Margaret Munthali, LLM International Justice, Maynooth University

“I am a 30 year old legal practitioner working as a legislative counsel for Ministry of Justice. An activist for all minorities, especially women. A lover of all sorts of physical activities and chocolate.  I find peace in being of service to the underprivileged.“

Vincent Thoko Katopola, MSc Management, National College of Ireland

“I am both a Public Servant and an Administrator by profession who is proud to be an agent for change for my Country. I believe in making the world a better place through working together in a global environment to improve the livelihoods of people and help reduce social injustices. My active engagement in social protection programmes and capacity building activities allows me to play a part in contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malawi.”

Prisca Chipao, LLM International Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway

"Prisca is a Lawyer, an entrepreneur and a gender promotion advocate with a special focus on  Women and Youth Economic Empowerment. She is highly passionate about women and the youth being economicaly empowered in order to give them a voice and a platform to speak for themselves and meaningfuly contribute towards the reduction of poverty in Malawi. She is the Co-Founder of Empower, Woman of Influence which trains and offers business financing to women small scale business owners in peri-urban areas

She is free spirited, loves to cook and to travel."

Madalitso Mwenemerupa, MSc Global Health, Trinity College Dublin

“Madalitso works in Malawi’s Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and gained interest in TCD's MSc in Global Health following her experiences working with communities as a Senior Nutrition, HIV and AIDS Officer. She has dedicated her time in working with vulnerable groups such as children, the youth and women on HIV and AIDS and Nutrition related issues. In order to achieve the sustainable development goals, understanding and ensuring that these groups have access to equitable health care services and support is something the world needs.”

She says:

“The gaps that exist between social and medical interventions is what drew my attention to the Global health course. Believing that social issues are health issues and synergies need to be created, then mainstreamed. The diversity that exists in Global Health, will build my capacity and skills to design and implement tailor made interventions that address social and health issues in my community as well as strengthening the health systems.”

Thulasoni Msuku, MSc Health Economics, National University of Ireland Galway

“My name is Thulasoni, a government economist in the Ministry of Health and a holder of bachelor’s degree in Social Science from Chancellor College, University of Malawi. My job in the Ministry of Health involves planning, budgeting, research and monitoring and evaluation. It is for this reason that I applied for MSc in Health Economics at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) to be equipped with much needed skills in health system and policy analysis, healthcare and social care economic evaluation and most importantly health financing which is a fundamental aspect of effective health policy.

As an economist, I recognise that health is a key determinant of human capital productivity, as such health policy makers need these skills to effectively contribute towards development of evidence-based policies that will inform appropriate interventions in all health programmatic areas which include nutrition and HIV and AIDS.”

Eranive Mandala, MSc Global Health, Trinity College Dublin

“My name is Eranive and I will be joining Trinity College Dublin to study MSc Global Health. I currently work as a Nursing Officer at Thyolo District Hospital. Through my career I have been drawn to sexual and reproductive health issues and thus I have volunteered with different organisations including International Youth Alliance for Family Planning Malawi Chapter.

I believe a Master in Global Health will help me to understand more about determinants of health and how these can affect health of developing countries which Malawi falls in. Through the programme I will also gain research skills which are essential in my career as a nurse, as this will help me to be able to generate evidence when designing health interventions that meet the needs of people.”