Malawi, in southern African, had all but eradicated cholera, recording only two cases in 2021. But more than 900 people died of it over the past 11 months, and the government is scrambling to contain its spread.
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, ignited by the outbreak of the novel Coronaviirus, the national response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Malawi appeared to be on the edge due to uncertainties that followed the lockdown approach as practised by initial countries that faced the pandemic.
Covid-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers (left to right) Ephraim Chisunkha, Duncan Banda, Nyembezi Gausi, Thom Chigeda, Virginia Phiri and Chisomo Kankhwali captured at Bwaila District Hospital Lilongwe 4. Photos by Edward Kabuye, Unicef
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. This was a few months after the outbreak of the Coronal Virus in Wuhan, Hubei Province in the People’s Republic of China.