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Dr. Alister Munthali

AlDr. Alister C. Munthali is an Associate Professor of Research and Director of the Centre for Social Research. He has an MA in Medical Anthropology from University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and a PhD in Anthropology (with specialization in Medical Anthropology) from Rhodes University, South Africa. His research interests include: disability and development, sexual and reproductive health, health seeking behavior and children’s health and welfare.

 

He has special interest in the development of national health sector policies and strategic plans and has worked in several African countries. He has also developed country specific proposals for submission to multilateral agencies. He teaches in the Department of Sociology at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. He has published in a number of refereed journals and his most recent publications include the following:

  1. Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M., and Maponya, G., (2010) “Where Dogs, Ghosts and Lions Roam: Learning from Mobile Ethnographies on the Journey to School”, Children’s Geographies Vol. 8, No.2 pp 91-105

  2. Munthali, A., Matagi, L., and Tumwebaze, C., (2010) “Remuneration Discrepancies within the Land Locked Economies of Malawi and Uganda”, International Journal of Psychology, Vol. 45 No. 5 pp 341-349

  3. Ingstad, B., Munthali, A., Braathem, S., and. Grut, L., (2012) “The Evil Circle of Poverty: A Qualitative Study of Malaria and Disability,” Malaria Journal 2012, 11:15 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-15

  4. Eide, A., Loeb, M., Nhiwatiwa, S., Munthali,A., Ngulube, T., and van Rooy, G., (2012) “Living Conditions among People with Disabilities in Developing Countries”,

  5. Eide, A., and Ingstad, B.,. (Eds.). Disability and Poverty: A Global Challenge: Polity Press, University of Bristol

  6. Munthali, A., (2013) “Measles in a Rural District in Malawi: Exploring Community Perceptions about its Causes, Treatment and Prevention” Eastern Anthropologist Vol.65, No.3&4 pp 265-276

 

He can be contacted through: amunthali@cc.ac.mw

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