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Biography

Key Positions and Title
Professor of Bioethics, Health Humanities and Health Social Science Since 2010
Acting Executive Dean of School of Global and Public Health (October 2021 -July 2023 )
Dean School of Public Health and Family Medicine (2020-2021)
Ex-Chair of University of Malawi committee of Deans
Acting Director, Interuniversity Center of Excellence in Ethics and governance (CEEG)
Director and Founder, Health Economics and Policy Unit (HEPU)
Team leader &founder, Fogarty Center for Bioethics in Southern and Eastern Africa (CEBESA) since 2004
UNESCO UNIT BIOETHICS CHAIR
Chair of National committee on Bioethics (NACOB)
Ex-President, WHO AFRO regional Global Summit of Nation Ethics Advisory Boards, Steering committee member for Global Summit on Nation Ethics councils,
Ex Chair of College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee
Current associate Editor Springer Journal on Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
Ex-Editorial board member of Oxford University Journal on Public health Ethics
Editorial board member, South African Journal of Bioethics and law
Ex-Chair College of Medicine Resource Mobilization Committee
Ex Co-Chair of National health Sciences Research Committee
My publication reads and Citations: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseph_Mfutso-Bengo
http://www.medcol.mw/wtbioethics/index.htm
Social innovations (LEGS framework, Moral Capital Index, VED-MAP a Value-Evidence Based decision making and practice modelling App), KAS Pedagogy, Malawi Moral Transformation Project (MAMOTRAP), Umunthuology ethical Principle
He holds a Doctorate Degree in Theology Subjects covered Practical Theology, Moral Theology, Systematic Theology, Canon Law, Bioethics, Medical ethics and Medical Law, Grief Management and Thesis in politics and ethics of reconciliation in South Africa and Malawi) from University of Regensburg (1995-2000)
He studied Philosophy, Theology, Classics and Germany in Innsbruck (1991-1995)
He studied Philosophy at Inter-congregational Institute of Philosophy of Catholic University in Malawi1986-1989

Spoken Languages: English, German, Italian, Chichewa

Activities

Employment (2)

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences: Blantyre, MW

2010-01-01 to present | Professor of Bioethics, Health Humanities & Social Sciences (Health Systems and Policy)
Employment
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Kamuzu University of health Sciences: Blantyre, MW

2021-03-01 to 2023-05-03 | Acting Executive Dean (School of Global and Public Health (SOGAPH))
Employment
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joseph Mfutso-Bengo

Funding (5)

Support to HEPU Think Tank and Policy Lab capacity building grant from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Royal Norwegian Embassy through Health Service Joint Fund

2023-03 to 2024-03 | Grant
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Lilongwe, GB)
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joseph Mfutso-Bengo

Thanzi la Mawa Project epidemiological modelling capacity building project

2022-04 to 2026-04 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
joseph Mfutso-Bengo

Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS) grant

Grant
University of Bergen (Bergen, NO)
Source: Self-asserted source
joseph Mfutso-Bengo

Public Health Institute of Norway capacity building grant

Grant
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Norway, NO)
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Smokeless village project

Grant
Irish Research Council (Ireland, IE)
Source: Self-asserted source
joseph Mfutso-Bengo

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Theoretical medicine and bioethics. (1)