Belinda Gombachika
Belinda Thandizo Chimphamba Gombachika is a Malawian academic who became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre.
Life
Gombachika's father was Brown Chimphamba. He had been an academic, a UN diplomat and the University of Malawi's vice-chancellor.She has published scholarly articles including "HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi" which she, and others, published in 2013.
In 2017 President Peter Mutharika made a number of important appointments. Wandika Phiri became the head of the county's prisons, Mercy Pindani was made the Principal of the Kamuzu College of nursing and Gombachika became the vice-principal. She and Pindani began their new roles in July.
In 2019 the University of Malawi was reassembled. The college where she had been vice-Principal was merged with the college of Medicine to create a new university. The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences was based in Blantyre with the President as vice-chancellor.
In March 2023, President Chakwera made Professor Gombachika the new Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences