Malawi NCDI Poverty Commission

Co-Chairs

Jones Kaponde Masiye - Deputy Director, Noncommunicable Disease, Ministry of Health, Malawi

Emily Wroe - Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health Malawi

Commissioners

Alemayehu Ambersir - Epidemiologist, Dignitas International

Grace Banda - Emergency Medicine Specialist, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital

Josh Berman - Research & Knowledge Translation Manager, Dignitas International

Sosten Chilumpha - Independent Consultant

John Chipolobwe - Physician, Mzuzu Central Hospital

Lilian Chunda - Head of the Medical Department, Kamuzu Central Hospital

Mia Crampin - Director, MEIRU

Katie Cundale - Research Fellow, Partners In Health Malawi

Luckson Dullie - Executive Director, Malawi, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo

Beth Dunbar - Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo

Satish Gopal - Cancer Program Director, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital/ UNC Project-Malawi

Noel Kasomekera - NCD Technical Assistant, Ministry of Health, Malawi/Partners In Health

Chawanangwa Lupafya - Product Manager, Baobab Health Trust

Ronald Manjomo - Monitoring, Evaluation & Research, Baobab Health Trust

Leo Masamba - Oncologist, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital

Jones Masiye - Ministry of Health, Malawi

Adamson Muula - Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine - University of Malawi

Beatrice Mwagomba - Medical Director, Lighthouse Trust

Dan Namarika - Secretary for Health, Ministry of Health

Dominic Nkhoma - Chief of Planning, Ministry of Health

Moffat Nyirenda - NCD Theme Lead, MRC-UVRI Uganda

Colin Pfaff - District Medical Director, Dignitas International

Sam Phiri - Director, Lighthouse Trust

Michael Udedi - Assistant Director of NCDs and Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Malawi

Malawi NCDI Poverty Commission Updates

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PEN-Plus: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare
PEN-Plus: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare

“It is inconceivable that a 20-year-old man would weigh only 55 pounds,” said Bright Mailosi, a specialist in noncommunicable diseases. “So much could have been done to intervene when he was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Although I wish PEN-Plus had arrived in Karonga years earlier, I’m excited that we’ve changed the narrative of how complex NCDs are managed in rural areas.”

Clinical Officer Master Trainer Leads Echocardiography Training for New PEN-Plus Providers in Malawi
Clinical Officer Master Trainer Leads Echocardiography Training for New PEN-Plus Providers in Malawi

As part of Malawi’s efforts to scale up PEN-Plus nationally, clinical officers and nurses from two expansion sites in Salima and Karonga recently completed two weeks of echocardiography training at the PEN-Plus training site and clinics established in Neno by the Ministry of Health and Partners In Health Malawi.

Malawi moves ahead with national scale-up of PEN-Plus</a>
Malawi moves ahead with national scale-up of PEN-Plus

The Malawi PEN-Plus Steering Committee held its first meeting on 16 September 2021. The Steering Committee will oversee implementation of the Malawi PEN-Plus Operational Plan adopted in May.