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  1. Faces of Africa 2022: Africa’s Pandemic Paradox: How failures in widespread vaccination efforts provide an opportunity for dangerous variants.

    05/06/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022: Africa’s Pandemic Paradox: How failures in widespread vaccination efforts provide an opportunity for dangerous variants.

    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.

    58 min

  2. 05/06/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022: Humanitarian Crisis and Public Health Challenges in Sudan

    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.

    40 min
  3. Faces of Africa 2022: Health Care Service Delivery in Conflict and Post Conflict Areas

    05/06/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022: Health Care Service Delivery in Conflict and Post Conflict Areas

    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.

    51 min
  4. Faces of Africa 2022; Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Kenya

    04/16/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022; Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Kenya

    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.

    1h 1m
  5. Faces of Africa 2022; Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Nigeria

    04/16/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022; Sexual Violence and abuse within Humanitarian settings: Nigeria

    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.

    44 min
  6. Faces of Africa 2022; Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis - Case Study: Conflict and its Impact on Public Health in Africa

    04/16/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022; Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis - Case Study: Conflict and its Impact on Public Health in Africa

    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.

    1h 12m
  7. Faces of Africa 2022; Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis - Health Systems and Humanitarian Crises: Panel on the Health System Situation in South Sudan

    04/16/2022

    Faces of Africa 2022; Public Health in Humanitarian Crisis - Health Systems and Humanitarian Crises: Panel on the Health System Situation in South Sudan

    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: 1. Prof. Kwaku Nuamah - Senior Professorial Lecturer and Chair, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, Senior Associate at BSPH 2. Dr. Victoria Anib Majur - Undersecretary, Ministry of Health South Sudan 3. 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.

    1h 26m
  8. Public Health Week 2022: Challenges to Vaccine Access in Africa - Lessons from the Field

    04/16/2022

    Public Health Week 2022: Challenges to Vaccine Access in Africa - Lessons from the Field

    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.

    55 min
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  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    22
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