The United States Africa Development Foundation (USADF) has given an agribusiness grant of K120 million to Nchena Livestock Corporative Limited in a bid to improve their income and healthy, especially in people with Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Neno.

Neno district commissioner Hudson Kuphanga has called on players in the family planning services delivery to intensify their services in hard to reach areas in a bid to promote sexual reproductive and health rights among the rural masses.

The Department of Disaster and Management Affairs (DODMA) has over the weekend distributed 920 bags of maize to hunger stricken families in Neno district as they await cash transfer for the months of December last year to March 2023.

A truck carrying some goods destined for Neno Boma on Monday blocked the road at Asumi, preventing vehicles such as ambulances from entering and leaving the district which has had no tarmac road since time immemorial.

Member of parliament for Neno North Constituency, Thoko Tembo, on Tuesday organised a day long Bonanza as a way of thanking the people of his area for support rendered since 2019.

A snap check by Zodiak in Neno has established that only two traditional authorities of Mlauli and Chekucheku have AIP selling points, putting a burden to other beneficiaries from Senior chiefs Symon and Dambe.

In a bid to change the narrative of Neno district malnutrition status, at 45 percent now, Farm Radio Trust through the Nutrition, Social Behavior Change and Communication, has established Youth WhatsApp groups solely for discussing and spreading nutrition messages.

The Neno district hospital youth friendly health services office on Sunday decried lack of interest by many youths to access family planning services, a situation that has resulted in a rise in teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.

Neno district hospital authorities say they have exhausted all the channels available to woo people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with only 17 percent vaccinated against the initial target of 81 thousand people.

The National Initiative for Civic Education-Trust in Neno district has challenged faith leaders to champion the popularization of the Malawi2063 blueprint in a bid to transform the economic status of the country.