Belinda Gombachika

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Belinda Gombachika
2025 Belinda Gombachika (sq cropped).jpg
at an SMP meeting in 2025
Nationality Malawian
Occupationdeputy vice-chancellor
Known forleading Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

Belinda Thandizo Chimphamba Gombachika is a Malawian academic who became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre.

Life

Gombachika's father was Brown Chimphamba. [1] He had been an academic, a UN diplomat and the University of Malawi's vice-chancellor. [2]

She has published scholarly articles including "HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi" which she, and others, published in 2013. [3]

In 2017 President Peter Mutharika made a number of important appointments. Wandika Phiri became the head of the county's prisons, Mercy Pindani was made the Principal of the Kamuzu College of nursing and Gombachika became the vice-principal. [4] She and Pindani began their new roles in July. [5]

In 2019 the University of Malawi was reassembled. The college where she had been vice-Principal was merged with the college of Medicine to create a new university. [6] The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences was based in Blantyre with the President as vice-chancellor.

In March 2023, President Chakwera made Professor Gombachika the new Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chakwera appoints Professor Belinda Gombachika as new KUHeS Deputy Vice Chancellor". www.nyasatimes.com. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. ↑ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAWI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  3. ↑ Gombachika, Belinda Chimphamba; Chirwa, Ellen; Malata, Address; Maluwa, Alfred (2013). "Sources of Information on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi". AIDS Research and Treatment. 2013: 1–11. doi: 10.1155/2013/235902 . ISSN   2090-1240. PMC   3639705 . PMID   23662206.
  4. ↑ "Gender activist hails appointment of Wanika as first female Chief Commissioner of Malawi Prisons: Expect positive reforms". www.nyasatimes.com. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  5. ↑ Nzangaya, Archangel (2017-06-27). "Mutharika appoints woman as Malawi prison chief". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  6. ↑ "KUHeS - History" . Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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