Health Talk Africa: Recent Episodes
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The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode, Mr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Senior research associate at JHSPH, Department of International Health, and Former Deputy Minister of Health of Liberia discusses Africa’s Pandemic Paradox: How failures in widespread vaccination efforts provide an opportunity for dangerous variants.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared his experience in his respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode, Dr. Khidir Dalouk, Director of Advocacy Office of the Sudanese American Physicians Association, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Cardiac Electrophysiologist. discusses Humanitarian Crisis and Public Health Challenges in Sudan.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared his experience in his respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode titled Health Care Service Delivery in Conflict and Post Conflict Areas, our guest speaker -Dr. Anteneh Zewdie, Director of Programs, International Institute of Primary Health care of Ethiopia (IPHC-E) would be discussing health care services in Ethiopia.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared his experiences in his respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode titled Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Kenya, our guest speaker -Shannon N. Wood, PhD, MSc, is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Wood's research focuses on the intersection between social determinants of women’s health, most notably gender-based violence, and adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes. Her research aims to enhance safety and improve reproductive and sexual health outcomes for vulnerable populations in low-resource settings.
She discusses Domestic Violence In Kenya.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared her experiences in her respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode titled Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Nigeria, our guest speaker is - Miss Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director of Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER), a youth-led organization engaging in raising awareness on GBV, policy advocacy, providing psychosocial support to survivors of sexual violence while working with communities to change negative perceptions towards sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues and sexual violence.
She discusses Sexual violence in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps In Nigeria.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared her experiences in her respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode, Prof. Kwaku Nuamah, a Senior Professorial Lecturer and Chair, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, Senior Associate at BSPH discusses a Case Study: Conflict and its Impact on Public Health in Africa.
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speaker shared his experience in his respective area of expertise.
The African Public Health Network (APHN) presents Faces of Africa 2022, our capstone event dedicated to current topics in public health. This Year, APHN presented a series of presentations dedicated to Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis.
In this episode titled Health Systems and Humanitarian Crises: Panel on the Health System Situation in South Sudan, we have a panel of speakers who would be discussing humanitarian crises in South Sudan.
Featured Speakers:
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Prof. Kwaku Nuamah - Senior Professorial Lecturer and Chair, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, Senior Associate at BSPH
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Dr. Victoria Anib Majur - Undersecretary, Ministry of Health South Sudan
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Dr. Mathew Tut Kol - Emergency Operations Officer, Africa CDC
This was an engaging and fruitful conversation as our speakers shared their experiences in their respective areas of expertise.
In collaboration with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for Public Health Week 2022, the African Public Health Network (APHN) held a discussion about vaccine access.
Featured speakers: JHPEIGO Senior Technical Advisors Mary Carol Jennings, MD MPH, and Sarah Wanyoike, MPH, MBA share their experiences with multiple efforts to build immunization systems, and the challenges encountered in various settings.
This episode is an information session with Dr. Anteneh Zewdie, who currently serves as Director of Programs at the International Institute of Primary Health Care in Ethiopia (IPHC-E).
Dr. Zewdie discusses opportunities that exist with IPHC-E.
This information session is an exciting opportunity for students interested in pursuing work in Africa.
The African Public Health Network (APHN), Anna Baetjer Society of Public Health Practice (ABS), Asia Pacific Public Health Network (APPHN), JB Grant Global health Society (JBGS), and Latino Public Health Network (LPHN) hosted a virtual speaker series on the lessons learned in Low-and Middle-Income Countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Featured speaker: Dr. Nnaemeka Ndodo, who currently serves as the lead molecular bioengineer in the genomics and sequencing lab of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC).
Dr. Ndodo discusses the role of disease surveillance in LMICs, as it pertains to both endemic diseases and pandemics, with a focus on the impact of COVID-19 on such systems, and how surveillance has evolved in the past two years.
This information session is an exciting opportunity for both students and faculty members with an interest in LMICs and disease surveillance.
Hear from three JHSPH alumni about how to navigate life after the MPH!
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Dr Banda A Khalifa
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Ambulai Johnson
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Dr Albert D Osei
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for attending the “International Institute of Primary Health Care of Ethiopia (IPHC-E) Information Session” with Executive Director, Dr. Frehiwot Nigatu. A recording of this session has been published to our podcast channel, Health Talk Africa. The podcast is also available on Spotify and Google Podcasts.
