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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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