Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports

Jan 17, 2024, at 10:43 pm

The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported.

UN steps up support to Malawi following deadly cyclone

Mar 17, 2023, at 09:21 pm

New York: The UN and partners are ramping up support to Malawi in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which killed 190 people this week and injured dozens more, prompting the Government to declare a state of disaster.

Cyclone Freddy kills 66, displaces thousands in Malawi

Mar 14, 2023, at 06:26 am

Lilongwe/UNI: Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed at least 66 people, injured 93, and displaced over 2,000 people in Malawi, the country's Red Cross Society (MRCS) said Monday.

Tropical cyclone Freddy set to further weaken cholera-hit Malawi

Mar 09, 2023, at 01:16 am

New York: Malawi’s deadly cholera outbreak could worsen if - as expected - Tropical Cyclone Freddy triggers further heavy rainfall in the south of the country, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

Five more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Malawi

Apr 22, 2020, at 06:44 pm

Lilongwe/Xinhua/UNI: Malawi on Wednesday reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's total to 23.

New malaria vaccine trial in Malawi marks ‘an innovation milestone', declares UN health agency

Apr 24, 2019, at 10:38 pm

United Nations, Apr 24 (IBNS):  A new vaccine against deadly malaria which has been 30 years in development, was made available for the first time to infants in Malawi on Tuesday, marking an “innovation milestone”, said the World Health Organization (WHO).

Malaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi

Apr 24, 2019, at 05:40 pm

New York, Apr 24 (IBNS): WHO welcomes the Government of Malawi’s launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark pilot programme. The country is the first of three in Africa in which the vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be made available to children up to 2 years of age; Ghana and Kenya will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks.

‘End the ongoing atrocities’ against people with albinism in Malawi, say UN rights experts

Feb 09, 2019, at 09:44 am

New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): After a recent "savage” killing and the abduction of a one-year-old baby in Malawi, United Nations experts have urged the Government to take immediate action to protect people with albinism and “end the ongoing atrocities”.

Albinism: UN official welcomes latest developments in ‘landmark’ Malawi murder case

Sep 06, 2018, at 09:32 am

New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): The top United Nations representative in Malawi is urging the Government to promptly prosecute those allegedly responsible for the death of a young man with albinism whose butchered body was found earlier this year.