Co-Creation Workshop
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Moses Nyambalo Phiri in collaboration with Andrew Hyeroba and Settie Kanyanda.
The Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) participated in a three-day leadership and management co-creation workshop, sponsored by the Task Force for Global Health (TFGH) and facilitated by AMP Health who are both partners for PHIM. The workshop ran from 27th to 29th May, 2025, was held at the Eden Estates Hotel in Lilongwe, aimed at charting a path towards actions that will enhance the capacity of PHIM to respond to public health emergencies in a timely manner.
The leadership and management co-creation workshop was rooted in the premise that effective disease surveillance and response to health emergencies is one of the national public health bedrocks that enables the rapid detection and containment of outbreaks. This was in recognition of the fact that PHIM, in its strategic plan, identified the need to address systemic challenges experienced in coordinating disease surveillance and public health emergencies.
The TFGH, PHIM and AMP Officers during the workshop.
Acho Alphonse (Regional Advisor, SONAR Initiative) – Opening Remarks.
Rhys Johnstone (Director, Learning) – Introduction for the workshop.
The workshop, convening members of different departments of PHIM, sought to establish shared goals and priorities for the months of June – December 2025, that would enable PHIM fast-track the implementation of programs whose partnership financing was coming to a close by end 2025.
In particular, the Global Fund’s support to PHIM. It also sought to clarify the focus of support required from SONAR and AMP Health in facilitating the achievement of the agreed shared goals and priorities. The workshop included foundational training in leadership, management, governance, and coordination. It also highlighted SONAR’s insights on the progress towards the achievement of PHIM’s goals especially those funded by the Global Fund.
The workshop was facilitated by a team of experts from AMP Health, including Klara Michal (Senior Learning Expert), Rhys Johnstone (Director, Learning), and Andrew Hyeroba (AMP Health Management Partner for Malawi). They were joined by Task Force for Global Health staff, including Acho Alphonse (Regional Advisor, SONAR Initiative) and Mtisunge Yelewa (Country Lead, SONAR Initiative from PHIM), and Dorice Chimbeleko (Deputy National Lead, SONAR Initiative – Malawi) who provided insights and support in clarifying the status of PHIM in its implementation of Global Fund’s financing for PHIM.
This co-creation workshop identified key actions to fast-track, focusing on training, support supervision and data management. To increase momentum towards achievement of the agreed key actions, it was resolved that the participants would conduct follow-up meetings for progress tracking, as well as seek support from each other, the SONAR team, and the embedded Management Partner for Malawi. Commitment was made by the SONAR team and AMP Health to doing their best in ensuring that the PHIM teams developed the necessary leadership and management skills, tools, and techniques to effectively deliver their programs.
