The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has contracted the disease. It becomes the second case of wild po…
In Numbers85,788 cumulative and 811 active cases of COVID-19 in Malawi (30 April 2022)USD 1 million six-month (May – October 2022) net funding requirementsUSD 29.4 million funding required for flood response under the flash appealStrategic Outcome 1• F…
Floods – Humanitarian Situation in numbers, 28 April 202279 Cholera cases with 4 deathsMore than 995,000 people affected by floods including 130,000 under-five children need humanitarian assistanceOver 190,000 people displaced by floods1 case of PolioH…
Outbreak at a glanceThe Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in Malawi on 3 March 2022, following laboratory confirmation of a case in in the country. A second case was detected in on 7 March. As of 26 April, 78 cholera cases and four deaths …
**Lilongwe – **Malawi launches the second of four rounds of vaccination campaigns against wild poliovirus type 1 today. More than eleven (11) million doses will be administered to more than 2.9 million children under 5 years in the four-round vaccinati…
In advance of World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization recommends the expanded use of the first malaria vaccine, calling it a potential game changer in the fight against malaria.Malaria is a preventable, treatable disease. Yet, every year, mala…