Malawian gov't bans handshaking amid conjunctivitis outbreak

STORY: Malawian gov't bans handshaking amid conjunctivitis outbreak SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zomba district hospital 2. Malawi Minister of Health Chiponda inside the facility 2. Malawi Minister of Health Chiponda meeting eye patients 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawi Minister of Health 4. various of medical personnel STORYLINE: Malawi's Health Ministry has directed the public to stop handshaking, among other unhygienic practices, to avoid the spread of conjunctivitis after the country has registered over 370 cases since January. Issuing the directive on Thursday, Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said the outbreak, first reported in the northern border district of Karonga, has now spread to other districts. The minister said the disease, also known as pink eye, transmits rapidly due to poor hygiene. SOUNDBITE (English): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawi Minister o

Malawi cholera outbreak largest on continent: WHO official

STORY: Malawi cholera outbreak largest on continent: WHO official DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of healthcare workers at an isolation site 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMBROSE TALISUNA, WHO Regional Health Security Advisor 3. various of the high-level meeting 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawian Minister of Health STORYLINE: The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi's cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 percent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor Ambrose Talisuna said this during his presentation in Lilongwe, Malawi, at a high-level meeting on Thursday of technocrats from 14 African countries that are affected by, or at risk of being affected by, cholera. According to Talisuna, out of 129,295 cases of cholera recorded in 12 countries in Africa as of March 5, Malawi had recorded 51,287

Malawi to reopen schools in two major cities amid cholera spread

STORY: Malawi to reopen schools in two major cities amid cholera spread DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of medics at a cholera isolation site 2. various of ministers at a press briefing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chichewa): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawian Minister of Health 4. various of isolation tent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawian Minister of Health 6. various of medics preparing chlorine 7. various of disinfection sprayers 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AGNES NYALONJE, Malawian Minister of Education 9. shot a a medical staff disinfecting an ambulance STORYLINE: Malawi has announced that primary and secondary schools in the country's two major cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre will reopen on Jan. 17 despite the unabated cholera spread. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, also co-chair of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Cholera, announced the re-opening of schools during a televised press b