George Talama

George Talama completed his primary school at Naotcha Full Primary School and Chilomoni Catholic Primary School and secondary level education at Henry Henderson Institute. He enrolled at University of Malawi, College of Medicine in 2006 and finished his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in October 2011. He has 9 years’ experience working in resource limited setting mainly supporting primary health care system strengthening. Before joining Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU)/Partners In Health, he worked with Ministry of Health for 5 years as a clinician and later at top management level as director of health in a district with a population of about one million. In November 2016, he left the government and joined Partners in Health (PIH) where he currently works as a Clinical Manager. George joined PIH due to his passion to serve poor people and to gain a better understanding of health equity. George’s vision is to help in alleviating the health disparities that exist between the rich and the poor. He will be finishing his Master of Science in Public Health studies at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine end 2021. George’s areas of interest include research and building monitoring and evaluation systems for health projects. He is a fellow at Abwenzi Pa Za Umuyo in Malawi.