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The European Union (EU) has given Malawi emergency humanitarian funding of €1.5 million to support the country’s efforts to address a…
Health experts have called for equity in the production and distribution of vaccines amid concern over a worldwide shortage of…
More than 1,200 people have succumbed to cholera in Malawi since an outbreak first reported in March 2022 that has so far infected more than 36,900 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced late Thursday.
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera sacked several ministers in a cabinet reshuffle that saw him trimming the size of his inner circle to 25 ministerial posts.
South Korea has provided US$200,000 to Malawi to assist in humanitarian efforts to address a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in the southern African country over the past 10 months.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a 5.2 million Swiss francs (about US$5.65 million) emergency appeal to assist Malawi contain a deadly cholera outbreak whose death toll is inching towards 1,000 since March 2022.
The death toll from Malawi’s cholera outbreak has increased to 750 as the number of new infections jumped by nearly 600 in a single day, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Wednesday.
Malawi has appealed for humanitarian assistance to deal with a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 700 lives over the past 10 months.
Malawi has ordered schools in the capital Lilongwe and second city Blantyre to remain closed for the first term of the 2023 academic year as authorities battle a 10-month-old cholera outbreak that has devastated the two main cities.
The death toll from Malawi’s cholera outbreak has breached the 400 mark amid frantic efforts by the authorities to contain the further spread of the disease across the country.