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E37 - Chikwe and Vivianne Ihekweazu
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In this episode we sat down with Chikwe and Vivianne Ihekweazu to talk about their public health careers and the experiences shared in their new book called 'An Imperfect Storm: A memoir of a pandemic and the coming of age of a Nigerian institution."
Vivianne Ihekweazu is currently the Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch. A health communication and advocacy organisation based in Nigeria that advocates for improved health and access to health care. Vivianne has over 20 years experience in health communication and has built her skillset over a range of leading communications and research agencies across Europe and Africa in the development, media and real estate sectors.
She has an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, an MSc in Development economic and is currently an African Public Health Leaders Fellow at Chatham House. Vivianne’s work has ranged across a number of key areas in global health including maternal, newborn and child health as well as immunisation and health security. She played a leading role in the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria - supporting the Nigeria centre for Disease Control in public health communication and developing guidelines.
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is the Assistant Director-General for the Division of Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems in the WHO Emergencies Programme. He leads the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence - a global collaboration that aims to address future pandemics with better access to data, better analytical capacities and better tools for decision making.
Chikwe has over 25 years experience in epidemiology and public health and served as the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control between 2016 and 2021. He has developed skills across a number of senior public health and leadership positions including at the South African Institute for Communicable Diseases, the UK’s former Health Protection Agency and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute. He has also completed the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training as well as the UK public health speciality training programme in 2008.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser and introductions
03:08 The story of the book
07:29 Early years at the Nigeria CDC
11:28 Motivating staff during challenging times
21:00 Inspirational stories of staff
23:18 Public health communication during uncertainty
28:40 Public trust and infodemic management
31:56 Politics and public health
35:43 Personal toll
42:23 A love letter to Nigeria
46:45 Brain drain and global equity
49:30 Parachute research from high-income countries
52:10 Career tips
37 episodes
Manage episode 433070310 series 1139172
In this episode we sat down with Chikwe and Vivianne Ihekweazu to talk about their public health careers and the experiences shared in their new book called 'An Imperfect Storm: A memoir of a pandemic and the coming of age of a Nigerian institution."
Vivianne Ihekweazu is currently the Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch. A health communication and advocacy organisation based in Nigeria that advocates for improved health and access to health care. Vivianne has over 20 years experience in health communication and has built her skillset over a range of leading communications and research agencies across Europe and Africa in the development, media and real estate sectors.
She has an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, an MSc in Development economic and is currently an African Public Health Leaders Fellow at Chatham House. Vivianne’s work has ranged across a number of key areas in global health including maternal, newborn and child health as well as immunisation and health security. She played a leading role in the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria - supporting the Nigeria centre for Disease Control in public health communication and developing guidelines.
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is the Assistant Director-General for the Division of Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems in the WHO Emergencies Programme. He leads the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence - a global collaboration that aims to address future pandemics with better access to data, better analytical capacities and better tools for decision making.
Chikwe has over 25 years experience in epidemiology and public health and served as the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control between 2016 and 2021. He has developed skills across a number of senior public health and leadership positions including at the South African Institute for Communicable Diseases, the UK’s former Health Protection Agency and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute. He has also completed the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training as well as the UK public health speciality training programme in 2008.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Teaser and introductions
03:08 The story of the book
07:29 Early years at the Nigeria CDC
11:28 Motivating staff during challenging times
21:00 Inspirational stories of staff
23:18 Public health communication during uncertainty
28:40 Public trust and infodemic management
31:56 Politics and public health
35:43 Personal toll
42:23 A love letter to Nigeria
46:45 Brain drain and global equity
49:30 Parachute research from high-income countries
52:10 Career tips
37 episodes
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