In February 2020, Thanzi La Onse (TLO) research staff from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) and Imperial College London (ICL) visited the Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU) at College of Medicine, Malawi, to discuss current projects and plan future research. The aims of the research visit were twofold – to bring together UK and… Read More »
SPEED Symposium 2019: Partnerships, Policy and Systems Development for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
In August, Thanzi la Onse researchers attended the SPEED Symposium on Partnerships, Policy, and System Developments for Universal Health Coverage, organised by the Ministry of Health Uganda and the SPEED Project. Under the theme ‘Partnerships for Health Improvements across Governments, and Societies at Local, National and Global Levels’, the event aimed to “bring experiences, reflections… Read More »
Thanzi la Onse supports the establishment of a Health Economics, Policy and Ethics (HEPE) Think Tank and Policy Lab in Malawi
There are many research organisations working in Malawi and in other African countries. An uncoordinated, unharmonised and nonaligned policy engagement could be very costly in terms of time and resources for policy-makers. Policy-makers need to spend more of their time in policy implementation rather than meeting, listening and entertaining competing multiple research, organisations and research… Read More »
Strengthening links between Thanzi partners in UK and Malawi
In June 2019, Thanzi partners in Malawi hosted a visit by Thanzi researchers Dr Tara Mangal (Imperial College London) and Dr Wiktoria Tafesse (University of York). This followed a successful Thanzi la Onse workshop in Lilongwe in January, where the need for stronger links between UK and Malawian researchers / policy-makers was noted. Tara and… Read More »
Understanding the political context of health policy in Malawi: a field research trip
This article was originally published on the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre‘s website and can be found here. In December 2018 and January 2019 the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre (IGDC) sent Alan Msosa to Malawi where he held interviews and meetings aimed at understanding the political context of health policy. Part I In December 2018 and… Read More »
It’s all about the data
In many cases, the research question, design and methodology follow the availability of data. A prominent example is the emergence of genetic information after the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, which ultimately enabled the establishment of precision medicine as a health science discipline. Health economics analysis also relies upon data availability. In… Read More »
