First Lady Professor Gertrude Mutharika has been named Patron of the Malawi Environmental Health Association (MEHA) at its 2026 Annual General Meeting and Conference in Salima.
Accepting the role, the First Lady expressed her deep honor and shared how her passion for the environment inspired her to establish the Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust, an initiative focused on community sanitation, proper waste management, and public health.
Madame Mutharika then pledged to link MEHA and the BEAM Trust to support nationwide grassroots climate and sanitation initiatives, emphasizing that environmental health is key to Malawi's long-term climate resilience.