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A young child taking in the Oral Cholera Vaccine during the first dose campaign in Chikwawa

Over 11,000 people received first dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine at Kasinthula in Chikwawa district – Malawi

Lilongwe: The Ministry of Health and World Health Organization in…

Malawi: Giving the smallest babies the best chance at life

Malawi has one of the highest rates of preterm birth in the world.…

Malawi commemorates 2015 World Health Day and launches the measles second dose – July 2015

Lilongwe: On 31 July 2015, the World Health Organization and the…

A health worker explains the process of HIV self-testing to a young woman.

Self-testing helps combat HIV in adolescents

An HIV self-testing project in Malawi raises the rate of adolescents…

A woman taking a swig of the Oral Cholera Vaccine in Nsanje

84% of flood victims living in camps and people from surrounding villages immunized against Cholera in Nsanje - Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi: 11 May 2015: The preliminary analysis reports from…

The cholera vaccine is taken orally as seen in the photograph above

Malawi completes round one of the oral cholera vaccination campaign in Nsanje District

Lilongwe 13 April 2015: From 30 March to 4 April 2015 the Ministry of…

The honorable Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani talking to reporters soon after the ceremony

WHO Malawi calls for continued efforts to ‘reach, treat and cure everyone’ on World TB Day

Lilongwe, 8 April 2015: Malawi joined the rest of the world in…

Malawi and Mozambique cross border meeting participants at Mwanza hotel in Malawi on 25 March 2015

WHO convened cross-border meeting between Malawi and Mozambique to intensify cholera outbreak control

Lilongwe, 27 March 2015 – The WHO country office in Malawi on 25…

Washing hands with safe water and soap helps prevent cholera

WHO intensifies support to cholera outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique

Brazzaville /Lilongwe, 3 March 2015 – The WHO Regional Office for…

WHO Emergency Response Team member dispensing drugs at a mobile clinic WHO/H. Kubwalo

WHO continues to support flood victims in Malawi

After intense flooding, WHO Malawi Country Office has been in the…