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Malawi advised to quickly adopt new typhoid vaccine

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says the Malawian government should consider quickly adopting the new typhoid vaccine Typbar-TCV as the new routine treatment for the disease.   WHO Malawi representative...

Rabies kills 22 people as resurgent FMD and cholera outbreaks hit Malawi

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Rabies kills 22 people in Mulanje The Malawian government says 22 people have died of rabies since the confirmation an outbreak in the Mount Mulanje province since July last year. Mount Mulanje Provincial...

Cholera outbreaks in 12 Eastern and Southern African countries

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More than 104,095 cholera / acute watery diarrhea (AWD) cases and 1562 deaths (Case Fatality Rate: 1.5%) have been reported in 12 of 21 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) since the...

HIV in Africa: Five countries approach control of their epidemics

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Data released today from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) show that the HIV epidemic is coming under control in Lesotho. These results add to prior PEPFAR-supported Population-based...

Swaziland halves its new HIV infection rate

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New findings from Swaziland, supported by the Swazi Ministry of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),...

Malaria vaccine: Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to take part in WHO pilot program

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The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced today that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation programme that will make the...

New cholera outbreak flares up in Malawi

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Malawi health officials reported a new cholera outbreak in Nsanje district, located in the southern region of Malawi. The outbreak began on Mar. 11 and laboratory testing revealed that the agent was ...

‘The link between HIV infection and stroke is now more convincing than ever’: Researchers

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HIV infection is the leading risk factor for stroke in young African adults, a new study by the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health has found. The incidence of stroke...

Leprosy return takes Malawi by surprise

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Leprosy, the disfiguring bacterial infection that was believed to been eradicated, has taken Malawi health officials by surprise as they report nearly two dozen cases in Balaka district in the eastern...

Malawi: Floods, displaced people and cholera puts UNICEF on high alert

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UNICEF Malawi is on high alert following a cholera outbreak in the southern border areas, where highly-populated camps for people displaced by the floods are located. In January, 15 districts across Malawi...