Madalitso Chidumu Baloyi

Madalitso Chidumu Baloyi is Malawi’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, appointed on 30 October 2025. She took over from Khumbize Chiponda and is one of the few independent MPs in the Cabinet.

She was born around 1988 and started her career at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, before working in agribusiness, public service and health administration. She graduated from the University of Malawi in 2010 in agribusiness management and completed an MBA there in 2015. She founded the Impact Centre for Economic Empowerment and Development (ICEED).

Madalitso Chidumu Baloyi is the Member of Parliament for Mzimba Kafukule constituency in Mzimba district, in Malawi’s Northern Region. She sits as an independent. 2025 was her first run for Parliament: in the 16 September 2025 general election Baloyi won the seat with 7,220 votes (44.6% of valid votes), ahead of Billy Kaunda (Independent) with 5,716. 8 candidates stood.

In March 2026 she went undercover at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe, posing as a patient called Mercy Banda for about three hours. She reported bribes being paid to jump the queue and breaches of patient privacy. The same month she launched a project with China and UNICEF to cut deaths of mothers and newborns in Balaka, Mwanza and Nkhata Bay.