Malawi Red Cross to launch a K64 million project in Mchinji

The Malawi Red Cross Society, through its Community Based Health Care Programme, will from this month (July) implement a K64 Million health project aimed at reducing premature deaths in Mchinji.

The programme will run from 2007 to 2010, and is expected to raise the health status of communities through disease prevention.

The project will target 3,000 households in the area of Traditional Authority Mduwa in the district.

Briefing members of Mchinji District Executive Committee (DEC) on the project on Friday, Malawi Red Cross Society Project Officer for Mchinji, Linda Mwambakulu said the project will also tackle HIV and AIDS.

Mwambakulu said the other component of the project will facilitate access to safe drinking water as well as encourage hygiene practices among people.

"Over and above, we want to reduce diseases that attack mothers and under five children which lead to deaths," she said.