Nyovani Madise

Nyovani Madise is a social statistician and global health researcher. Previously she was director of Development Policy at the African Institute for Development Policy in Malawi; a professor of Demography and Social Statistics at the University of Southampton (UK); a senior research scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya and a lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Malawi.

Nyovani has authored over 115 peer-reviewed publications on the social determinants of sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, nutrition, and the environment. She is a trustee of several not-for-profit organizations in the UK and Malawi. Nyovani is a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy and co-chairs the UN Global Environment Outlook Seventh Assessment.