My research has garnered international recognition, which has seen me being invited to speak at various international and local events. Among the publications include:
1. Kunyenje., C., Chirwa, G.C. et al. (2023). “COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity in Low-Income Countries (LICs). The paper is available here at Public Health Policy
2. Salima, W., Manja. L., Chiwaula., L.S and Chirwa, G.C. (2023). The impact of credit access on household food security in Malawi. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
3. Chirwa, G.C. (2022). Explaining socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi.BMC public health
4. Chirwa,G.C & Chiwaula. L.S. (2022). Socioeconomic inequalities in household resilience capacity in the context of covid-19 in the fisheries sector in Malawi, Agrekon-Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa.
5. Chiwaula, L. S., Chirwa, G. C., Simbeye, J., & Katundu, M. (2022). Household resilience among fish value chain actors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi. World Development Perspectives.
6. Mnyanga, M., Chirwa, G. C., & Munthali, S. (2022). Impact of Safety Nets on Household Coping Mechanisms for COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi. Frontiers in public health, 9, 806738.
7. Bauleni, A., Tiruneh, F. N., Mwenyenkulu, T. E., Nkoka, O., Chirwa, G. C., Gowelo, S., ... & Ntenda, P. A. (2022). Effects of deworming medication on anaemia among children aged 6–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa. Parasites & Vectors, 15(1), 1-14.
8. Ntenda, P.A.M., El-Meidany, W.M.R., Tiruneh, F.N. Chirwa, G.C. et al. (2022). Determinants of self-reported hypertension among women in South Africa: evidence from the population-based survey. Clin Hypertens 28, 39
9. Chirwa, G.C., Manja,L.M., Chasukwa, M., Dulani,B., Kayuni, H., Gunde5 , A.,Chinsinga, B . (2022). Assessing the relationship between digital divide and citizens’ political participation in Africa. Development Southern Africa
10. Chirwa, G.C., Dulani, B., Sithole, L. et al. (2021). Malawi at the Crossroads: Does the Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Affect the Propensity to Vote? The European Journal of Development Research.
11. Novignon, J., Atakorah, Y. B., & Chirwa, G. C.(2021). Exemption for the poor or the rich? An assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies. Health Policy and Planning.
12. Cassim, L., Chirwa,G.C., and Pemba., L.A. (2021). Externalities of Irrigation Policy on Youth Entrepreneurship in Malawi. Malawi Journal of Economics, 2(1): 45-58
13. Mwale, L.M., Mchenga,M., and Chirwa,G.C (2021). A spatial analysis of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Malawi, Health Policy and Planning,
14. Mwale. L.M., Chirwa. G.C., Mchenga. M., and Zabula. T. K.(2021). Micro-finance and women’s perception of domestic violence in a fragile state. Word Development Perspectives
15. Alfageeh, E.I., Alshareef, N., Angawi, K., Alhazmi, F., Chirwa, G.C. (2021). Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among the Saudi Population. Vaccines. 9(3):226.
16. Qattan, A.M.N., Alshareef, N., Alsharqi, O., A.l., Rahahleh, N., Chirwa, G.C., and Al-Hanawi, M.K. (2021) Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Medicine. 8:644300
17. Al-Hanawi, M.K. and Chirwa, G.C., (2021). Economic Analysis of Inequality in Preventive Health Check-Ups Uptake in Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Public Health-Health Economics. (9) 745356
18. Alsharqi, O., Qattan, A.M.N., Alshareef, N., Chirwa, G.C., and Al-Hanawi, M.K. (2021) Inequalities in Knowledge About COVID-19 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Public Health -Public Health Policy
19. Chirwa G.C. (2020). “Who knows more, and why?” Explaining socioeconomic-related inequality
in comprehensive knowledge about HIV in Malawi. Scientific African
20. Chirwa, G.C., Suhrcke, M, and Morreno-Serra, R. (2020). Socioeconomic inequality in premiums for a community-based health insurance scheme in Rwanda. Health Policy and Planning
21. Pulok, M.H, Chirwa GC, Novignon, J., Aizawa., T, Makate, M. (2020). Levels of and changes in socioeconomic inequality in delivery care service: A decomposition analysis using Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. PLOS ONE
22. Al-Hanawi, M.K., Chirwa, G.C., Kamninga, T.M., Manja, L.P. (2020). Effects of Financial Inclusion on Access to Emergency Funds for Healthcare in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
23. Al-Hanawi, K.M, Chirwa G.C, Pemba, L.A. (2020). Does prolonged television viewing affect Body Mass Index? A case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PLOSE ONE
24. Al-Hanawi, K.M., Angawi, K., Alshareef., Qattan, A.N., Helmy, H., Abudawood.Y., Alqurashi. M., Kattan,W., Kadasah, N.A., Chirwa, G. C., and Alsharqi, O.Z (2020) . Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among the public in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health
25. Al-Hanawi, K.M, Chirwa G.C, Kamniga, T.M. (2020). Decomposition of Gender Differences in Body Mass Index in Saudi Arabia using Unconditional Quantile Regression: Analysis of National-Level Survey Data. International of Environment and Public Health
26. Sixpence, A., Nkoka, O., Chirwa, G.C. et al. (2020). Levels of knowledge regarding malaria causes, symptoms, and prevention measures among Malawian women of reproductive age. Malaria Journal
27. Chirwa, G.C. and Suhrcke, M and Morreno-Serra, R. (2019). The impact of Ghana’s National
Health Insurance on Psychological Distress) Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.
