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Episode 5:
Who funds African science and why it matters with Catherine Kyobutungi
Africa contributes 17% of the world’s population, but less than 3% of global scientific publications and under 0.5% of global patents. Why does this gap persist? And how much of it has to do with who funds African science? In this thought-provoking episode of Echoes of Evidence, Dr Catherine Kyobutungi, Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), joins host Dr Evelyn Gitau, Chief Scientific Officer at the Science for Africa Foundation, to unpack the politics, inequities, and power dynamics shaping Africa’s research ecosystem
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Episode 4:
HIV Cure, Close to Reality? | Prof Thumbi Ndung'u and Shally Achieng
In this episode of Echoes of Evidence, Prof. Thumbi Ndung’u, Programme Director, Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE) and also Director of Basic and Translational Science at the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), joins Shally Achieng, a passionate HIV advocate with lived experience, to explore the science, hope, and humanity behind the global search for an HIV cure.
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Episode 3:
Rethinking Mental Health in Africa: Beyond Labels and Diagnoses
In this episode of the Echoes of Evidence podcast, co-hosts Dr Evelyn Gitau and Lillian Mutengu sit down with Prof Dixon Chibanda, psychiatrist and founder of the Friendship Bench, and Constance Mabia, a passionate mental health advocate, to unpack how we talk about and respond to mental health in Africa.
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Episode 2:
Misconceptions in Vaccine Research | Prof Omu Anzala
In this episode of Echoes of Evidence, hosts Lillian Mutengu and Dr. Evelyn Gitau sit down with Prof. Omu Anzala, founder and first director of the KAVI Institute of Clinical Research at the University of Nairobi, to unpack the misconceptions and misinformation surrounding vaccine research and development.
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Episode 1:
Why should Africa Trust Science? | Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
In this premiere episode of the Echoes of Evidence podcast, we reflect on the power of science and the legacy of colonialism in the knowledge ecosystem, and connect the modern-day scientific pursuits to the classic and traditional African scientific culture.
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