Felistas Mpachika-Mfipa

Felistas Mpachika-Mfipa is a driven and goal oriented Chief Reproductive Health Officer for the Reproductive Health Directorate, Malawi. With over 15 years’ experience, she has worked as a nurse practitioner and manager, maternal and neonatal health program manager, and researcher.

Felistas work has been published in renowned peer-reviewed journals and presented at both national and international conferences. She is the recipient of the NIHR/UK PhD scholarship and currently a PhD fellow at the Centre for Reproductive Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), where she will pursue a doctorate in public health.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, a University Certificate in Midwifery, and a Master’s degree in Reproductive Health, all from KUHeS. She has also earned her Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she also volunteers as a class facilitator and exam marker for their Diploma in Tropical Nursing course.