{"id":110766,"date":"2025-10-29T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/110766\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:25:18","slug":"malawi-hosts-first-national-public-health-research-dissemination-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/110766\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi Hosts First National Public Health Research Dissemination Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dr Everlyn Banda<\/p>\n

LILONGWE, Malawi \u2014 The Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), through its Research Division, will host the first-ever National Public Health Research Dissemination Conference from October 29 to 31, 2025, at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, writes Steria Manda.<\/p>\n

The three-day event, themed \u201cAdvancing Public Health Research for Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems\u201d, seeks to enhance collaboration among researchers, policymakers, and development partners to strengthen the country\u2019s healthcare delivery systems.<\/p>\n

PHIM\u2019s Deputy Director for Research, Dr. Everlyn Chitsa Banda, described the conference as a historic milestone in Malawi\u2019s health research landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis upcoming research dissemination conference is very critical for the Public Health Institute of Malawi as well as the nation because it is the first-ever research dissemination conference that the Ministry of Health is undertaking through PHIM,\u201d Dr. Banda said.<\/p>\n

She added that the conference has received overwhelming interest from researchers across Malawi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t take them all because of financial limitations, but we have selected the best to present either orally or through posters,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis event brings together both seasoned and emerging researchers to share ideas and build capacity for evidence-based healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Banda noted that while Malawi has made progress in research output, there has been no national platform to share findings and recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of research is being conducted in Malawi, but few people have access to scientific journals,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis conference ensures that those responsible for implementing health services can directly learn from the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference will feature key thematic areas, including emerging and endemic infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, HIV and AIDS, maternal, newborn and child health, and health systems strengthening.<\/p>\n

Adriano Lubanga, Senior Research Fellow and Operations Manager at the Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS), emphasized the need to align research with Malawi\u2019s National Health Research Agenda (2023\u20132030).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important that research conducted in the country speaks to the National Health Research Agenda, which sets our priorities based on pressing health issues such as climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and emerging infections,\u201d Lubanga said.<\/p>\n

He added that the ultimate goal is to ensure research informs decision-making.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs researchers, our goal is to bring evidence into policy, and this can only happen when our work aligns with national priorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The event will feature speeches, award presentations, and panel discussions.<\/p>\n

The conference is jointly organized by PHIM, the National AIDS Commission (NAC), and CREAMS, with financial and technical support from several partners including WHO, UNICEF, AFIDEP, MEIRU, CHAI, KUHeS, Partners in Hope, and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Everlyn Banda LILONGWE, Malawi \u2014 The Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), through its Research Division, will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-110766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}