About PHIM
The Public Health Institute of Malawi provides leadership in disease
surveillance, prevention, outbreak response, and research to inform public health policy
and practice. Therefore PHIM is mandated to serve as a central home for all public health activities.
PHIM collaborates at national, regional and international levels. However, most collaboration are program driven, more or less coordination with partners in accordance with IHR which include the multi-disciplinary partners: clinical, nursing and midwifery, planning and policy, finance, preventive health, reproductive health and Quality management directorates. Multi-sectoral partners include: Ministries of: Foreign affairs, Homeland, Defense, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation, Natural Resources, Labor, Education, Science and Technology, Justice, Tourism, Gender, Finance and Local government.
The Three core technical
functional components for PHIM are namely: Research and Development, Public Health Reference
Laboratory (PHRL) and Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance
DEPARTMENTS
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY
The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) is a cluster of laboratory sections that has a function to develop an effective, fit-for-purpose public health laboratory system...
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH DIVISION
The National Public Health Research Division is mandated to champion biomedical research in response to the health problems of the country, and making it accessible to all intended users for evidence-based decision making.
OUR TEAM
DR. MATHEWS KAGOLI
DIRECTOR ~ PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE OF MALAWI (PHIM)
MR. JOSEPH BITILINYU BANGO
DEPUTY DIRECTOR - NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY
DR. EVELYN CHITSA BANDA
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR NATIOANAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH DIVISION
DR. ANNIE CHAUMA MWALE
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE
