Humanitarian

Malawi is facing the worst cholera outbreak in the country’s history. As of January 31, 2023, the country reported a total of 563 new cases and 25 new deaths. The cumulative confirmed cases and deaths reported since the onset of the outbreak in March 2022 is 34,918 cases and 1,133 deaths across all 29 districts in the country.

For many years on end, 40-year-old Estere Hayera always had no food to keep her through the lean period, which runs from November to March.

At the advent of COVID-19 vaccinations, one of the challenges that health workers faced was vaccine uptake as a result of misinformation propagated by myths and rumours.

At Nayuchi in the district of Mangochi, Celina Divason said she dithered when the local clinic stared administering the COVID-19 vaccine.

The raging Rukuru River, which borders the districts of Rumphi and Mzimba in northern Malawi, provides is a lifeblood to the communities that live close to this meandering watercourse.