In Malawi, many people do not care where they throw leftovers. As they dump waste anywhere, garbage keeps piling in waterways and open grounds, including marketplaces where refuse collection attracts jeers and risks their lives while cleaning up. Clearing refuse from public spaces to dumpsites is essential for the environment and human health. When refuse
Since 2012, Malawi has been among 14 African countries that have added voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) to their weapons in the global fight to end the HIV and Aids epidemic by 2030. Studies endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) in 2007 show that VMMC
Maria Stephen dreams of becoming a nurse as she covets their uniform. Since 2015, she has struggled to learn due to lack of sanitation facilities at Milala Primary School in Blantyre. “When I was in Standard One, older students used to urinate and defaecate in the open bush as little ones relieved themselves anywhere. I
Prisca Tekwatekwa of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nanseta in Thyolo and MacDonald Kayira of T/A Kyungu in Karonga live 1 000 kilometres apart and pursue different courses at different public universities. However, they share a common story: Their chance of completing their studies this year was in danger after they failed to pay tuition fees. They
To Tamandani Chikuni, it is easier to stop a catastrophe from happening than to fix the damage. “Prevention is better than cure,” she states. The woman presented her four-year-old child and two other children, aged eight and nine, for polio vaccination at Magomero Health Centre in Zomba. She urges adults to ensure every child aged