FORMER Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong) nurses and nursing assistants who were axed in April for demanding s…
AN analysis undertaken by the UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund from the District Health Management System (DHM…
LESOTHO is in May expecting the second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine which includes 100 000 doses from the COVAX fac…
PRESIDENT of the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS), Silase Mosuhli says proper hand-washing is key to preventing the spr…
FIVE people tested positive for COVID-19 during a recent campaign in which 737 new tests were conducted.
THE 276 nurses who were dismissed by the Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (Tšepong) earlier in March are expected to r…
THE Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) will officially hand over a tippy tank constructed in Qacha’s Nek district on Mond…
THE National Director of World Vision Lesotho James Chifwelu says for the silent, forgotten emergencies, humanitarian a…
THE Qiloane Nursing Assistants Association executive committee has shown great appreciation to the government for givin…
THE embassy of United States of America (USA) in Lesotho has donated four oxygen concentrators to the Berea Government …
LESOTHO Haemophilia Association says haemophiliacs need support from family members and those around them, but also nee…
THE Thaba-Tseka District Health Manager (DHM) Dr Rodriguez Mwanawabene says they have at least managed to reach about 8…
LESOTHO-based cultivator and manufacturer of medical cannabis flower, extracts and oils known as MG Health have receive…
THE Minister of Health, Semano Sekatle says the ministry is working tirelessly to ensure that Lesotho like its neighbou…
US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, after reports of ex…
THE United States deputy ambassador to Lesotho, Clinton Brown says the re-launch of the child helpline initiative in th…
FOR children to be healthy they must receive the right food, but unfortunately most parents lack the knowledge and info…
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) paved way forward on how to suppo…
THE Regional Director of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)/UN Migration Agency Southern Africa, Charle…
ALTHOUGH blood demand is low this Easter, the blood bank is currently running dry, the Manager of the Lesotho Blood Tra…
IT has always been a huge challenge for most women in Lesotho to travel long distances to access family planning servic…
PRIME Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro has strongly urged Basotho to be cautious while also observing the COVID-19 protocols…
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Dr Julitta Onabanjo has expre…
MOKHOTLONG - Access to quality reproductive health services, including contraception and sexually transmitted infection…
THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has quit as a member of the Coalition of Health Professionals Associations (CHPA),…
HEAD of Risk Communication for the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC), Baroane Phenethi has applauded the Qacha’s…
IN a bid to reassure the public about the safety of the on-going COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the Minister of Health …
HEAD of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) office in Lesotho, Eriko Nishimura says the launch of the so…
AT least 343 health care professionals including nurses, nursing assistants and specialised nurses working at the Queen…
THE Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) is adamant that even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government should …
THE United States of America (U.S) through its embassy in Lesotho has applauded the country on the national rollout of …
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Lesotho, Dr Marc Derveeuw says the body recognises the ach…
THE first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine which arrived in Lesotho on March 3 was accompanied by a team of medical exp…
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Health has suspended a questionable Covid-19 communications contract while it is being…
APART from celebrating the arrival of the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine which provides hope for control over the …
DESPITE the positive test results that Lesotho records on a daily basis, a medical superintendent at the Mafeteng Regio…
IN a bid to bolster Lesotho’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and contain infections, at least 1.4 million Basotho …
A six-month relief project facilitated by the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the most vulnerable people in urban…
A COALITION of the Health Professionals Associations (HPA) and the Lesotho Workers Association (LeWA) has requested the…
AT least 1 000 people from different parts of Quthing were on Thursday last week directly affected by a mobile van sens…
UNITED Nations (UN) Lesotho has warned that the heavy rains the country is experiencing are likely to cause a nationwid…
THE Ministry of Health will roll-out the implementation of a Village Workers Programme Policy, linking with local gover…
THE Lesotho Nursing Council (LNC) has taken a swipe at nursing and midwifery personnel who are on go-slow for salary hi…
THE total distribution of condoms in 2020 was 1 355 933 and this has been noted as a significant decline in comparison …
WHILE the global scale of human trafficking is difficult to quantify precisely, it is however estimated that about 40.3…
LESOTHO residents who wish to fly to the United Kingdom will now have to pay £1 750 (M35 525) online for a quarantine h…
THE Japanese government has pledged to sustainably reintegrate Basotho returnees who were infected by the COVID-19 pand…
AT the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments warned of potential implications of the virus. As the deadly diseas…
THE arrival of first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa has raised the hopes of local health workers who are con…
AFTER not recording any deaths for a week, the Lesotho COVID-19 Update released on Friday shows that more six people ha…
A GROUP of members of the public dubbed ‘Concerned Citizens’ has called on Prime Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro to urgent…
THE outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the world on its toes, as it tries to find a cure for the fatal disease.…
PRIME MINISTER Dr Moeketsi Majoro says although there are still high numbers of COVID-19 related deaths recorded, it is…
