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Meryl saves self, wants lover Mwisho, Paloma evicted

Friday, 10 September 2010 20:56

BLANTYRE--Namibia's Meryl saved herself from eviction in the BBA All Stars on Monday and replaced herself with Paloma from Zambia, who together with Mwisho from TZ, are the housemates who face eviction this Sunday.

Meryl, who is love in Mwisho and have reportedly had sex in the House and kiss each other all the time, was at pains to make that decision and asked Big Brother for some minutes to reflect on her decision.

She finally said: "I will save myself" and went to say she will replace herself with Paloma.

Munya from Zimbabwe, who has faced the chop five times before, was not mentioned for eviction.

The housemate who gets evicted on Sunday will be the eighth. Those evicted are sent to the barn, another house where those who leave the main house go to and they are still in contention for the $200,000 prize.

But those in the main house do not know the existence of the barn house, where Tatiana (Angola), Lerato (SA), Sheila (Kenya), Code (Malawi), Hannington ( Uganda) and Jacob from Ethiopia are.

Kaone from Botswana, Jen (Moz), Paloma (ZA), Munya (Zim), Meryl and Mwisho still remain in the main house.--maravipost.

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Heart-broken Jen cries for evicted Malawi’s Code

Friday, 10 September 2010 20:56

BLANTYRE--Mozambican housemate Jen shed tears for Code Sangala of Malawi when Big Brother All Stars presenter IK announced Sunday that Code was the seventh housemate to leave the house.

Munya from Zim had survived the eviction for the fifth time, while Uti from Nigeria also was safe.

Jen, the Maputo beauty, had saved Code before and Code admitted to have had "connections with Jenipher...I love that female."

Code seemed not disappointed by the eviction, only telling IK that his secret which his fellow housemates did not know, was that he had stayed seven months without touching his wife after the birth of his child.

However, Code found himself puzzled about his next move to the barn house, and stayed minutes before his fellow barnmates came to open for him.

He told his fellow barnmates that he had a feeling that there was a house for all evicted mates, saying he saw footage of the house at one time when he was in the main house.

The barnmates welcomed Code into the new life, where all contestants still stand a chance of winning the ultimate $200,000 prize.

Sammi from Ghana has left the barn on health grounds, while Jacob wants to leave the barn because his motivation to continue playing the game was at "zero percent."

Mwisho (TZ), Meryl (Namibia), Paloma (ZA), Jen (MOZ), Munya (ZIM) and Uti (NAIJA) still remain in the main house.--maravipost

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Bus accident ‘angel’ wants to know fate of others

Friday, 10 September 2010 20:56

Maravipost.com is pleased to publish an inquiry from a passenger on a bus that was involved in an accident on August 2^nd, 2010. She “wanted to know what happened to other people in the crash and how many died.” We didn’t know about hear about the accident until Hanna from England brought it to our attention. Our correspondents have been unsuccessful in getting details of what happened on that fateful night. But the absence of those details doesn’t prevent us from sharing with you what Hanna saw that night:

My friend Kate (from Australia) and I (from England) were traveling in Malawi and on our way back to South Africa but after the bus crash we decided to not risk another long bus journey so went to Lilongwe. We didn't stay long at the hospital to see what happened.

We left Mzuzu on the Monday evening (2nd August), heading to Blantyre. The bus wasn't full but they were a lot of mothers with small babies. About 20 kms north of Salima the driver swerved to miss a cow on the road, lost control and the bus overturned.

There was lots of screaming and all went dark. When it hit the ground [we] all piled on top of each other and lots of people were crushed. It was very dusty and difficult to get out of the bus at first.

A few people climbed out of the windows on the top, but most managed to get out through the windscreen which somebody smashed. I saw 3 bodies lying at the side of the road afterwards, including 2 infants, but I think there were more fatalities that I didn't see. One boy had lost his hand as it had been crushed.

Hope this is ok?

Hanna.

Editor’s Note: Yes, that’s OK Ms Hanna. Empathy is a virtue.

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200,000 preggo mums HIV-tested, men playing role

Friday, 10 September 2010 20:56

LILONGWE—Over 200,000 pregnant women in Malawi have been tested for the HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a program that aims at reducing mother to child transmission, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) announced Wednesday in Lilongwe.

“Since we started we have seen incredible results. We have expanded technical assistance from four sites in 2001 to 91 sites in 2010. We have trained more than 1,200 health care providers,” said EGPAF country Director Elizabeth Mbetu whose organisation partnered with the Ministry of Health.

Elizabeth Glaser, wife of a Hollywood movie director, started the program with the aim of preventing HIV transmission to unborn babies after she got infected through a blood transfusion.

Speaking at the same event, Deputy U.S Ambassador to Malawi Lisa Vickers said her government, which supports HIV and Aids programmes in Malawi to the tune $50 million, was encouraged to see that men were part of the effort.

“There has been significant increase in male involvement in encouraging women access to PMTCT in the districts where the programme is present,” she said.

Nick Hellman, EGPAF executive vice president, said in future the PMCTC programme will include new guidelines as recommended by the World Health Organisation. The WHO advises starting ARVs earlier and continuing during breast feeding.

Malawi’s Director of Reproductive Health in the Ministry of Health Dr. Chisale Mhango said the programme helped the country curb one of the leading causes of marternal and infant mortality.

An exhibition of photos and stories allowed beneficiaries of the program to tell their remarkable experiences.--maravipost

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Drugs grow wings, fly out of Malawi hospitals

Friday, 10 September 2010 20:56

BLANTYRE--Ask Malawi's new health minister whether drugs in the country's hospitals have an uncanny ability to elude health professionals who want to administer them and patients who need them.

He has no answer, unfortunately.

David Mphande wondered aloud why the local market has drugs when hospitals and clinics do not.

"How do the drugs get out of our hospitals. Do they go out through the windows or roofs?" he asked health officials at the referral and 1,000 bed Queen Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi’s business centre.

Mphande, according to the Daily Times of Tuesday, was on a familiarisation tour after his recent appointment by Pres Bingu wa Mutharika who reorganised his cabinet.

The minister has a suggestion for those who buy drugs from manufactures.

He told officials at Central Medical Stores--which handles medicines worth billions of kwacha annually—that they need to get their act together and make sure hospitals have enough supplies.

Malawians use two ways to get medical care: the conventional and the traditional. In the former, people seek care at hospitals and clinics and the main players include the government, the private sector (for profit) and the religious institutions. In the latter, herbalists are sought by people with health problems.

Street vendors, who didn’t have any training but were able to acquire medicines illegally, stopped selling drugs openly in Malawi, thanks to government efforts aimed at protecting the public.—maravipost

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