Metropolitan Malawi

14/05/2016

10/05/2016

Erm, we know some have been giving our clients ideas.....

07/04/2016

Today marks International Health Day...and the theme for this year focuses calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes. Here are some key facts regarding diabetes world over:
• The number of people living with diabetes and its prevalence are growing in all regions of the world. In 2014, 422 million adults (or 8.5% of the population) had diabetes, compared with 108 million (4.7%) in 1980.
• The epidemic of diabetes has major health and socioeconomic impacts, especially in developing countries.
• In 2014, more than 1 in 3 adults aged over 18 years were overweight and more than one in 10 were obese.
• The complications of diabetes can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. For example, rates of lower limb amputation are 10 to 20 times higher for people with diabetes.
• Diabetes caused 1.5 million deaths in 2012. Higher-than-optimal blood glucose caused an additional 2.2 million deaths by increasing the risks of cardiovascular and other diseases.
• Many of these deaths (43%) occur prematurely, before the age of 70 years, and are largely preventable through adoption of policies to create supportive environments for healthy lifestyles and better detection and treatment of the disease.
• Good management includes use of a small set of generic medicines; interventions to promote healthy lifestyles; patient education to facilitate self-care; and regular screening for early detection and treatment of complications.

Ourselves as provider of the medical aid cover you can surely trust, we would like to reassure our commitments and concerted efforts in ensuring that as Malawi we improve the care for people living with diabetes

25/03/2016

Best wishes for the Easter holidays to our valued clients and all those that support the Metropolitan brand!! We value you, take care of yourselves and your loved ones this holiday, do not drink and drive, as the adage goes, drive to stay alive, better be late than to be the late...we look forward to engaging some more after the holidays.....

10/03/2016

Here is a quick question, just how much water do you consume on an average day? For many of us, our increased water intake has been because of the heat and the very warm temperatures lately. But besides quenching our wrenching thirst, are ther any other benefits to drinking lots of water? We share a reader on health benefits of drinking water, have a look and keep hydrating....
https://authoritynutrition.com/7-health-benefits-of-water/

Being dehydrated can have negative effects on your body and brain. Here are 7 evidence-based health benefits of drinking plenty of water.

08/03/2016

apologies to our valid clients and faithful followers of the page, we had gone on a small break to fix some things behind the scenes in preparation for amazing things we have planned for you and you will be notified of soon!! Meanwhile, we thank you for your continued support...we pledge to continue giving you the medical aid cover you can surely trust.....

08/03/2016

Today is International Women's Day, and we take the opportunity to celebrate the 'sheroes' of our land who are making a world of a difference at community level, promoting health and raising awareness on primary healthcare. They are perennially underfunded, have to sacrifice their own family time and at times resources for the betterment of their communities....we choose to celebrate you this International Women's Day.....for all your hard work and for making Malawi a better place...we say thank you...(photo credit globalcitizen.org

14/02/2016

Valentine's day is a day of celebrating love the world over....in the same spirit, here is to wishing our valued current and prospective clients a Happy Valentine's Day filled with love and affection......remember to care and look after each other....from your provider of medical aid cover you can surely trust, may you live long, healthy lives full of love and prosperity.....

11/02/2016

The 11th of February is a special day to commemorate women and girls in science, and as the provider of medical aid cover you can surely trust, we stand to celebrate all the women medical practitioners, from our doctors, nurses, lab technicians, community health care promoters, primary health carers and many more.....we owe a lot of our wellness to you, and for that, we say thank you...

04/02/2016

The 6th of February is known as International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Ge***al Mutilation. Indeed the scourge of FGM continues in many parts of the world, with sections of Malawian society not being an exception (as shown in the article with the link below). Here are some harrowing facts about Female Geniatal Mutilation:

• Globally, it is estimated that between 100 million to 140 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM.
• If current trends continue, 15 million additional girls between ages 15 and 19 be subjected to it by 2030.
• FGM is mostly carried out on young girls sometime between infancy and age 15.
• FGM cause severe bleeding and health issues including cysts, infections, infertility as well as complications in childbirth increased risk of newborn deaths.
• FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.

Certainly, from the provider of your medical aid cover you can surely trust, we say let's join hands to bring an end to Female Ge***al Mutilation forthwith! Together we can.....

http://thisisafrica.me/female-ge***alnal-chiefs-say/

Despite calls by activists for a systemic cultural shift to end the female ge***al mutilation practice, traditional chiefs in parts of Malawi have confirmed that the practice prevalent and it is practiced quietly

04/02/2016

Today is World Cancer Day and the theme for 2016 (which also marks the 10th year anniversary for the commemoration) is We Can I Can. Indeed the aim for the 2016 campaign is to prove that every single person can make a difference in the fight against cancer. We can all be part of the fight against cancer, we can stop myths that lead to stigma against cancer patients, we can encourage schools to educate children on how to prevent cancer and we can also call for the increase in funding for cancer treatment facilities among other actions.From the provider of medical aid cover you can surely trust, may the commemoration for 2016 help us reflect on what we can all do to win the battle against cancer...