Commonground
Senior Moderator
2026-03-12
LILONGWE, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Malawian government has secured a 25-million-U.S.-dollar grant from the Pandemic Fund to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in the country, according to officials.
The funding was announced by Charles Njuguna, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Malawi, during a meeting Tuesday with Malawi's Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation Charles Chilambula in Lilongwe, the capital.
Njuguna said that 8 million dollars of the grant has been earmarked for strengthening the Malawi's laboratory systems to improve early disease detection and the quality of care.
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He added that the funding would also support the introduction of mobile laboratories to improve service delivery during disease outbreaks and emergencies.
... https://english.news.cn/africa/20260312/0c1c6e45994046beb3be22d6a0f87733/c.html
LILONGWE, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Malawian government has secured a 25-million-U.S.-dollar grant from the Pandemic Fund to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in the country, according to officials.
The funding was announced by Charles Njuguna, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Malawi, during a meeting Tuesday with Malawi's Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation Charles Chilambula in Lilongwe, the capital.
Njuguna said that 8 million dollars of the grant has been earmarked for strengthening the Malawi's laboratory systems to improve early disease detection and the quality of care.
-snip-
He added that the funding would also support the introduction of mobile laboratories to improve service delivery during disease outbreaks and emergencies.
... https://english.news.cn/africa/20260312/0c1c6e45994046beb3be22d6a0f87733/c.html