Patterns & Meaning Podcast Seed Global Health

In the final episode of this season of Patterns & Meaning, we spoke with Bongi Sibanda about how current funding models affect the provision of health services in communities served; addressing the persistent challenges of brain drain and health worker retention; and what it will take to foster true collaboration in global health.
Bongi Sibanda is an international advanced practice leader and registered nurse in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. She currently leads Advanced Clinical Practice Education at an NHS Trust in London where she is responsible for the organization’s educational policy, strategy, and clinical supervision for multi-professional advanced practitioners. Bongi is also a core team member of the African Forum for Primary Health Care, representing family nurse practitioners in the region. She is a member of the international nurses recruitment at NHS England, global influencers group at Sigma Theta Tau International, and alumna of the International Council of Nurses APN Network. 
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Research is critical in global health. It generates knowledge, grounds health interventions, and guides program design and policy development. We talked to Dr. Prisca Adejumo about how we can decolonize research in global health and ensure that researchers who are doing the work in their own communities are engaged in solving health challenges as experts. 
Dr. Prisca Adejumo, is the Head of the Department of Nursing at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and the Coordinator of the Pilot Cancer Risk Prevention Clinic at the University College Hospital in Ibadan. She is a professor of nursing, a researcher, and a scholar in the field of oncology nursing. Dr. Adejumo integrated cancer genomics into the nurses’ continuing professional development program and undergraduate curriculum of the University of Benin as well as the open and distance learning modules of the University of Ibadan. She is a fellow of the West African College of Nursing and a Nursing and Midwifery Council certified adult health nurse specialist. Her latest research interest is in genetic counseling with emphasis on improving cancer patient outcomes and enhancing nurses’ competencies in cancer genetics.
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COVID-19 has underscored the importance of strengthening health systems globally. We talked to Dr. Jemima Dennis-Antwi about what it takes to build resilient health systems and the power of centering community experiences and knowledge systems to achieve health for all. 
Dr. Jemima Dennis-Antwi is the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Centre for Health Development and Research (CEHDAR) in Ghana. She is a midwife and nurse with over 31 years of experience in the country and around the world. Her long-standing interests include sustaining health workforce education, preceptorship, sickle cell disease, health promotion, qualitative research, and strategic planning and implementation systems in maternal health and midwifery. Her current research work is on sustaining midwifery education during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 
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In global health, communities served are often underrepresented or excluded from policy development and decision making processes. We talked to Margaret Phiri about what we must do to change this; how we can ensure that policies are people-centered, responsive, and supported; and lessons she has learned that can aid in our collective efforts to decolonize global health.
Margaret Phiri is currently the Nursing and Midwifery Advisor for Seed Global Health, Malawi and a member of the World Health Organization’s High-Level Consultative Group on the Health Workforce. She has extensive experience across the African continent and has dedicated her career to strengthening the quality of nursing and midwifery education, practice, regulation, leadership, and research for improved health outcomes. Margaret has a Masters in Nursing Education and Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in community health from Medical University of Southern Africa.
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Global health programs are often designed far away from the communities where they are actually implemented. We talked to Irene Atuhairwe about the changes needed in program design, monitoring, and evaluation; building resilient health systems; and tangible steps that we can take to ensure that African health experts are actively involved in solving their communities’ challenges.
Irene Atuhairwe holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in public health from Makerere University. She has 15 years of experience in health programming with a focus on HIV & AIDS, maternal and child health, and human resources for health. Irene is currently the Deputy Country Director for Seed Global Health in Uganda. 
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For decades, global health funding and partnership models have been shaped by unequal power dynamics that disenfranchise communities served. We talked to Angela Nguku about decolonizing global health funding, investing in and measuring what matters, creating equitable partnerships, and fostering a culture of accountability. 
Angela Nguku is the Founder and Executive Director of White Ribbon Alliance, Kenya. She is a passionate maternal, newborn, and adolescent health champion. Angela’s career spans over 15 years of dedicated work toward ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths globally and amplifying the voices of marginalized populations in Kenya, throughout Africa, and around the world.
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