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Malawi ‘s ratification of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control comes into effect
Lilongwe, 16 November 2023 ‒ Today the Government of Malawi’s ratification of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into effect. With this historic decision, Malawi joins a community of 182 other Parties to the Convention, affirming the country’s high-level political commitment to combatting the global tobacco epidemic and prioritizing
Malawi launches a national “End Cholera” campaign
Lilongwe – Today the Government of Malawi launched the national Tithetse kolera (End Cholera) campaign to curb the outbreak affecting the country. The campaign was launched by H.E President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera in Mgona, one of the capital’s cholera hotspots. Prior to the launch, the president visited a cholera treatment centre in Lilongwe area
WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa
Brazzaville/Lilongwe – World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma—a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated—as a public health problem. Malawi becomes the first country in southern Africa and the fifth in Africa to achieve this significant milestone. “Malawi’s achievement is life-changing for millions of children who were at
Malawi Declares Polio Outbreak After Girl, 3, Paralyzed
Health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was confirmed in a 3-year-old girl in the capital, Lilongwe. It was the first case in Africa in 5 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, there were only five cases of wild poliovirus in 2021, the…
Malawi declares polio outbreak
Brazzaville/Lilongwe – The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years. Africa was declared free of indigenous wild polio in August 2020…
Guinea vs Malawi live stream: AFCON 2022 preview, what time is kick off and team news
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Malawi: Opposition Accuses Anti-Graft Body of Persecuting Mutharika
The graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has attracted the wrath of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for going after former President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika in an alleged "fraud" case. ACB is investigating Mutharika over alleged abuse of his taxpayer identification number (TPIN) by his close aides during his tenure. APM, as he…
Malawi: Rhino smuggler sentenced to 14 years in prison
Ein Gericht in Malawi hat einen chinesischen Staatsbürger wegen Besitzes und Handels von Nashorn-Hörnern zu einer Gefängnisstrafe von 14 Jahren verurteilt.Der Angeklagte sei wegen der Schwere des Vergehens und des Versuchs, sich der Justiz zu entziehen, zu einer besonders langen Haft verurteilt worden, sagte die Vorsitzende Richterin Violet Chipao in ihrem Urteil. Der Verurteilte sei…