News In Southern Region (3211)
MUST Student Died Due to Blood Loss - Postmortem
A postmortem conducted at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES) in Blantyre has revealed that a Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) student, Michael Mapanje died of severe loss of blood (haemorrhages) due to head injuries following a fall from upstairs on campus.
Seed Global Health Takes Steps to Help in Combating Cholera
Health authorities in Blantyre have turned Limbe and Gateway health centres into cholera referral facilities to provide comprehensive treatment to unstable patients.
650 AIP Beneficiaries in Thyolo Risk Hunger
All the 650 prospective beneficiaries of this year's Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Group Village Headman (GVH) Mkawera in Thyolo are yet to have their Identity Cards scanned and none has accessed a bag of fertilizer since the onset of the programme.
Shortage of Clean Water in Phalombe Raises Cholera Concerns
The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust says continued shortage of clean running water in Phalombe is increasing the risk of cholera outbreak in the district.
Mobile Telecommunication Operators Adhere To Tariff Reduction Directive
The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has disclosed that most individual telecommunication operators in the country have adhered to its directive to revise downwards voice and text message charges.
Men Shunning STI Treatment in Mwanza
A surveillance of sexualy transmitted infections (STIs) conducted from January to December 2022 has revealed that 49 percent of people seeking such treatment in Mwanza district get re-infected.
MOH Non Committal on Banning Diapers
Ministry of Health is non committal on whether it is considering instituting a ban on the use of diapers as a measure of containing the raging Cholera epidemic among other illnesses.
ACB Advances on Source Books in Primary Schools
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it is finalizing the development of a source book on Anti-corruption education that will soon be inducted in the primary school education.
MUST Student Dies After Falling From Upstairs
A Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) second year student, Michael Mapanje, has died after falling from a second floor of one of the buildings on campus.
4 Jailed for Torchin Bvumbwe Police
Limbe Senior Resident Magistrate, Byson Masonga, has sentenced four men to seven years imprisonment for torching Bvumbwe Police Sub-station in Thyolo in January last year.
