Amos Msekandiana

Amos Msekandiana is a Malawian paediatrician, paediatric-endocrinologist and film actor. He currently serves as Hospital Director of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe. He also holds a leadership role at Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Malawi (Baylor Malawi), where he has acted as medical director. He earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the College of Medicine, University of Malawi, later obtaining a Master of Medicine in Paediatric Medicine and a Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine.

He is also a Fellow of the Pediatric Endocrinology Training Center for Africa (PECTA), reflecting advanced training in paediatric endocrinology.

Medical and research contributions Msekandiana has been actively involved in paediatric and endocrinology services in Malawi, combining clinical work with broader public-health and research roles. For instance, he is listed among key specialists in the national Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) guideline project for child health under the national guidelines development initiative.

He is also lead (corresponding) author of a peer-reviewed study, “Complications and Glycaemic Control of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus amongst Children Aged 5 to 19 Years Attending Diabetic Clinic at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi”. This study - published in the International Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research - sheds light on glycaemic control, occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycaemia among children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes at KCH, addressing a previously under-documented area in Malawi.

He routinely participates in national health-system strengthening efforts; for example, he attended a 2025 workshop on research methodology and grant writing at KCH organized by the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) in collaboration with Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), where he was explicitly named among participants.

Acting career Outside medicine, Msekandiana gained public recognition through acting. Under the screen name (or popularly known as) “Jaliwa”, he plays the lead role in the 2025 film Welcome to Maula Prison, produced by 4Kaya Films. In the film, he portrays “Jaliwa”, a character who becomes wrongly accused and imprisoned under systemic injustices - a narrative that resonates with social issues and reflects a dramatic, socially conscious cinematic vision.

The movie premiered in Malawi in May 2025 and achieved significant audience attention. It was later screened in South Africa, broadening its reach beyond Malawi.

Media coverage of his appointment as KCH Director explicitly references this acting background, calling him "Dr. Msekandiana", popularly known as Jaliwa from the movie Welcome to Maula Prison.