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Malawi: WHO Provides Malawi With 1.9 Million Oral Cholera Vaccine and Other Supplies
Nyasa Times, 8 April 2022
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided the Malawi Governemnt with 1, 947, 695 doses of oral cholera vaccine to the Malawi Government. Read more »
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Malawi: Southern Malawi Records Continued Rise in Cholera Cases
VOA, 26 March 2022
Southern Malawi has started recording a rise in cholera cases, which health authorities blame on flooding from a recent tropical storm and cyclone. More than 30 people have been… Read more »
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Malawi: Government Ready With Cholera Vaccine
Nyasa Times, 24 December 2021
The Ministry of Health has said it will launch a cholera vaccination exercise in cholera-prone districts before the end of the year. Read more »
Malawi's Cholera Fight Gets 1.9 Million Oral Vaccine Boost
The World Health Organization has provided the Malawi government with 1, 947, 695 doses of oral cholera vaccines, that will be administered in the eight districts of Nsanje, Chikwawa, Mulanje, Phalombe, Blantyre, Machinga, Balaka and Mangochi.
Apart from this donation, the country also received some critical tools in the fight against other diseases, that included diagnostic aids, laboratory supplies, essential medicines and supplies. Malawi has been recording a rise in cholera cases, which health authorities blame on flooding from a recent tropical storm and a cyclone. More than 30 people have been infected and two have died in southern Malawi. Malawi confirmed the first cholera case March 2, 2022 in the Machinga district.
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A health expert has predicated a drop in cholera cases for 2020, thanks to the Covid-19 protocols. Maziko Matemba, one of the leading commentators on health matters has said the ... Read more »
