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World Bank Pandemic Proposal writing

World Bank Pandemic Proposal writing using One-Health approach 2nd working session at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel Blantyre  1st – 5th April 2024…

Training – Proficiency Testing (PT)

  The provision of Proficiency Testing (PT) samples is one of the quality assurance activities that the Ministry of Health through the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) is implementing to…

PHIM officers conduct EBS TOTs across the country

As the quest to strengthen public health surveillance in Malawi continues, surveillance officers from the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), in conjunction with the Digital Health Department…

BIOSAFETY & BIOSECURITY TWG IN LILONGWE TO FINALISE NATIONAL GUIDELINES.

The first technical working group (TWG) for biosafety and biosecurity took place in Lilongwe on Nov 7 th and 8 th 2023. The purpose of the meeting was to finalise the national guidelines as well as to…

Point Prevalence Survey and Antibiogram Training Exercise

Point Prevalence Survey and Antibiogram Training Exercise The AMRNCC with funding from the Eastern, Southern and Central Africa (ESCA) recently conducted a training on the implementation of Point…

Cholera cases continue to rise

Cholera cases continue to rise.  Two hundred and sixty five (265) cumulative cases have been reported as of 15 January 2018 across the country with the highest number coming from Karonga at 196 cases…

9 pathogens showing resistance to commonly used antibiotics

As part of its core duties, the National Micro-Reference Laboratory does a routine check on antibacterial resitance of various pathogens. In the first half of this year, the lab has reported that 9…

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