FOR years, the Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) has complained about the under paid nurses and nursing assistants who w…
JOHANNESBURG - On an unusually dreary Johannesburg day, a figurative ray of sunshine: the arrival of the first pallets …
A GROUP of members of the public dubbed ‘Concerned Citizens’ has called on Prime Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro to urgent…
IN an effort to ensure timely access to COVID-19 vaccines for all European Union (EU) citizens and to tackle the curren…
THE state of community transmission implies that the corona virus is circulating in the communities and is possible for…
A NEW locally produced cough syrup called OptiCough is making waves on the market, reportedly saving lives of some COVI…
THERE is an urgent need to protect the rights of the most vulnerable members of the society as countries maintain or ad…
INDIA has started what authorities claim is the world's fastest and largest inoculation drive, with 191,000 healthcare …
DISGRUNTLED members of the Lesotho Nursing Association (LNA) have called for a total shutdown of the country, urging Pr…
THE Christian Health Association of Lesotho (CHAL) has reported that over 20 of its members have so far contracted the …
LESOTHO is one of the 92 countries from across the globe that will soon receive the COVID-19 vaccine called COVAX, in a…
MASERU - The Acting Director of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho (CHAL), Libete Selapane says the second wav…
LONDON - Britain began its third lockdown on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a coronavirus variant firs…
SEVERAL countries have imposed travel bans on South Africa after the discovery of a new and potentially more infectious…
THE government through the National AIDS Commission (NAC) with support from the development partners and the stakeholde…
Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro is expected to lead the sword turning event of the start of re-building of the Queen Eli…
THE Republic of South Africa has identified a new variant of COVID-19 that was first detected in the Eastern Cape and i…
THE First Lady ’Masekoalana Majoro says child marriage puts the girl child at a major risk as young girls are not yet p…
Lesotho as one of the poorest countries in the world, may only see Covid-19 vaccine after five years as the World Healt…
THE Minister of Health Motlatsi Maqelepo says trends in key health indicators have been deteriorating for the last two …
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is set to produce its first vaccine in 25 years, but it won’t be a COVID-19 jab. Plans are,…
THE implementation of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is …
THE Minister of Health Motlatsi Maqelepo says the provision of the health services depends on the proper functioning of…
THE United States ambassador to Lesotho Rebecca Gonzales recently engaged a group of highly motivated young Basotho wom…
THE National University of Lesotho (NUL) has made progress towards finding a potential drug compound for the Coronaviru…
HER Majesty Queen ’Masenate Mohato Seeiso on Monday announced that Lesotho has substantially progressed toward controll…
IN A bid to protect adolescent girls and young women from new HIV infections, the United States ambassador to Lesotho R…
VARIOUS sectors participating at roundtable discussions have pledged to strengthen health systems and amplify the fight…
THE 2019/20 season marks the third consecutive year of inadequate crop production due to severe drought conditions brou…
SINCE the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Lesotho, emerging data reveals that Leribe has the highest recorded …
UNITED Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Salvador Niyonzima says malnutrition cripples the health of children in Lesoth…
MASERU - The health industry is without doubt overwhelmed by problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially small…
IN some parts of Lesotho, there is little or no awareness of good hygiene practices and their role in reducing the spre…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a short in the arm from the People’s Republic of China that has provided co…
THE number of people with diabetes is rising most rapidly in low and middle income countries, which are least well-equi…
JOHANNESBURG - There are two main ways to test for active infection. Both of them are what we call direct tests, meanin…
MASERU - A group of civic organizations has launched a document on a research made in 2019 on the legal gender recognit…
After a long day at work, going to the gym is probably the last thing on people’s lists of priorities but exercising ac…
AT the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho in March, the Managing Director of local insurance giants Met…
THE United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called…
MASERU - The Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Phase II (LLWDP II) has pledged to provide adequate portable water to c…
THE Ministry of Health is currently working on measures to ensure that village health workers who have not been getting…
THE unrelenting COVID-19 situation in the country has forced the Paray Hospital in Thaba-Tseka to turn its convent into…
SEX workers and gay men have significantly contributed to the high HIV/AIDS infection rate in the country during the CO…
RECENT COVID-19 updates released by the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) have shown a steady rise in fatalities …
More awareness is needed about those who experience prolonged symptoms of COVID-19. This long-hauler is a bona fide con…
JOHANNESBURG – TWENY years ago antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV were a rare luxury in South Africa. The rich could…
THE National AIDS Commission (NAC) says although the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on people living with H…
Pope Francis on October 28 described the COVID-19 pandemic as a tough “lady” taskmaster who must be obeyed, but he and …
THE Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have joined hands to take action against waste in a bid …
ACCESS to sustainable modern energy underpins health, education and livelihoods and increases resilience to climate cha…
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Lesotho has joined forces with the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) to supp…
MASERU - The World Food Programme (WFP) has received M55.5 million from the European Union (EU) to provide relief assis…
IN a bid to strengthen the national response to COVID-19, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Lesotho has o…
THE Rotary Club of Maloti will on Saturday commemorate the Family Health Day at St Joseph’s Hospital in Roma.
