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Cervical cancer: Major public health concern
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, which is promoted by organisations and healthcare associations including the Malawi Association of Medical…
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Covid jabs: Malawi bottom 3rd in Sadc
Malawi is the third worst country in terms of the number of people vaccinated against Covid in the Southern African…
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Features
Isolated, forgotten, people in Bondi are left to suffer in Rumphi hills
By Faith Phiri & Kingsley Lenson: For Yotamu Mhango, 25, there is nothing strange in the area for a pregnant…
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Features
Fighting Covid misinformation
The Covid pandemic continues to rage worldwide and Malawi has not been spared. The World Health Organisation indicates that nearly…
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Features
Malawian scientist who forewarned about Omicron-type variant speaks
In August 2021, Dr Gama Bandawe, a Malawian scientist, warned of the likelihood of a coronavirus variant that could result…
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Columns
The mutation of vaccine apartheid
The reaction by governments in the Global North to the discovery of the Omicron variant of Covid in South Africa…
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International
UN boss warns of ‘travel apartheid’ over restrictions
The African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) have jointly criticised travel restrictions put on several Southern African countries following…
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National
Government announces new Covid measures
Presidential Taskforce on Covid co-Chairperson-cum-Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has announced new Covid vaccination and containment measures. Some of the…
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Features
Child-friendly ARVs enhance treatment
By Yamikani Yapuwa: Twelve-year-old James was born with HIV in 2009 but was diagnosed with virus three years later. Her…
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International
South Africa ‘punished’ for detecting new Omicron variant
South Africa has complained it is being punished— instead of applauded— for discovering Omicron, a concerning new variant of Covid.…
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