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 RESEARCH DIVISION
The Research Division in the Public Health Institute of Malawi is dedicated to promote and coordinate all public health research in the country. The Division is mandated to champion…
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…
DPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE
The Department is responsible for monitoring the health of a population, collecting and analyzing data on diseases, and identifying and investigating outbreaks.
ADMINSTRATIVE TEAM
Dr. Mathew Kagoli
Director For PHIM
Dr. Chitsa Banda
Deputy Diretcor for PH Research Division
Mr. Bitilinyu Bango
Deputy Director for National PH Laboratory
Dr. Annie Chauma Mwale
Head of Dept. of Surveillance and Epidemilogy