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Glocal CitizensEpisode 201: On Becoming a Public Health Champion with Fiona GambangaGreetings Glocal Citizens!
My guest this week is a fellow podcaster and we met as fellow members of a global #BWiD (Black Women in Development) Connect networking group. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fiona Gambanga is a global health professional with more than seven years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research, public health program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She has supported countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in health workforce planning, diagnostics implementation research and UHC implementation and planning. Currently based in Kigali, Rwanda, Fiona is also the creator, host, and producer of th...
2023-12-1253 min
Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 14 - Interview with Dr. Constancia MavodzaCheck out our season finale with Dr. Constancia Mavodza , a global and public health (process evaluation) practitioner, with experience in coordination, implementing and evaluating public health projects focusing on HIV/AIDS, SRHR, human resources for health, and AGYW.
2022-12-231h 00Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 13 - Interview with Chrystal BonzoWho is Chrystal and what does she do?
What led Chrystal to the work she does today?
What Chrystal studied at the undergraduate level and how that led her to public health work
Chrystal’s decision to pursue a Master of Public Health degree (MPH) and what she is focusing on in her program as she is pursuing it (Community Health)
Why Chrystal chose to do the online option for her MPH degree
A day in the life of Chrystal and her roles
Dzidzo safepad initiative: what its about, what motivated it and what work goes into it
Where funding and su...
2022-11-1850 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 12 - Interview with Sandra IsanoIn this episode our guest is Sandra Isano a Rwandan pharmacist, Lecturer, and Coordinator for Community Based Education in the Department of Community Health, and Social Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity with over 10 years of experience in the field.
We talked about:
Sandra’s background and the work she does now and where she works
Where Sandra’s journey in public health started, and what she wanted to be when she was younger
How working as a community pharmacist got her interested in patients beyond the treatment and medication they were coming...
2022-10-2849 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 11-Interview with Tatenda DiuraIn this episode we chat with Tatenda Diura, a humanitarian worker from Zimbabwe.
We discuss:
A brief introduction of her background, her current work and where she is based, and what she specializes in, in her work
What is safeguarding and how long has she been doing this work?
Her background and journey to public health , what she studied, her internship experience in Zimbabwe
How she found out about public health and how she ended up doing her Masters degree in public health
What influenced her career decisions at every juncture in her journey
How s...
2022-10-071h 07Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 10-Interview with Dr. Chido Dziva ChikwariIn this episode we hear from Dr. Chido Dziva Chikwari, an Epidemiologist from Zimbabwe about her work and career journey in public health for the past 9 years.
We talked about:
Chido’s current roles and how long she has been doing health research work
Chido’s background and career journey and how she ended up doing the work she does now
How she ended up doing an Master’s degree in Epidemiology and what influenced her choices
The importance of career guidance and the right vocabulary in career decision making
What is an epidemiologist and what do they do...
2022-09-2355 min
Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 9 - Interview with Joy KamunyoriIn this episode we hear from Joy Kamunyori, a digital health and project management professional from Kenya about her 14 year career assessing, developing and implementing public health IT systems in sub-Saharan African countries.
We discussed:
Joy’s background what she studied and how she ended working in public health
How her passion for education and development and skillset landed her in a public health role that started of her career
How she became interested in Computers and eventually chose to study computer science
What she likes and drew her to coding and computer science
How mentorship played a...
2022-09-0959 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 8- Interview with Will MoyoIn this episode we talked with Will Moyo an Bioengineer from Zimbabwe. Will is the Engineering Innovation Design Studio Manager for Rice 360 Institute for Global Health Technologies.
We discussed:
Will’s background and the kind of work she does now
What is Bioengineering and what training she received to get there
What motivated her to pursue a career in Bioengineering
Invention education and how its used at the Design studios where she works
What are Design Studios and training offered there
What Will does on a day to day basis in her role
The different kind of fun...
2022-08-1954 min
Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 7-Interview with Dr. Itumeleng NtatamalaThis episode we heard from Dr. Itumeleng Ntatamala, an Occupational Medicine Specialist and Senior Lecturer in the Occupational Medicine Division in the School of Public Health at University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
We talked about:
Dr. Itumeleng’s background and his current roles
What drew him to medicine, public health and then occupational health
How his interests in clinical care influenced his interest to do public health work
Defining occupational health and occupation medicine and how they sit under public health
The aim of occupational health
What occupational health looks like and the differ...
2022-08-0452 min
Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 6-Interview with Dorcas KareithiIn this episode with Dorcas Kareithi a clinical trials statistician from Kenya currently based in the UK we discussed:
Dorcas’s background and how her love for Math led her to study Applied Statistics
What she calls herself
Dorcas’s love for data, data puns and t shirts with them
All the key steps she took to end up working in health with her skillset
Difference between being a researcher and statistician
What influenced her interest in health from family to books she read growing up
How she ended up working in health after her Bachelor's degree and key steps...
2022-07-221h 00
Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 5- Interview with Siyabonga NdwandweIn this episode we talked with Siyabonga Ndwandwe, a computational health economist from Eswatini currently based in London about his to journey to working in Public health and what it has been like for him.
In the episode we discussed:
What is computational health economics and what that entails
His background and motivation to study health economics and work in public health
Using an economic framework, economics principles and tools, to understand health care system and answer and solve health related problems
What type of health data is there, the different sources, who collects it and why?
Privacy , secu...
2022-07-081h 10Utano Public Health ChatsEpisode 4-Interview with Nang’andu ChizyukaIn this episode we chat with Nang’andu, a health promotion specialist from Zambia about her 11 year career in public health.
We discussed:
How Nana started her career in public health and what motivated her to focus on health in development
Secondary prevention in Cervical cancer
All things Cervical cancer
What work she currently does and what that looks like on a typical day/week
Monitoring and Evaluation in public health programs
It's not just M&E
Nana’s multi year experience and the different amazing work and areas she has worked in
Digitalization of M&E a...
2022-06-2452 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 3 -Interview with Temitope Ben-AjepeIn this episode we chat with Temitope Ben-Ajepe, a pharmacist and public health consultant from Nigeria.
We discussed:
Her pharmacy background and how she ended up studying pharmacy
Her motivations to explore regulatory work and work at a macro level
Details of different internship and placement experiences, what she enjoyed and what she learnt there
Overview of Pharmacy training Nigeria and the national requirements for licensing
The different types of pharmacy practice and the different levels
How her many internship experiences influenced and motivated her to want “more”
What more looks like for Temitope in public health
S...
2022-06-0942 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 2-Interview with Dr. Nikki KayIn this episode we talk with Dr. Nikki Kay a specialist Public Health physician currently based at the Duke-NUS Medical School Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE) and SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI) in Singapore.
We discussed:
Her 16 year career in public health medicine starting from her background and what motivated her to want to work in public health
Her experience taking care of family during the peak of the AIDS pandemic in Zimbabwe and similarities of the HIV pandemic with COVID for health care workers
The decision to pursue medicine and what she enjoys about be...
2022-05-2553 minUtano Public Health ChatsEpisode 1-Interview with Mandi TemboIn 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 he...
2022-05-1147 minUtano Public Health ChatsIntroduction to Utano Public Health ChatsThis episode covers the goal, vision and background of Utano Public Health Chats and gives an overview of what the episodes will be looking at and covering.
2022-05-0509 min