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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 lobby groups. The Malawi Ministry […]

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 Wiktoria attended meetings with researchers, […]

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 January 2019 the IGDC sent […]

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 the setting of global health […]