by Pamela Dube | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog
As part of the Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing in Malawi we have been conducting formative research with young people to find out more about how adolescents perceive their own wellbeing. It is interesting to learn from our initial...
by Pamela Dube | Jun 6, 2025 | Blog
During the years of what many would refer to as ‘doing technical stuff’ in the humanitarian and development sector, my aspiration to work on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes kept growing. But I lacked the theoretical background to travel down this...
by Pamela Dube | May 16, 2025 | Blog, Initiative
Each year, Mental Health Awareness Week offers a moment to pause and reflect – not only on individual well-being, but also on the environment and relationships that shape it. The 2025 theme, “Community,” reminds us that good mental health doesn’t exist in...
by Pamela Dube | May 9, 2025 | Blog
In Blantyre, Malawi the sun shone on WS6 who after an intensive week of training are now ready to carry out research on how adolescents aged 10-14 perceive their social and emotional wellbeing. Our team spent a week welcoming new researchers who will assist us to...
by Pamela Dube | Apr 4, 2025 | Blog
“I have liked this meeting because it was safe. There was not that this one is old, and this one is young. We were all doing things as one.” (Male adolescent attendee) Work Strand 4 (WASH team) of the NIHR Global Research Group on Improving Adolescent Health &...
by Pamela Dube | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog
Imagine being forced into marriage as a child before you even finish school, your dreams side-lined by tradition and poverty. Your childhood stolen. This is the reality for many young girls in Malawi, where child marriage remains a significant issue. Despite efforts...
