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Over 141,000 women procure abortions in Malawi annually
New research estimates 141,000 abortions occurred in Malawi in 2015—at an annual rate of 38 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age—all of w...
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Over 141,000 women procure abortions in Malawi annually
New research estimates 141,000 abortions occurred in Malawi in 2015—at an annual rate of 38 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age—all of w...
Health & SRHR
Africa: Global Gag Rule is death sentence for many women
The recent decision by US President Donald Trump to reinstate the Global Gag Rule is a death sentence as it will send many girls and women in developi...
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Malawi: Official faulted for accusing sex-workers of depleting STI drugs
Public hospitals in Malawi have been urged to end discrimination against sex workers instead of accusing them of depleting treatment for sexually tran...
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Human rights groups in Malawi call for enactment of new abortion law
Human rights groups in Malawi have called for liberalization of laws. Malawi News Agency’s KONDWANI MAGOMBO reports Over 15 human rights groups in M...
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Overproduction strangles Malawi's tobacco industry
Despite being major a foreign export earner, the future of Malawi’s tobacco is uncertain, President Peter Mutharika has observed. Malawi News Agency...
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Court in Malawi frees HIV-positive woman in a landmark ruling
The High Court of Malawi has freed an HIV positive woman who was jailed by a magistrate court for accidentally breastfeeding someone’s baby. Human r...
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Malawi needs to reform its outdated abortion law
Having signed several international treaties, Malawi needs to reform its abortion law. DR CHISALE MHANGO writes Malawi is one of the many countries in...
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Malawi youths struggle to access friendly SRH services
Malawi youths are struggling to access friendly sexual and reproductive health facilities, MACNEIL KALOWEKAMO of writes Looking disturbed, 20-y...
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Malawi: Exclusion of female sex workers in HIV fight is counterproductive
In 2015, the Malawi National AIDS Commission identified female sex workers (FSWs), men who have sex with men (MSM) and adolescent girls and young wome...