Jethro Banda is a Malawian. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Demography from the University of Malawi in 2015 and a Master of Science in Demography and Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2023. He has previously been involved in monitoring and evaluation of behavior change communication programs before joining Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU) where he conducts health and demographic research. At MEIRU he has contributed to successful running of several studies including mobile phone based mortality validation studies making use of HDSS data and COVID-19 studies. Some of his work is published in Demographic Research, BMJ Open and Health Policy and Planning