Where the Health Are We?
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Where the Health Are We?
"Where The Health Are We?", hosted and produced by Chinemerem Ihejirika, is a podcast aimed at giving a complete view of the state of healthcare in Africa through insightful interviews with experts who understand the complex and nuanced issues. We hope to not just provide you with a base on which to...
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Reaching Vulnerable Populations in Rural Areas: Liberia's National Community Health Assistant Program
With over 50% of Africans living in rural settings and 83% of the rural population living without basic healthcare coverage, there is a need for Afric...
Training Healthcare Workers to Meet Africa's Healthcare Needs
Fundamental to healthcare are the people who deliver it. The science that underlies medicine would be nothing without the skill, compassion, and brave...
Leveraging Existing Resources with Technology to Solve Africa's Emergency Response Problem
Growing up in Nigeria, I was always fearful. Part of that fear was due to this lingering feeling that I was one emergency, mishap, or accident away fr...
War & Health: How the War in Ethiopia has impacted the Tigrayan health system
TRIGGER WARNING: Please note that the following episode contains mention of violence, sexual assault and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.
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The Need for Africa to Start Manufacturing Vaccines
Africa imports about 99% of the vaccines used on the continent. Hence, one lesson that African countries should take away from the COVID-19 pandemic i...
Vaccines from Above: How Zipline is Aiding COVID-19 vaccinations in Ghana
Vaccinating people in urban or peri-urban areas is relatively easy. Where things get complicated is getting the vaccine to people in rural and remote...
How VillageReach is Aiding the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Malawi
When we think of the response to health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we often think about governments and the responsibilities that public i...
COVID-19 Vaccine Financing
It’s no secret that vaccinating a large number of people will require a lot of money. In fact, it has been estimated that sub-Saharan Africa alone wou...
We Must Pay Attention to Vaccine Inequity
A hallmark of the pandemic has been this unequal access to vaccines across the globe. Some countries, by virtue of their power and wealth, have had al...
Vaccine Hesitancy in the COVID-19 era: Past and Present
The WHO listed vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019. Though it manifests similarly across the globe, its origins di...
Where the Health Are We with the COVID-19 vaccinations?
Carrying out large-scale vaccination campaigns, like those for COVID-19, is a complex task. But just how complex? In this episode, we discuss what hap...
Introducing "Where the Health Are We?"
First episode is out February 3rd. Mark your calendars!