Malembe has served as a senior epidemiologist for PIVI since 2016. In this role, she provides technical support to PIVI partner countries, developing work plans, gathering and summarizing programmatic evidence to inform vaccine policy decisions, and supporting sustained government investment in influenza immunization programs. Her work also includes coordinating National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAG), strengthening evidence-based vaccine policy recommendations by supporting the development of training materials, resource tools, and capacity-building workshops for low- and middle-income countries.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, she has collaborated with PIVI partner countries in leveraging experiences with influenza and influenza vaccination to respond to the pandemic. This work has included defining areas of technical support needs and facilitating annual work plan and budget development for COVID vaccine program support. Malembe is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is fluent in English, French, and Lingala.
