NATIONAL NEWS (5376)
Nutrition Budget Reduced From 3.7 Percent to 2.9
Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS and Nutrition has expressed concern with the reduced allocation to the Nutrition Department in the 2021/2022 National Budget from K80 billion to K58 billion.
CADECOM Impressed With Women Championing Elimination of GBV
The Catholic Development Commission (CADECOM), one of the partners for Spotlight Initiative programs, has expressed satisfaction with how survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) are joining women clubs championing the elimination of violence against women.
Online Learning Widens Access to Malawi’s Higher Education
The introduction of online courses by some of the country’s public universities has widened access to higher education for many of the country’s youths who could not get direct enrollment to the colleges due to limited space.
6.2 Billion Set Aside To End Teen Pregnancies
Malawi Girl Guides Association (MAGGA) has embarked on a MK6.2 billion kwacha project aimed at improving the sexual and reproductive health rights of teen mothers and adolescent girls in central region districts of Dedza and Mchinji.
Mpinganjira’s Witness in no Show
One of witnesses for business tycoon, Dr. Thomson Mpinganjira, failed to show up to testify before the high court in Blantyre on Wednesday.
25 Die in Kabhaza Accidents in South East in 4 Months
25 people have died in road accidents involving bicycle taxi and motorcycle operators in the South Eastern Region in four months.
Bedbug Infested Mulanje Hospital Guardian Shelter Fumigated
Just a day after Zodiak carried a story of bed bugs wreaking havoc at a guardian shelter at Mulanje District Hospital, health authorities on Tuesday moved in and fumigated the facility.
MoH Seeks Funds for Drugs
Ministry of health says it is engaging with the ministry of finance to release funds to buy drugs between now and the time parliament passes the 2021/2022 national budget amid drug shortage in some public health facilities.
Man Arrested for Conspiracy
Police in Mangochi have arrested a 38-year-old man and are looking for another for conspiring to dupe people's money as payment for police bail.
Analysts Caution as COVID-19 Cases Surge in SA
The 30 percent surge of COVID-19 cases in South Africa (SA) in the third wave has raised a red flag among local health rights activists in Malawi given the relationship of the two nations on cross border trade and labor force.
