Mitundu community Hospital is a referral hospital for about seven Health Center's. Today the World Health Organization in conjunction with PATH, through the Ministry of Health administered the pilot Phase of the Anti-malarial vaccine at the Community Health Center. [caption id="attachment_2470" align="alignnone" width="604"] Doctor Mary Hamel-World Health Organisation representative[/caption] The Anti-malaria vaccine took about…
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Use ICT to advance Church news – Bishop Tambala
Bishop Chairman for Social Communications and Research Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), His Lordship George Tambala has challenged agents of evangelisation to embrace the use of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) and sharing the word of God and what the Church is doing. Bishop Tambala was speaking in Mangochi, Wednesday, when he opened…
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Archbishop Ziyaye celebrates Silver Jubilee
Archbishop Tarcizius Ziyaye of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe on 15th July celebrated silver jubilee of his episcopate at a function held at Maula Cathedral in Lilongwe, where he also ordained some deacons to priesthood and other priests celebrated their priestly silver jubilees and golden jubilees respectively. Archbishop Ziyaye led in the thanksgiving holy mass where…
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ECM sensitise Dioceses on Child Protection
The Catholic Secretariat for the Episcopal conference of Malawi says there is great need to embrace the Church's Child Protection Policy.
Secretary General for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, ECM, Reverend Fr. Henry Saindi, said this recently at the Catholic Secretariat, Lilongwe, when he opened a two day induction training for child protection coordinators drawn from all the eight dioceses in Malawi.
ECM Secretary General
Fr. Saindi expressed concern that child abuse does exist everywhere including in the Church.
"There is need to advance the child protection drive because there is an increase of reported child abuse cases in Malawi", he said to the participants at the opening of the meeting.
According to Fr Saindi, the Catholic Church has seen it important to guide Church institutions to become sensitive to child protection issues in the fulfillment of its evangelization mission of love and justice.
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