The Independent State Institution, National AIDS Commission (NAC), has a new substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She is Dr. Beatrice Lydia Matanje, an accomplished medical doctor and public health physician. Dr. Matanje, who assumed her new role on 2nd October 2023, holds a bachelor’s degree of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the then University of...
This morning, National AIDS Commission (NAC) honoured its pledge to present two state-of-the-art HP laptops to winners of the 2023 MISA Malawi Red Ribbon Awards. NAC presented one of the laptops to Zodiak Broadcasting Station’s Leah Malekano who emerged winner in the electronic category. Audrey Kapalamula, formerly of Times Group, triumphed in the print category....
Introduction The Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health chose Blantyre district, the commercial center of the country, as the initial geography of interest to implement the Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS) project. Despite substantial investment from bilateral and multi-lateral donors in large NGO-directed interventions, Blantyre has a relatively intractable HIV epidemic including an HIV...
Background The National AIDS Commission (NAC) secured funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support a five-year project on “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Coordination and Implementation and Monitoring of HIV/AIDS in Malawi”. The purpose of the project is to reduce high HIV prevalence and incidence...
As part of its core mandate of providing effective leadership, technical guidance, facilitation and coordination of the National HIV and AIDS Response, National AIDS Commission (NAC) and its stakeholders held the Research and Best Practices Dissemination Conference on 5th and 6th September 2023. The activity was held at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in...
Malawi engaged an extra gear in the fight against HIV and AIDS on Friday, 1st September 2023, by launching the implementation science for long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). The intervention adds to the country’s comprehensive combination prevention package for HIV. The launch, which took place at Likuni Boys Secondary School Ground in Lilongwe, was presided...
