She was a founder of the APLS in UK and Europe and the ETAT course for WHO. In the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Blantyre she developed the emergency unit, was instrumental in starting the palliative care service for children (the first in Africa), the KMC unit and oncology services. More recently she has been part of a team developing low cost, robust, reliable medical equipment for low-income settings. Her research interests are wide and include infectious diseases, tropical oncology, emergency care, health care delivery and health care systems. She has undertaken many therapeutic trials.