Patterns & Meaning Podcast
Patterns & Meaning features thought-provoking conversations with health professionals from across Africa who are at the front lines of providing care in their communities but are often left out of global health conversations and decision making. Through their stories, we find meaning in patterns; connect history to the present; and illuminate the way forward in global health. Our first season focuses on decolonizing global health.
Episodes
11 episodes
Fostering True Collaboration in Global Health with Bongi Sibanda
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 h...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:26
Decolonizing Research in Global Health with Dr. Prisca Adejumo
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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51:11
Building Resilient Health Systems with Dr. Jemima Dennis-Antwi
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:35
Creating Equitable Policies in Global Health with Margaret Phiri
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-cent...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:02
Rethinking Global Health Program Design with Irene Atuhairwe
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;...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:53
Changing Global Health Funding and Partnership Models with Angela Nguku
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 mat...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:28
Diversifying Leadership in Global Health with Dr. Rose Clarke Nanyonga
Women make up 70% of the health workforce and yet, only 25% hold senior roles. Further, global health leadership does not reflect the diversity of the communities being served. We talked to Dr. Rose Clarke Nanyonga about the visible and invisib...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:28
Advancing Gender Equity in Global Health with Anuli Isichei
Global health is delivered by women and led by men. We talked to Anuli Isichei about how we can change this status quo, advance gender equity, foster accountability among partners, and cultivate change agents in global health.Anuli Isich...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:42
Redesigning Health Education and Training with Tembi Mugore
Inequitable power dynamics and colonial legacies continue to shape education and training of health professionals across Africa. We talked to Tembi Mugore about the urgent need to redesign nursing and midwifery curricula and training programs t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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45:49
Dismantling "-Isms" in Global Health with Judy Khanyola
In global health, the priority setting systems that have been created, the funding structures, and power dynamics have perpetuated inequities and left so many behind for so long. We sit down with Judy Khanyola to talk about the specific ways ra...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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40:51
Introducing Patterns & Meaning
Welcome to Patterns & Meaning, a podcast by Seed Global Health. In this episode, we introduce you to Patterns & Meaning and give you a peek into our first season. Through candid conversations with health professionals, we dive deep into...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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