Country:
United Kingdom
Fortunate Machingura is a Zimbabwean currently pursuing her Ph.D. studies at the Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Value within the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) at the University of Manchester, UK. She is mainly interested in understanding the politics of decision making and especially in the public policy management. Currently, she is questioning how the valuation of human life in health policy can confer an allowable death on people living with chronic illnesses. Michelle Foucault's 'Governmentality' informs her theoretical insights to examine the 'conduct' of the State and its subjects. Fortunate worked with the Review of the African Political Economy (ROAPE), a refereed Journal in London and with the University of Manchester as a research fellow 2012-2013. She is currently the community and uptake assistant for the [email protected] publication in the Global Development Institute and the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester. She has worked in Government and with Non-Governmental institutions. In Government, Fortunate worked with Zimbabwe's Health Ministry strategic management information and surveillance systems through RTI International. Before this, Fortunate worked with the Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC), where she coordinated several projects across East and Southern Africa including - Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. She sits on several regional and national boards/ committees working on health justice and continues to participate in the People’s Health Movement (PHM).
