June 29, 2020
The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 as it is also known, has brought along numerous challenges and devastating consequences. And as of the 20th March, 2020 was declared a state disaster in Malawi. With no specific vaccines or treatment, the best way to prevent and slow down the spread of the virus is frequent hand washing, not touching one’s face, social […]
June 8, 2020
In recent months, Thanzi la Onse has been working closely in collaboration with the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) to develop an open access community of practice to support health economics research capability and its use within policy in low- and middle-income settings. In May 2020, we were delighted to officially launch the Global Health Economics Hub […]
April 21, 2020
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 Malawi researchers to discuss opportunities […]
February 19, 2020
The East Central and Southern Africa Health Community in collaboration with Thanzi la Onse held its second Health Economics Community of Practice Meeting earlier this year. Hosted by the Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness, the two-day workshop brought together member states from Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Eswatini, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mauritius to continue this process of knowledge exchange […]
October 24, 2019
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 and evidence (both local, national […]
August 21, 2019
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 […]