partners in the integration of nutrition, health and WASH programming in Malawi, Ghana and Pakistan to drive sustainable change. (wateraid.org)
  • Prevalence of morbidity symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women receiving different nutrient supplements in Ghana and Malawi: A secondary outcome analysis of two randomised controlled trials. (bvsalud.org)
  • He encouraged the Ministry of Agriculture and ICRISAT to continue working in collaboration and provide necessary technical support in order to revamp and out-scale sorghum seed production in Malawi. (icrisat.org)
  • We request the government to expedite the process of procuring the equipment and recruiting of the workers. (aljazeera.com)
  • It starts from the authorities, the government itself sidelining women in developmental issues, instead of making us their equals they look down on us and call us names" lambasted Chanika. (malawistar.com)
  • There are compelling public health (and many would argue ethical) imperatives for countries such as Malawi to begin the transition away from high levels of tobacco production. (bmj.com)
  • 4 Malawi depends on export income to build and maintain its infrastructure-health, transport, industry, and even food supplies all rely heavily on expensive imports. (bmj.com)
  • Government is ready to work with IHAM in the Health sector," He said. (org.mw)
  • Jennifer Weiss, MPH is the Health and Nutrition Coordinator at Concern Worldwide in Malawi. (ennonline.net)
  • Malawi has a public health system that provides services free-of-charge. (interaide.org)
  • In the last decade Malawi has significantly increased the number of community based health workers - called Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs). (interaide.org)
  • Malawi launches Tipewe Cholera/Covid-19 campaign as part of National Community Health Day commemorations. (who.int)
  • The improvement of such systems in Malawi have primarily been on the supply-side: shortages in health workers, facilities and their geographical spread, particularly in rural areas. (lu.se)
  • While Malawians have free access to healthcare for the treatment of major health concerns through the Essential Health Care Package, government expenditure on healthcare per capita is at less than 1/4th of prevalent benchmarks. (lu.se)
  • This is a government commitment from the president's digital transformation agenda aimed at strengthening transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. (institute.global)
  • To that end, an ARC delegation met government and civil society last year to share insights about weather insurance for climate resilience and help authorities plan, prepare and respond to extreme weather events. (royalgazette.com)
  • Government authorities said they will announce their position on the court's order once they go through the court's documents. (globalgayz.com)
  • Malawi introduced the HPV vaccine in 2019, targeting girls at nine years old. (who.int)
  • For decades, Malawi has struggled to sustain growth despite large inflows of official development assistance, according to the IMF. (ewn.co.za)
  • Malawi has a problem because it is like a transit nation and a hub because of corruption and the weak legal framework we have. (savetheelephants.org)
  • Strengthening its partnership with the Malawi government, ICRISAT contributed 1,400 kg of basic seed of Pilira 1 variety of sorghum for the 2015-16 cropping season. (icrisat.org)
  • With global food prices already at their highest in a decade and economic growth slowing, the Ukraine conflict is deepening and widening a hunger crisis afflicting countries around the world, including Malawi. (wfp.org)
  • Following satisfactory results of cooperation between Iceland and Malawi, the two countries intend to deepen and broaden the bilateral development cooperation. (government.is)
  • Malawi is only one of few countries that do not have tollgates. (businessmalawi.com)
  • The organisation said the government had provided assurances to resolve their grievances, which include demands for PPE and risk allowance of 70 percent of their basic salary. (aljazeera.com)