In this episode we talk with Mandi Tembo, a Menstrual health enthusiast and PhD research fellow with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about her journey and career in public health.
We discussed:
Mandi's introduction to and start of her public health work
How she started her PhD and the opportunities that led her to that point
The decision to get a PhD and timing for it
Working back in your home country and at the community level
How do you describe yourself? What do you day you do?
What does Public health mean to her?
How does she define public health for herself?
What Mandi likes and loves about working in public health
Feminist leadership in public health
Public health as activism
Challenges that come with working in public health
Funding, research barriers and Global North-Global South equity in global health
Public Health is hard work!
Leadership in public health
Website to check out : https://www.thruzim.org/
