Rachel Phillips

Rachel Phillips

Individual

Born and brought up in Lilongwe until the age of 11 when I moved to Northern Ireland before coming to university in Edinburgh, I have always had a passion for Malawi. As a teenager and young adult I travelled back several times- both independently and with groups. It’s hard to put into words what the country means to me and my family. My father worked as a paediatrician there for 22 years and continues to co-edit the Malawi Handbook for Paediatrics and my mother, a nurse, lived there for 16. I’m still actively learning chichewa and have some way to go! I now work as a GP (family doctor) in Edinburgh and am always looking for ways to usefully connect to Malawi. I have particular interests in medical education, education of girls, writing and editing.