
Namithuthu, Nsanje – Two years after Malawi experienced its deadliest ever cholera outbreak, a spate of sporadic infections is once again causing alarm. With 59,000 cases since 2022, Malawi has become the worst-hit country in southern Africa – where climate impacts and poor border controls are helping to fuel transmission of the illness.
At the Nyamithuthu health centre, in Malawi's southern-most district of Nsanje, Maria Khumbize is busy preparing porridge for her three children.