Podcast Episodes

Innovating African solutions to global health challenges with Yap Boum

Season 1 Episode 12

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Welcome to the final episode of our first season. In this episode, Ulrick converses with Dr. Yap Boum about the importance of identifying and supporting African solutions and innovation…

Published on 3 years ago

Bringing down global health's Berlin Wall with Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye

Season 1 Episode 11

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Welcome, everyone. In this episode, we discuss how global health conference locations influence power dynamics and representation.

Unfortunately, global health conference locations serve…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Challenging power asymmetries in global health with Lazenya Weekes-Richemond

Season 1 Episode 10

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Welcome to our tenth episode!! Many have expressed deep frustrations about the lack of representation of people from the "Global South" on decision-making tables including decisions aro…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Building a New Public Health Order for Africa with Ebere Okereke and Sheila Mburu

Season 1 Episode 9

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Infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV remain major causes of death and disability in Africa accounting for about 1.2 million deaths every year in Africa. By 2050, it i…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Classifying countries and people with Themrise Khan

Season 1 Episode 8

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In this episode, we discuss words. Not just any words but words we use in global health to classify countries and people. Words like global North, global South, HIC, LMIC, developing an…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Dissecting the foreign gaze in global health with Seye Abimbola

Season 1 Episode 7

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"Every narration places the spectator in a position of agency" - Manthia Diawara

In this episode, we discuss equity in global health research with Dr. Seye Abimbola. Seye is a senior lec…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Designing safer roads in Africa with Etta Madete

Season 1 Episode 6

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Every year, 1.3 million people die from road traffic accidents and millions more are injured. Despite having only about 60% of the global vehicle fleet, low and middle-income countries …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Making sense of COVID-19 in Africa with Ngozi Erondu

Season 1 Episode 5

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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many predicted that the impact of the disease in Africa would be catastrophic. However,  it seems the pandemic did not pan out as predicted. In th…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Advocating for overlooked childhood cancer patients with Ella Amoako

Season 1 Episode 4

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This week we shine the spotlight on our very own co-host Dr. Ella Amoako. Ella is a pediatric oncology fellow at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. We discuss Ella's inspiring journey…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Daring to dream: A neurosurgeon's journey in Ghana with Teddy Totimeh

Season 1 Episode 3

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The opportunity to dream as a child can be a powerful thing. In this episode, we converse with Dr. Teddy Totimeh, a neurosurgeon at the University of Ghana Medical Center in Accra, abou…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago