Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tracy is based in Blantyre, Malawi, where she runs the Scotland Chikhwawa Health Initiative (SCHI).
Tracy was nominated for her attitude and behaviours, which exemplify the Strathclyde values, and her innovative and collaborative approach.
Tracy works in an extremely impoverished area of Malawi to improve preventive health for families and young people, to limit the prevalence of diarrhoea, malaria, and STDs.
Tracy and her team of Malawian trainers have improved understanding of the importance of health monitoring during pregnancy and this work has directly impacted on the rate of maternal mortality and infant mortality in the district.
Tracy has also been instrumental in getting support from Scottish organisations, including the University’s Malawi Millennium Project (MMP), and FROM Scotland, to provide housing for health workers, and has linked up with Strathclyde staff in EEE to provide solar panels for remote clinics and schools and worked with Alumni Development to secure donations of motorbikes for health workers from Phoenix Honda.
Find out more about the Scotland Chikhwawa Health Initiative.
