Gerald Manthalu was previously the Director of Planning and Development at the Ministry of Health, Malawi. He is a Health Economist with 20+ years' experience in strengthening health systems, health systems reform including integrated primary health care delivery, public financial management, strategic planning, district health planning, health financing, and monitoring and evaluation. He has provided strategic leadership and advocacy for holistic health systems development, moving away from vertical implementation, at both the national and global levels and developed strategic relationships with Global Health Initiatives, major health donors and technical agencies in advancing this work. His research has focused on program evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, efficiency, equity, health benefits package design and resource allocation.