Warm Regards,
APHN Leadership Team
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Dr. Frehiwot Nigatu Biographical Background:
Dr. Frehiwot is a medical doctor with a Master’s degree in Public Health. She has more than 10 years of experience in public health program management and implementation in health focusing on disease prevention and control, Primary Health Care, and health systems strengthening. She has extensive experience in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, and leadership of programs. She has worked on different training materials design and development for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and different non-governmental organizations including countries outside of Ethiopia. She has also worked in collaboration and partnership with both domestic and international health development and research organizations and individuals, including participating in the coordination of impactful activities including strategy development, research proposal write-up and coordination, national guidelines, framework, and implementation manual developments.
She is currently the Executive Director for the International Institute of primary health care in Ethiopia. Before joining IPHC-E, she worked as director of community service delivery in a USAID-funded project at Project HOPE-Ethiopia for two years and as a policy and health system strengthening advisor for six months in the same organization. During that time, she oversaw the program implementation for the project and took part in different proposals and grant write-ups. she also provided technical support for other countries where Project HOPE had programs, including in Namibia. Before joining Project HOPE Ethiopia, Frehiwot worked at the Ministry of Health for five years in different positions including as the national HIV/AIDS program focal person, HIV/AIDS prevention and control team lead, and Assistant Director for disease prevention and control. She coordinated major national programs like HIV, TB, malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Non-Communicable Diseases for two years. In addition, she has served as a board member of different civil society organizations in Ethiopia.
Her principal interest areas include leadership in health, primary health care, health systems strengthening, and gender equity. She has broad experience in overseeing national programs and additional work experience in coordinating and chairing technical working groups, task forces, and ad-hoc committees.
In this episode, we are joined by
- Professor Ifeoma Okoye, MBBS, FWACS, FMCR - Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiation Medicine Department, College Of Medicine, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu Campus (UNNEC), and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla. Founder & Chairperson, Breast Without Spot (BWS) Initiative
Email: ifeoma.okoye@unn.edu.ng
Twitter: @PinkyProf
Instagram:@pinkyprof_wellness
- Dr Lwasa Joel, a Mmed OBSGYN in Makerere University and Kawempe National Referral Hospital
Email: Jllwasa@gmail.com
They both give an African Perspective of Breast Cancer Awareness. Topics covered include:
Risk factors for Breast Cancer
Management of Breast Cancer in Africa
Challenges faced by people with Breast Cancer in Africa
Attitudes of African society towards Breast Cancer Screening
Outcomes of Current Interventions
Public Health Awareness of Breast Cancer
How to conduct a Self-Breast Examination
Moderators: Sandra Banks (Email - sbanks26@jh.edu) and Prossy Namusisi (Email - pnamusi1@jh.edu)
In this pre-recorded epsiode we discuss economically empowering women in Africa. Some questions we try to answer are: What does financial inclusion of women in Africa look like? What are practical steps and tools? And how do we galvanize support for these issues? Our guests on this episode are Oluwatosin Olaseinde (Twitter: @tosinolaseinde; @themoneyafrica) and Ifeoma Uddoh (Twitter: @ifyhopee; @shecluded). This event is facilitated by Dr. Ukeme Essien, President of the African Public Health Network. We also have the closing remarks from our conference by Dr. Aisha Liman, the General Secretary of the African Public Health Network. Facebook: @APHNHopkins Instagram: @APHN_Hopkins Twitter: @aphn_jhsph
In this pre-recorded episode from our conference, we try and answer some questions related to advocacy in public health in Africa. Some of these questions are: What does advocacy in public health look like? How do we campaign for issues in Africa? And how can we advocate for policy change from anywhere in the world? Our speakers in this session are Judicaelle Irakoze (Twitter: @Judicaelle_ Instagram: @Judicaelle_irakoze), Dr. Chizoba Wonodi (Twitter: @chizobawonodi), and Chinenye Uwanaka (Twitter: @chinenyeuwanaka Instagram: @chinenye_u.u; @tf_advisory; @africapolicyconversations). This event is facilitated by Dr. Anushruti Gupta, the Event Coordinator at the African Public Health Network and Dr. Ukeme Essien the President of the African Public Health Network. This event is in collaboration with the JB Grant Society and the AntiRacist Coalition. Facebook: @APHNHopkins Instagram: @APHN_Hopkins Twitter: @aphn_jhsph
