The newest episode in UGHE’s Research for Equity podcast series speaks to Dr. Janna Schurer, One Health Assistant Professor and Dr. Agazi Fitsum Gebreselassie, MGHD '20 and Lecturer in UGHE’s Center for One Health. The episode, hosted by MGHD ‘20 alumni and UGHE Faculty Gloria Igihozo, deep dives into ‘podoconiosis’ - a highly preventable neglected tropical disease affecting approximately 4 million people worldwide. Their research - ‘Far from the views of decision-makers’ - examines education as a powerful tool to bridging the knowledge gap around podoconiosis, improving treatment and preventative advice and the lives of those affected in Africa and beyond.

Link to research paper

(Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 12)

Authors: Kelly Fowler, Lilian Nantume Wampande, Agazi Gebreselassie, Ursin Bayisenge, Chany Uwase, Adilson de Oliveira, Janna M Schurer. 

Coordinator in UGHE’s Department of Community Health, and Social Medicine, Sandra Isano talks about her work in identifying barriers to HIV Post Exposure prophylaxis use among Men who have Sex with Men in the sub-Saharan Africa region, offering innovative solutions to move forward, and what she hopes her paper in Preventive Medicine Reports will achieve.

The first Research for Equity episode speaks to five recent graduates of UGHE’s MGHD program. Their paper, published in the Journal of Science Policy & Management, explores the pressing issue of child marriage in Nigeria, and is a powerful call for action for the enactment of a maternal and child health country-wide policy to put an end to it, and to better support those affected.