Malawi News

Lilongwe, February 15, 2007 -- The Government of Malawi, the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have entered into a partnership aimed at reducing maternal deaths, as a contribution to Malawi's attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

World No Tobacco Day Celebration June 13 2007

On June 13 2007, Malawi celebrated the World No Tobacco Day at the Shire Highlands Hotel in Blantyre. The activities to mark the day were a Public Lecture on the dangers of second hand smoke followed by a Press Conference. The Consumer Association of Malawi was the organizer of the event and the World Health Organisation provided technical and financial support.

Lilongwe, 20 July 2007 -- More than half of all child deaths due to pneumonia in Malawi could be prevented with the use of oxygen. This finding is based on an assessment of the Ministry of Health’s Child Lung Health Project in 16 Malawian hospitals. The Child Lung Health Project has been under way since 2000 thanks to a US$ 3 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of the project is to reduce pneumonia deaths in infants by 30 percent.

Lilongwe, 21 September 2007 -- The Malawi WHO country office team participated at workshop for the WHO Alignment and Harmonisation (A & H) Learning Toolkit for Country Teams from 12 to 14 September 2007. The aim of the workshop was to test the A & H Tool kit that has been developed by WHO Headquarters through a series of meetings since early 2006. The Malawi country office team is the first of all WHO country offices to participate in this type of workshop.

Now close to US $ 163, 656 worth of mother and child health care equipment donated

Lilongwe, 1 April 2008 -- The WHO in collaboration with the European Commission (EC) on March 25th donated basic emergency obstetric care (BEmOC) equipment and skills development materials worth US $ 69,815 to the Ministry of Health. This is part of the partnership agreement that the Ministry of Health, the WHO and the European Commission signed in Malawi on February 15 2007.

World STOP TB Day commemoration

Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World TB Day which is entering the second year of a two-year campaign, whose theme is “On the move against tuberculosis.” The national launch took place on 24 March at Wimbe Primary School ground in Kasungu district located some 130 km north-east of the capital, Lilongwe.

The World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the commemoration launch and the guest of honor at the ceremony was the Minister of Health, Honorable Professor David Mphande, MP.

Dr Bjorn-Inge Larsen, the World Health Organization Executive Board member, visited Malawi from 12 to 15 April 2011. Dr Larsen who is also the Chief Medical Officer of Norway visited the WHO Malawi country office (WCO) on the 12th April and shared the objectives of his visit with staff members.

Together with his entourage from the Norwegian Embassy, Dr Larsen had a briefing session on the support that the WCO provides to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

In this issue:

WHO Leprosy Goodwill Ambassador visits Malawi page cover page
Leprosy active search shows cases increasing in Malawi page 2—3
Preventing violence against children: a capacity building initiative in Malawi page 4—5
News in pictures page 6
Malawi Introduces pneumococcal conjugate vaccine page 7—8
The WCO Malawi implements the global learning program page 9
Staff movement in 2011 page 10
WHO Technical Assistance to Malawi from AFRO and HQ from July to December 2011 page 11.