This pre-recorded session is a Fireside Chat on #ShutItDown in Namibia with youth leader Bertha Tobias (Twitter: @BerthaJTobias). ShutItAllDown is a wave of ongoing Gender-Based Violence protests across aimed at stopping the spread of rape and killing of women. The protests which began on 6 October followed the killing of 22 year old Shannon Wasserfall whose remains were reportedly found buried in a shallow grave near, 6 months after she went missing. This event is facilitated by Dr. Ukeme Essien, President of African Public Health Network. Facebook: @APHNHopkins Instagram: @APHN_Hopkins Twitter: @aphn_jhsph
The Fireside chat on Sexual and Reproductive Rights is an informal discussion sharing personal experiences and expertise from our panelists. Discussion topics include child marriage, teenage pregnancies, and involving men in the work. This event is facilitated by Jonta Kamara, Social Media Lead at African Public Health Network in collaboration with the Public Health Students for Reproductive Justice. The panelists are Khudejha Asghar (Twitter: @Khudejha), Dr. Caroline Kabiru (Twitter: @CwKabiru), and Dr. Ellen B. Peprah (Twitter: @ebpeprah). Facebook: @APHNHopkins Instagram: @APHN_Hopkins Twitter: @aphn_jhsph Public Health Students for Reproductive Justice Twitter: @PHSRJ_JH Instagram: @PHSRJ_JH
This session focuses on the disproportionate impact of major diseases on African women. Our guest speaker is Dr. Taha E. Taha who presents on “COVID-19, EVD and HIV: Impact on African Women and Families.”
This event is facilitated by Dr. Bolanle Akinyele, Alumni Relations Coordinator at the African Public Health Network.
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This pre-recorded episode was part of our annual conference called Faces of Africa. This episode is a recording of a panel discussing A better future for the African girl child. In recent times there have been multiple abductions of young girls, and are still struggling with the child brides and the consequences of that. We discuss these issues, illuminate problems, potential solutions, and initiatives currently in place. This panel is hosted by Dr. Mfon Umoren (Twitter: @DoktaMuffin) and the panelists were: Dr. Uduak Okomo (Twitter: @UduakOkomo), Lusungu Kalanga (Twitter: @Lusukalanga), and Ulemu Hannah Kanyongolo.
This event is facilitated by Dr. Ukeme Essien, President of the African Public Health Network.
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This session features phenomenal women involved in Africa and the Diaspora, who share their personal and professional journey to their respective areas of power. They talk about how they made it to where they are despite the different challenges and odds against them.
During this session, we discuss how many have defied these odds and challenges and what we can learn and use public health to advocate for many trapped in this cycle of events. This event is facilitated by Dr. Kemish Kenneth, VP of Operations at African Public Health Network.
Speakers: Dr. Nicole Fouda Mbarga Founder of Women in Global Health Cameroon (Twitter: @nicolembarga; @wghcameroon), Dr. Pauline Jolly UAB School of Public Health, Esther Soma UN Women South Sudan.
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This episode is pre-recorded from our Faces of Africa 2021 Conference. The Faces of Africa 2021 Conference was introduced by African Public Health Network President - Dr. Ukeme Essien. The event is facilitated by Kene Ezeigwe, the VP of Events for the African Public Health Network in collaboration with the Sudanese Student Union.
The Keynote speaker for the event is Her Excellency Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union and former Sudanese Minister of Welfare and Social Security, and former member of parliament. She brings to the Commission a wealth of experience as a veteran politician, a renowned activist for women’s rights and empowerment, an ardent advocate for the rights and welfare of the child. Follow HE Amira on Twitter: @AmiraDSA @AU_HHS
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Hello everyone thank you for joing me on another episode of Health talk africa. A podcast by the african Public health network student led organization at Johns Hopkins.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Ayo Sogunro , a Nigerian human rights lawyer known for his advocacy work, and also the author of Everything in Nigeria is Going to Kill You . On this episode we discussed:
Human Rights in Africa * Why human rights is such an important topic in public health. * The Effect of COVID — 19 on Human rights * What were some African human rights wins we saw in 2020?
Elements of Advocacy * Incorporating Advocacy into our Educational system * How do we transition from just Dialogue and discourse to Action * How to get started with Advocacy
Endsars and BokoHaram
On this episode of Health Talk Africa, we have the opportunity to hear from Dr. Sufia Dadabhai the director of the in Malawi Johns Hopkins Research center in Malawi. We discuss pursuing a path in global health and what life in Malawi is like - pre and during Covid. Another key topic discussed is addressing disparities and how you can apply your privilege, to boost someone else’s power. And finally we hear her experiences navigating a male dominated hierarchichal society as an American woman. Enjoy!