Malawi: Priest advocates for enactment of new abortion law
With over 141,000 women in Malawi inducing abortions annually mostly through unsafe means, an Anglican Church priest has called for enactment of new abortion law. […]
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Legislators in Malawi asked to pass new abortion law
BY McCARTHY MWALWIMBA Lawmakers in Malawi have been asked to pass the Termination of Pregnancy Bill so as to save women and girls […]
Lawmakers in Malawi annul mandatory testing in HIV Bill
Lawmakers in Malawi have scrapped off coercive and criminalising provisions that threatened human rights in HIV Prevention and Management Bill. The Bill, which dates back […]
New insights into HIV provide hope of finding vaccine
Progress is being made to understand the immune mechanisms that contribute to manufacturing new antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV, writes THUMBI NDUNG’U in The Conversation […]
Attacks on persons with albinism resurface in Malawi
Attacks of persons with albinism have resurfaced in eastern Malawi, with the latest abduction taking place in resort district of Mangochi. Malawi News Agency reporter […]
Malawi rebuffs initiative to distribute condoms in schools,
Malawi government has stopped reproductive health non governmental organisations from distributing condoms in schools. An official from the country’s Ministry of Education Science and […]
Africa: Research shows HIV remission is possible
The cure for HIV and AIDS may not be found this year or next year but there is hope as research shows HIV remission is […]
Malawi warned against raping AU treaty on reproductive health
Malawi has an obligation to liberalise its abortion laws as the fulfillment of the commitments it made by signing and ratifying several international treaties including […]
Churches in Malawi back proposed abortion bill
Good tidings! The mainstream religious communities in Malawi have endorsed the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill. Oh yes, genuine signatures of religious leaders who okayed […]
Special clinics excite key population in Malawi
Minority groups in Malawi have described the opening of clinics for key population as a game changer for the community dying in silence, writes JAMES […]