28. Chirwa, G.C., Mazalale, J., Likupe, G., Chiwaula., L.S., Chitsanya.J.S and Nkhoma, D. (2019). An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi. PLOSE ONE.
29. Chirwa G.C, Sithole, L., & Jamu, E.S. (2019). Socio-economic Related inequality in comprehensive knowledge about HIV in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 31 (2).
30. Al-Hanawi, K.M, Chirwa G.C, Pulok, M.H. (2019). Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of diabetes prevalence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management
31. Chiwaula, L. S., Chirwa, G. C., Binauli, L.S, Banda, J. and Nagoli J. (2018). Gender differences in willingness to pay for capital-intensive agricultural technologies: the case of fish solar tent dryers in Malawi. Agricultural and Food Economics. 6 (1).
32. Mhango C.T. and Chirwa.G.C. (2018). Government health expenditure and health outcomes in Malawi : does governance matter?. Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA).3(1)
33. Mchenga, M., Chirwa G.C., and Chiwaula, L.S (2017). Impoverishing effects of
catastrophic Health expenditures in Malawi. International Journal for Equity in Health. 16(25)
34. Kaluwa, B.M. K and Chirwa, G.C. (2017). Competition, Regulation and Banking Industry Pricing Conduct in Malawi. African Review of Economics and Finance. 9 (2)
35. Hosseinipour, M., Nelson, J., Trapence, C., Rutstein, S. E., Kasende, F., Kayoyo, V., Chirwa, G.C., and, … PURE Malawi Consortium (2017). Viral Suppression and HIV Drug Resistance at 6 Months Among Women in Malawi's Option B+ Program: Results From the PURE Malawi Study. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 75 Suppl 2(Suppl 2), S149–S155.
36. Phiri, S., Tweya, H., van Lettow, M., Rosenberg, N. E., Trapence, C., Chirwa, G.C., and, …, PURE Malawi Consortium (2017). Impact of facility-and community-based peer support models on maternal uptake and retention in Malawi's Option B+ HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission program: a 3-arm cluster randomised controlled trial (PURE Malawi). JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 75, S140-S148.
37. Chiwaula, L. S., Chirwa, G. C., Caltado, F., Kapito-Tembo, A., Hosseinipour, M. C., van
Lettow, M. ... & Trapence, C. (2016). The Value of Informal Care in the Context of
Option B+ in Malawi: a Contingent Valuation Approach. BMC health services research, 16(1)
38. Manja, P.M., Chirwa., G.C., and Kambewa, P.S. (2016). Determinants of Farmers'
Willingness To Pay For Subsidised Farm Inputs In Malawi. International Journal of
Economics and Finance Studies, 8 ( 1 )
39. Rosenberg, E.N., van Lettow, M., Tweya, H., Chiwaula, L.S., Chirwa, G.C., and, …, PURE Malawi Consortium (2014). Improving PMTCT Uptake and Retention Services Through Novel Approaches in Peer-Based Family-Supported Care in the Clinic and Community: A 3-Arm Cluster Randomized Trial (PURE Malawi). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 67(0 2), S114–S119.
PUBLICATIONS -Book Chapters
1. Novignon, J., Chirwa, G.C., and Frempong, B.R. (2022). Agricultural input subsidy, food price shocks and malnutrition in Malawi. Oxford Handbook of the Malawi Economy (forthcoming)
2. Chirwa G.C (2022). Socioeconomic inequality in health care access in Malawi. Oxford Handbook of the Malawi Economy (forthcoming)
3. Mwale,M.L ., Chirwa,G.C., Kamninga, T.M., Manja . L.P (2021). Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation in Demonstrations and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi. In Ross, R.K., Chiweza, A., and Mulwafu., W.O.(eds) BEYOND IMPUNITY: New Directions for Governance in Malawi . Mzuni press and University of Cape town press.
4. Jamu, E.S., Chirwa G.C., and Manda. T. (2020) Moving beyond the rhetoric: Who really
benefits from investments in digital infrastructure in low income and low literacy communities in
Malawi?- Book chapter in Digital Inequalities in the Global South.