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 […]
Population Service International (PSI) Mala-wi has urged people in the country to drum support and patronize Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) if the country is to win the fight against high prevalence rates of HIV. Speaking at a press briefing held in Blan-tyre, VMMC Coordinator and Senior Clinical Officer for Mulanje district, Martin Malunga said […]
Director of the Criminal Investigations Depart-ment (CID) in the Malawi Police Services Em-manuel Soko who is also responsible for the drug section has called for urgent financial, technical and material support for effectively investigating, apprehending and bringing to justice offenders of medicinal drug theft and pilferage in public health facilities.Soko made the call on 25th […]
As defaulting among ART clients re-mains a challenge due to various factors like migration to South Africa and the nature of infrastructure that causes long waiting time at ART clinic, the Lighthouse Trust with funding from PEPFAR through CDC is working in 13 of the 26 public health facilities in Mzimba South District to support […]
The Vice Chairperson for the Board of the Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA) Dr. Ben-son Tembo urged a stakeholders meeting that comprised representatives from various government departments and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to come up with interventions that would help address the country’s persistent drug stock outs in public health facilities. “What brings […]
The Program Manager for the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) Davies Mwachumu recommended capacity building for an already existing structure known as Health Centre Management Committees (HCMC) as strategic intervention towards curbing drug theft and pilferage at public health facilities. Mwachumu told a consultative meeting in Salima on 25th February 2022 that building capacity of […]