Save Kumwenda, PhD

Save Kumwenda, PhD

Head of Department – Public and Environmental Health Sciences, Associate Professor – Environmental Health


  • PhD in Public Health (2019), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), formerly, University of Malawi, College of Medicine
  • Master of Public Health (2009), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), formerly, University of Malawi, College of Medicine
  • BSc in Environmental Health (2003), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), formerly, University of Malawi, The Polytechnic

Ass. Prof. Save Kumwenda is the Head of Department for the Department of Public and Environmental Health Sciences at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences where he is also an Associate Professor in the department. Dr. Kumwenda has public several papers in environmental and public health fields and has assisted in reviewing various manuscripts many of which have been published in various journals. He also worked as the managing editor for the Malawi Journal of Applied Sciences and Innovations and currently, he is the subject editor for the journal

Dr. Save is the current president for the Malawi Environmental Health Association (MEHA). His expertise lies in areas such as disease surveillance and control, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions, public and environmental health interventions and policy. He teaches modules in the Master of Science in Environmental Health, Masters in Occupational Safety and Health and also supervises Masters and PhD students.