HIGH unplanned pregnancies and HIV infections among young people show that the use of condoms and access to them is rel…
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem has strongly urged members of the public…
IN a bid to beef up the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Les…
THE Chairperson of the Young Adults Fighting Depression (YAFID) Relebohile Mokebisa is concerned about the escalating r…
RECENT COVID-19 updates released by the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) have shown a steady rise in fatalities …
AS THE United Nations (UN) special Ambassador for Nutrition, His Majesty King Letsie III says Lesotho faces an acute ur…
LADYBRAND – Businessmen providing services across SADC borders will be allowed multiple entry into South Africa over a …
THE MINISTER of Social Development ’Matebatso Doti has pledged to ensure the enactment of Persons with Disability Equit…
MOHALAKANE, otherwise called “Hardy Aloe” in English, may be good for your health. “That is because it contains healthy…
IN response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Help Lesotho through its different programmes has included e…
WITH so many birth control options available, choosing the most suitable form can be discouraging for many teens, the C…
A 10-MAN team of anti-COVID-19 medical experts that will assist Lesotho in the fight against the pandemic arrived in th…
AS part of its initiative to empower children, the Scripture Union of Lesotho has introduced a COVID-19 outreach campai…
Spring means spending more time outdoors, however, the increased exposure to things like sunlight, insects and poisonou…
Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations set out to put the world on a path to recovery, pledging to “never again” al…
THE United Nations (UN) in January launched the global consultation to mark its 75th anniversary.
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the Japanese government’s contribution of JPY 250 million (US$ 2.3 million)…
In the past week, South Africans learnt more about where the country stands in the pandemic. Meanwhile, the economy is …
A NEW high-level commission of advocates, experts and activists has been established to help commitments to women’s hea…
AS part of addressing development challenges in Lesotho, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has contribute…
MAPUTSOE – Despite efforts to ensure that communities living around the Maputsoe border gate get essential health servi…
MASERU – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) describes the COVID-19 outbreak as the largest mobility cri…
GLOBAL leaders, including more than 30 Heads of States and ministers have underlined their commitment towards fast-trac…
AT an unprecedented speed to find a vaccine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners are in a race to respond …
THE arrival on Tuesday of a COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donation from Egypt in Lesotho serves as a sig…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lesotho has awarded almost M2million in grants as part of the progra…
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA) has …
A TOTAL of 40 COVID-19 recoveries have been registered on Monday according to the latest update issued by the Ministry …
MASERU – Latest reports show that while the COVID-19 pandemic still remains uncontrollable in Lesotho, there is however…
MASERU - Deputy Minister of Health Nto Moakhi says both Lesotho and China have given it their all to win the brutal war…
MASERU - The United Nations (UN) resident coordinator Salvatore Niyonzima has called on all hands to come together if L…
MOKHOTLONG - In a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Lesotho Red-Cross Society (LRCS) in collaboration with Standa…
MASERU - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has marked August 7 - 14 as the International ‘Wear your mask Week’, becau…
MASERU - The number of women infected with COVID-19 far much surpasses that of their male counterparts, a report releas…
MASERU – His Majesty King Letsie III on Friday handed over a cheque worth M15 000 to residents of … in Mafeteng for a c…
Global restrictions on travel have dealt a devastating blow to African nations who depend on tourists and their hard cu…
Khabiso Nkune-Mohapi is one of over 700 people infected with COVID-19 in Lesotho. Her experience is one of the most ext…
MASERU - Local beauty salon owners have appealed to the government through the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) …
MASERU - Transmission of active COVID-19 (virus that can cause infection) through breast milk and breastfeeding has not…
MASERU – The First Lady ’Masekoala Majoro describes female frontline healthcare workers as an integral part of the glob…
MASERU - Without a doubt, technology has become an integral part of people’s daily lives, especially for those with dis…
MASERU - Six more COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded this weekend as the death toll climbs to 19, according to …
MASERU - The government has responded positively to the health workers and practitioners’ grievances to provide Persona…
MASERU - The National University of Lesotho (NUL)’s Innovation Hub does not have a cure for COVID-19 and has no mixture…
MASERU - Researchers are still learning about the novel coronavirus, but also reveal that the most serious cases involv…
MASERU - PSI Lesotho, with the support of the Ministry of Health believes that with the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, i…
MASERU - The number of Covid-19 related deaths in the country has increased to 12 after three more deaths were recorded…
MASERU – Covid-19 related deaths keep mounting as the winter intensifies and the latest updates issued by the Ministry …
MASERU - A local safety, health and environment company, Zeku Safety Focus, has come to the aid of frontline health wor…
MASERU - Following news that broke out last week Thursday that a U-save supermarket staffer had tested positive for Covi…
MASERU - The Lesotho health system is under threat and faces a serious strain if the number of Covid-19 infections cont…
MASERU – Lesotho has recorded its first Covid-19 related death, the Ministry of Health has announced.
