by M Silvestri
May 5, 2012

Media freedom in Malawi has been commonly deplored, but amidst the political transition that brought Malawi its first female head of state last month, Her Excellency Joyce Banda, media freedom is beginning to take an unfettered shape. The topic was denounced at a UNESCO funded event held by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) [...]
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human rights defenders,
Press Freedom
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by M Silvestri
February 15, 2012

About half of the world’s population resides in a country where there is one psychiatrist or less to serve 200,000 people on average, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, in Malawi, there are only two psychiatrists and two psychologists who are registered with the Medical Council of Malawi and serving a country of [...]
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malawi,
Mental Illness,
world health organization
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