The Civil society Advocacy Forum (CSAF) has called for government’s need to engage more private companies to enhance revenue collection. During the launch of the Domestic Health Financing Advocacy Plan at Capital Hotel, The Network of Journalists Living with HIV Executive Director and former CSAF Chair, David Kamkwamba emphasized that health issues should be prioritized […]
In a bid to strengthen its response to HIV and Tuberculosis (TB), Mulanje District Hospital has intensified joint supervision and review meetings which brings together key partners to identify challenges and address gaps affecting delivery of quality services. Addressing district partners during an update meeting on HIV program activities held at Mulanje district; District Medical […]
Blantyre Synod University has challenged the faith community and key stakeholders in the HIV national response to mobilize for solutions towards an age old challenge of faith healing. Spearheading the agenda within the Synod is Professor Isabel Apawo Phiri. Speaking on the sidelines of the first phase of the national dialogue on HIV treatment versus […]
By Starphel Sithole Among other factors associated with non-adherence for antiretroviral therapy (ART); is the fear of disclosing an HIV status to prevent stigma and discrimination. Stigma and discrimination can be facilitated by a health infrastructure whose service space is not private enough to conceal the status of a person living with HIV. People Living […]
Enayi Phiri The Commissioner General of Malawi Prison Services Masauko Wiscot has called on Civil Society Organizations in Malawi to lobby with government to explore ways of making condoms accessible to prisoners to help reduce HIV infection. He said illegality of homosexuality in Malawi prisons constrains accessibility of condoms to prisoners. He noted that Malawi […]
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 […]