Tag: global health
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Keep ambition with global health!
Ambition to me is tied to what Ngugi wa Thiongo once described as a ‘quest for relevance.’ It is a search for a liberating perspective within which to see ourselves clearly in relationship to ourselves and to the other selves in the universe. He would go on to suggest that this question depends on the…
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Keep knowing the path out of the pandemic is hopeless until we center the people in public health!
Langston Hughes has a poem of how a seed at the right time, produces flower, which goes on to become more than the seed ever imagined. Imagine if the path out of the pandemic was like a seed. Imagine how we will blossom when we become flowers. All because we took the time to first…
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Keep telling stories of decolonizing anything, somethings, everything!
I liked a paper shared on Twitter yesterday. It focused on why decolonizing geosciences mattered. I loved everything I read that I felt it was critical to keep some. The fact that we have been told that certain ways of knowing and doing are superior resonated deeply with me. That and the fact that for…
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Keep lions telling stories of injustices with this pandemic!
With history, be prepared to construct and reconstruct it from a different perspective, a Black perspective, an African perspective too. Our stories have been told to us by others for far too long that this time, the lions are ready to take the stage. The complexities and racist histories of colonialism is finally taking center…
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Keep the legacy of Jacob Plange-Rhule!
I didn’t think I would cry. But seeing this day come to pass brought tears to my eyes. Finally, we honored the legacy of Dr. Jacob Plange-Rhule with the first ever prize for his contribution to the Global Research in Implementation and Translation Science Consortium. Jacob had this vision to train the next generation of…
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Keep eating less salt!
This week is salt awareness week. It’s one of my personal weakness. It’s also a silent killer. Last year I worked with a group of fabulous researchers led by Dr. Oyebode to make sense of the impact of salt in Africa, Nigeria in particular. The love for salt in the region is a silent epidemic.…
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Keep good questions that last!
I have been thinking lately about good questions. What are they and why do we need to nurture and teach good questioning skills? By day, I am a global health researcher passionate and committed to asking questions, enduring ones focused on creating sustainable health interventions. I often begin with a grant. For to conduct research…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 