Comunita di Santa’Egidio Tuesday donated a newly constructed Molecular Biology Laboratory called Drug Resources Enhancement Against Aids and Malnutrition (Dream) Health Centre to Malawians.
The Dream Health Centre is situated at Mandala in Blantyre.
The Italian based community constructed the Dream Health Centre to eliminate the ongoing HIV/Aids scourge through provision of medical care follow up services including CD4 counts, viral load analysis and psychological counseling, among other things.
Minister of Health Hetherwick Ntaba, who officially opened the laboratory, said HIV/Aids is a plague.
He said the disease is robbing the country of its future and present leaders.
“HIV/Aids is taking the lives of 10 of our Malawian brothers and sisters every hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. It is forever swelling the ranks of orphaned childre