0000-0002-1953-3849 About
Taonga Mwapasa is a Research Associate working with the Centre for Water, sanitation, Hygiene and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED) based at Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). She holds a MSc Environmental Health and is a registered member of the Malawi Environmental Health Association (MEHA) and Women in Infectious Diseases Health Research in Malawi (WIDREM).
Her research interests and experiences include; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Environmental exposure assessments, WASH behaviour change interventions, Circular economy, Sustainability, Climate change, Pollution, Solid waste management, One Health and planetary health.
Employment
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Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Lecturer in Solid Waste Management (Part-time)2025 - Present
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Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Research Associate2018 - Present
Education
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Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Master of Science in Environmental Health2021 - 2023
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Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health with Credit2013 - 2017
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (11)
- Mapping and quantifying the spatial and temporal composition of waste piles in informal settlements of urban Malawi Save
- Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in urban river networks of Malawi Save
- Mapping waste piles in an urban environment using ground surveys, manual digitization of drone imagery, and object based image classification approach Save
- Risk Perception and Psychosocial Factors Influencing Exposure to Antimicrobial Resistance through Environmental Pathways in Malawi Save
- Urban waste piles are reservoirs for human pathogenic bacteria with high levels of multidrug resistance against last resort antibiotics: A comprehensive temporal and geographic field analysis Save
- Key environmental exposure pathways to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in southern Malawi: A SaniPath approach Save
- Mapping Waste Piles in an Urban Environment Using Ground Surveys, Manual Digitization of Drone Imagery, and Object Based Image Classification Approach Save
- Investigating One Health risks for human colonisation with extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malawian households: a longitudinal cohort study Save
- Open defaecation by proxy: Tackling the increase of disposable diapers in waste piles in informal settlements Save
- Hygiene in early childhood development centres in low-income areas of Blantyre, Malawi Save