Chikowa Kamwatonga The Director of HIV and AIDS Rose Nyirenda says despite progress made against commitments to the 95:95:95 global targets as guided by the 2023/2024 HIV data; Malawi needs to prioritize working on certain areas. Firstly; there is need to achieve the 95/95/95 for children and adolescents because Malawi has not yet achieved the […]
By Starphel Sithole The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) says it is aiming at sensitizing the law enforcement agencies (Judiciary, Malawi Police Services) on the PMRA Act of 2019 that contains stiffer penalties on drug theft and pilferage. Chrissy Chulu, Regulatory Officer for PMRA said the Regulatory Authority has this year prioritized the sensitization […]
By Starphel Sithole Geographical and barriers are associated with poorer HIV-related health outcomes. Health facilities like Kaluluma, Mnyanja in Kasungu and Lobi, in Dedza district under the Citizen Science Community Led Monitoring and Advocacy (CS-CLMA) project experiences the long-distance challenge in the (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) PrEP uptake. PrEP is for persons who are HIV negative and […]
By Joseph Ganthu The Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) has shifted the task of collecting and analyzing data for Community Led Monitoring (CLM) from the government sponsored District Monitoring and Evaluation Committees (DMECs) to affected communities themselves; reported the Advocacy and Resource Mobilization y Officer for JONEHA Hastings Mwanza at the CLM training […]
By Joseph Ganthu Twelve members of communities around targeted health facilities in the Cyclone Freddy hit district of Phalombe pledged to strongly advocate for health rights after a two-day intensive training in Community Led Monitoring (CLM) which among other areas included human rights. Hastings Mwanza; an Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Officer at JONEHA took participants […]
By Starphel Sithole Recipients of care in Kasungu and Dedza districts have embarked on advocating for change in the challenges that they face when receiving treatment. Citizen Science Life Maps (CS-LM) organized a joint meeting between Citizen Science Community Led Monitoring and Advocacy (CS-CLMA) data collectors and CS-LM participants. One of the agenda items at […]
By Starphel Sithole The Malawi National Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS 2020-2025 states that Gender norms influence access to HIV prevention. For instance, in Malawi many women have limited power over their own sexual health-a substantial barrier for access to care. While there has been a drastic increase in the percentage of married women […]
By Alinafe Kaphaizi The Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) conducted its 2022 Annual General Meeting on 30th August, 2022 at Hill Side View in Mponela. The Annual General Meeting was preceded by the Board meeting on 29th August 2022 at the same venue. The two meetings were held under the theme “moving […]
By Starphel Sithole While COVID19 has negatively affected the economy, the Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (COWLHA) with funding from UNAIDS has empowered 1500 People Living with HIV (PLHIV) through business training across the country. The training has registered positive strides as attendees have ventured into various businesses and some extended their […]
Vibangalala Health Centre in Mzimba district has registered a tremendous reduction of defaulter rate from 13% as reported in October 2021 to -31%. District ART Coordinator representative, Joel Mkandawire disclosed this in a stakeholders meeting held by Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) in Salima on 24th February 2022. Mkandawire said the negative number […]