Chikwawa District Council is proactively taking a leading role in mainstreaming HIV service provision to various sites where different construction development projects are taking place. The initiative focuses on promoting and optimizing the provision of HIV service uptake. The team is sensitizing the construction workers on the available HIV prevention options to prevent the spread...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Malawi Country Director, Nuha Ceesay is leaving Malawi for Eswatini after five years of successful mission in the country. Mr. Ceesay arrived and started his tour of duty in September 2019. He has been hailed by Stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS for...
The National AIDS Commission (NAC) and the Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA), pursuant to their mandates under the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Management) Act No. 9 of 2018 and the PMRA Act No. 9 of 2019, respectively, have noted with concern increased spread of false, inaccurate and misleading information on HIV treatment, often...
Mabungwe a National AIDS Commission (NAC) ndi Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) adapatsidwa mphamvu ndi malamulo yowunika ndi kuvomereza mauthenga okhudza matenda a edzi komanso kuwonetsetsa kuti mankhwala achipatala, mankhwala a zitsamba ndi zakudya kapena zakumwa zimene zili mgulu la mankhwala ndi zabwino, zotetezeka ndi zogwira ntchito bwino, komanso kuti malamulo okhudza ntchito za...
The National AIDS Commission (NAC) is disseminating key strategic documents and information on HIV and AIDS across the country. The exercise started in third week of June 2024 and is expected to end by 1st week of July 2024. Among the key strategic documents being disseminated are the 2024 HIV Estimates, the Revised National Strategic...
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...