Face masks can also help prevent hearing loss caused by chemicals and noise exposure. According to audiologist Thabo Ra…
MASERU - The Minister of Health Motlatsi Maqelepo confirmed on Wednesday that there are six new COVID-19 cases, bringin…
MASERU – The Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed eight more cases of Covid-19, bringing the total of recorded cases …
MASERU – Lesotho has been applauded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after one of its two COVID-19 patients recov…
MASERU – The World Health Organisation ((WHO)’s 73rd assembly that was held recently has resolved to bring the world to…
MASERU – Lesotho has recorded its first confirmed case of COVID -19 after a person said to be a traveller from outside …
MASERU – Lesotho was on May 1 reported as the only country in Africa with no reported case of COVID-19 after the Comoro…
MASERU – A patient who was suspected to be Lesotho’s first case of the COVID-19 was cleared after her blood samples whi…
MASERU - As efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 intensify throughout the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) …
MASERU – Lesotho has reported eight suspected cases of Coronavirus whose samples have been taken to South Africa for te…
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spr…
Global deaths from the virus have surpassed 30,847, with more than 10,000 of those in Italy and the US has the most con…
The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology and also Chairperson of Sub-Committee of Cabinet Ministers on CO…
MASERU – The United Nations (UN) secretary general, Antonio Guterres has called on the world to increase climate action…
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has on Thursday March 18 2020 declared state of emergency on Coronavirus, a virus that ca…
MASERU - In response to the fast spreading epidemic of the Coronavirus, strict measures have been taken to curb the spr…
MASERU – The Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) has announced that beginning February 1 the facility will no long…
MASERU - Declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics are undermining effo…
MASERU - Private pharmacist, Thabiso Mokone has appealed that the use of Levonorgestrel - a type of emergency contracep…
MASERU – The World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of males using tobacco globally is on the decline, applaud…
MASERU - There is an urgent need to conserve our biodiversity as a country, the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Cu…
MASERU – Amid calls for a massive blood donation campaign, the Basotho National Party (BNP) this week joined the fray –…
MASERU – Teenage pregnancy has become a concern for Lesotho as the number of girls who drop out of school to raise newb…
TEYATEYANENG – UNESCO has called for the support of the media in broadening information dissemination on teenage pregna…
ACCRA, Ghana – Basotho societal structures should break the silence shrouding infertility and sterility in both women a…
MASERU - Lesotho’s contemplated advent into medical technology and sensitization on a new approach towards the preventi…
ACCRA, Ghana – Speakers at the just ended Merck Foundation backed 6th Africa and Asia Luminary conference in Accra, Gha…
When in 1989 ‘Mapakiso Makhema married the man of her dreams, all she pined for was a baby to seal a union she believed…
THABA-BOSIU – The First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane has called on all sectors of society to join hands to uproot the stigmat…
MASERU - The Lesotho Chefs Association (LCA) hosted the Minister’s Fine Dinner Event for the affiliated ministries to o…
The Ministry of Social Development yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Football Veterans Asso…
The Minister of Health Nkaku Kabi and the Ambassador of Cuba to Lesotho Rodolfo Benitez Verson yesterday signed two new…
Sesotho Media Development (SMD) hosted a workshop at
Ha-Mohatlane, Berea last Friday with various community stakeholde…
As part of activities ending
a week-long nutrition campaign conducted at Ha Makebe, the Berea District
Nutrition Team…
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The Mphatlalatsane project in Lesotho is integrating HIV testing into a package of interventions for caregivers of chil…
The Government of Lesotho is keen on working with Apollo Hospitals in key priority areas of kidney transplantation and …
MASERU – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) together with Maseru City Council (MCC) jo…
MASERU - AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 66% in Lesotho since the mid-2000s due to the scale up of HIV treatme…
MASERU - AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 66 percent in Lesotho since the mid-2000s due to the scale up of HIV …
MASERU - The National AIDS Commission (NAC) on Monday May 14 launched the Lesotho HIV Prevention Roadmap 2020 providing…
MASERU - The Deputy Prime Minister of Lesotho, Monyane Moleleki, on May 8 unveiled a new tool to better manage HIV and …
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