Shortage of essential medicines and supplies in public hospitals is not new but the situation has reached a tipping point, stretching even to private health facilities. The Pharmaceutical Society of Malawi (Phasom) monitored the supply chain and other pharmacy-related trends and found that the supply fill ratio is as low as 35 percent. Phasom president
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated over 200,000 items of personal protective equipment (PP
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One of the world’s leading healthcare companies Abbott has launched a Covid-19 testing device, the Abbott’s Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test which provides test results in under 15 minutes in Malawi.
Over 200 testing sites and communities in Malawi could now receive access to the testing devices.
In a statement, Abbott touts the WHO-approved Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device as a reliable and affordable tool for healthcare professionals in the detection of active coronavirus infections at massive scale, saying it delivers test results in as early as 15 minutes with no instrumentation and using proven lateral flow technology.