Global Health Consultancy
Strengthening pharmaceutical systems for better health outcomes
Pharmalith Advisory provides evidence-based advisory and technical support to strengthen medicines regulation, quality assurance, and supply-chain performance in low- and middle-income countries.
About
Translating policy ambition into implementable reform
Pharmalith Advisory is a specialist global health and pharmaceutical systems consultancy that supports governments, donors, and global health organisations to translate policy ambition into practical, implementable reforms that improve access to safe, effective, and affordable medical products.
The firm operates with a lean, expert-led model, combining rigorous analysis with hands-on delivery globally, with a focus on Africa.
Vision
A world in which every patient, regardless of geography or income, can trust the safety, quality, and effectiveness of the medicines they receive.
Services
Core service areas
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Strategic Advisory
Pharmaceutical system and regulatory landscape assessments, regulatory reform roadmaps and implementation planning, market-shaping and access strategies for essential medicines, and policy brief development with legislative drafting support.
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Technical Assistance
Capacity strengthening for national medicines regulatory authorities, design and delivery of quality-assurance, surveillance, and traceability pilots, procurement and supply-chain optimisation, and pooled procurement feasibility studies.
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Research & Evidence
Burden and risk modelling for substandard and falsified medical products, cost-effectiveness and economic evaluation of pharmaceutical interventions, political economy and institutional analysis, and evidence synthesis with applied research.
Insights
Analysis from Scott's Global Health Dispatch
9 June 2026
AI for Regulatory Enforcement in Africa
How AI changes the economics of health regulation, and why African authorities should own that capability rather than rent it.
Read on Substack →4 January 2026
Global Health in the Transactional Era: Africa's Strategic Chips
How disease burden, genomic data, and demographics can become bargaining power in the new era of health diplomacy.
Read on Substack →Publication
Scott's Global Health Dispatch
Analysis on pharmaceutical policy, regulatory systems, and public health delivery across African and emerging markets.
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Clients & Partners
Working with mission-driven organisations
Pharmalith Advisory works with mission-driven organisations across the global health ecosystem, including multilateral agencies, bilateral donors, philanthropic foundations, governments and national regulatory authorities, and market-based health innovators.
Team
Expert-led delivery
Dr Scott Kaba Matafwali
Principal Consultant
Contact
Start a conversation
Pharmalith Advisory welcomes enquiries from organisations seeking to strengthen pharmaceutical systems, improve medicines quality, or develop evidence-based global health policy solutions.
Lusaka, Zambia
1011 New Avondale
UK Presence
For European and global health engagements