Ernest Moya

Ernest is a registered nurse and public health specialist with a passion for improving the well-being of both mothers and children. He is currently a Research Person and Zomba Site Team Lead at the Training and Research Unit of Excellence, coordinating clinical trials in which he strategically embedded his PhD project—a longitudinal study examining the effect of postpartum anaemia and iron deficiency on maternal health-related quality of life. He previously successfully coordinated a joint WHO/UNICEF-funded project within Kamuzu University of Health Sciences at Paediatric and Child Health Association (PACHA). The project aimed to improve critical care for newborns and young infants at referral hospitals in Malawi, and it reduced in-hospital neonatal deaths by 33.5% against the target of 10%. Before joining PACHA, Ernest worked as a tutor at Malawi Adventist University, Malamulo College of Health Sciences, for more than three years, and as a Nursing Officer at the Ministry of Health, Mangochi District Hospital.