Zomba District

Fistula leaves women discriminated

Replies: 0 Last poster: Richard Chirombo at 09-11-2009 14:14 Topic is Open Women gather at Zomba Central Hospital in Southern Malawi in hundreds. It is not a social gathering, though one condition renders them peers and leaves...

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Malawi: Police Force HIV Tests for Sex Workers

Lilongwe — It was, Malawian police say, a routine sweep for criminals at one of the country's busiest border posts. But when the police arrested 14 prostitutes as part of their search, and then allegedly forcefully tested them...

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Chopping at the trees of life

Malawi's rural poor don't know much about the science of climate change, but they know how it is affecting them: a slow slide deeper into poverty in an inexorable cycle of heat, hunger and HIV/Aids. Farmers tell tales of...

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MALAWI: Surplus Crop, But We Are Starving - Farmers

BLANTYRE, Sep 28 (IPS) - In a country where maize crop surplus fills the national storehouses to capacity, farmers Ida and Montfort Salijeni and their four children have turned to wild tubers for food.

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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Micro Health Insurance Conference 2009, December 2-3, 2009 Organized by Pro...

Event Name: Lessons Learnt and Lessons to Learn in the Field of Micro Health Insurance in Africa Event Date: December 2-3, 2009 Event Location: Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Institute of Management See Our Comprehensive Event...

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NEWS: OpenStreetMap - Crowd sourced cartography set to re-map the world

INTERVIEW: How maps will be free and satnavs much cheaper The Ordnace Survey is paid for by the tax payer - serveral times over as it goes. So, why is it that we foot a further fee to Great Britain's national mapping agency...

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Malawi: High-Risk Sex Among Those Who 'Do Not Exist'

A study on men having sex with men (MSM) in Malawi shows that, as elsewhere in the developing world, this vulnerable group at greater risk of contracting HIV and AIDS than the general population. Moreover, their risk status is...

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MTL fibre-optic cable operational in August

Malawi’s fixed line incumbent telco Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) has almost completed the rollout of a USD55 million fibre-optic national backbone aimed at facilitating high speed voice and data transmission at lower...

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Malawi: Boom in Construction Sector Presents Opportunities in Forestry

Investment Opportunity: Forestry & paper Malawi's construction industry is currently experiencing a boom which has made investment in commercial forests a profitable venture. But current production doesn't meet demand in the...

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Indeed Comrade Taju is Gone!

The title of my tribute to our fallen hero, the irrepressible Comrade Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, is a direct response - albeit a very painful one - to Dr. Said Adejumobi's question "Is Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem Gone?"

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