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WHO Malawi Country Office holds a 2022 Staff Retreat

The World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi Country Office’s (WCO)…

UNICEF and WHO step up efforts to contain Cholera in Malawi and call for additional funds and support

Lilongwe, 24 August 2022 – The cholera outbreak, initially limited to…

Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Macron Chauluka is a community health worker on the front lines of…

Malawi launches third round of mass vaccination drive to stop wild poliovirus

Lilongwe, 11 August 2022 – Malawi today kicked off the third round of…

Breastfeeding

Malawi marks World Breastfeed Week with commitment to step up breastfeeding

1 August 2022, Lilongwe- In solidarity for the World Breastfeeding…

Enhanced local health services saving lives

Enhanced local health services saving lives

Zione Chiwaula, who lives in southern Malawi’s hard-to-reach Neno…

ARCC Members

Malawi hosts the 29th Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Poliomyelitis Eradication meeting

7 June 2022

Global Lead Coordinator for COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership arrives in Malawi

Lilongwe, 1 June 2022 – Ted Chaiban, the Global Lead Coordinator for…

OCV

Malawi to vaccinate more than 1.9 million people against cholera

25 May 2022

Malaria vaccine

Innovation at work: reflections from Malawi on the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, in childhood vaccination

RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the first vaccine recommended by WHO for use…