Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Fanuel Meckson Bickton is a physical therapy graduate from the University of Malawi College of Medicine with a clinical research emphasis in pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation, he is a pre-master’s research intern in the Lung Health Research Group at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme in Blantyre, Malawi, leading a pilot study on pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with functionally limiting chronic respiratory diseases at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. He is also senior intern editor and acting deputy editor-in-chief of the Malawi Medical Journal.

Opposition supporters celebrate in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 4, 2020 after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika the winner—ordering a new vote June 23. The photo shows a man in a stilt costume dancing. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
Poverty

Coronavirus in Malawi

by Allison Daniel, Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Shutdowns reversed amid an upcoming election, other disease threats, and more than half the population living in poverty