Science, Medicine & Engineering
Landmark
Grace Malenga
born 1947
The first Malawian woman doctor to practise in Malawi
Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Malawi Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
Thirty-five years of medicine in Malawi with the offers to leave standing open the whole time, and she never took one.
Grace Malenga, born in 1947, is a Malawian paediatrician and researcher, and the first Malawian woman doctor to practise in Malawi.
She was District Health Officer in Chikwawa and Mulanje, regional health director for the Southern Region from 1988, country health coordinator for UNHCR during the Mozambican refugee crisis, and director of the Malaria Alert Centre at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences; she also served as secretary and chair of the Malawi Medical Council. Her research covered malaria treatment in Malawian children and health among refugee populations. She practised for thirty-five years in Malawi rather than take work abroad, retiring in 2007, and then moved to rural Nkhotakota to study community views of health.
She was District Health Officer in Chikwawa and Mulanje, regional health director for the Southern Region from 1988, country health coordinator for UNHCR during the Mozambican refugee crisis, and director of the Malaria Alert Centre at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences; she also served as secretary and chair of the Malawi Medical Council. Her research covered malaria treatment in Malawian children and health among refugee populations. She practised for thirty-five years in Malawi rather than take work abroad, retiring in 2007, and then moved to rural Nkhotakota to study community views of health.
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