A podcast where people get to learn more about public health work in Africa and how to navigate their public health careers.
Each episode features an in depth interview with a public health practitioner and/or researcher from an African country and/or working in African countries in public health.
Conversation is about how they ended up working in public health, what they do at a high level in their current work, what they love about their field and career path and what words of wisdom they would like to share with the audience.
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A podcast where people get to learn more about public health work in Africa and how to navigate their public health careers.
Each episode features an in depth interview with a public health practitioner and/or researcher from an African country and/or working in African countries in public health.
Conversation is about how they ended up working in public health, what they do at a high level in their current work, what they love about their field and career path and what words of wisdom they would like to share with the audience.
Episode 19- Interview with Dr. Nii Lante Heward-Mills
Utano Public Health Chats
44 minutes
11 months ago
Episode 19- Interview with Dr. Nii Lante Heward-Mills
In this episode we talk with Dr. Nii Lante Heward-Mills from Ghana.
Dr. Nii Lante is the Country Director for Viamo in Liberia and Ghana. His background is in Public Health-Health Promotion and has worked extensively with Health Services and Ministries of Health in Ghana and Nigeria.
We discussed:
How Nii started out his career training as an Optometrist then how he ended up choosing to specialize in Health Promotion
What motivated Nii to choose a career in Public health promotion and what experiences influenced this
What does Nii do now and what does a day in his life look like?
Key projects Nii has worked on , and the outcomes and the impact they have had in Ghana and beyond
Nii's favorite and least favorite things about working in in digital health and ICT4D space
What does Public health mean to Nii?
Challenges around working in Public health and development
Acknowledgements
Utano Public Health Chats
A podcast where people get to learn more about public health work in Africa and how to navigate their public health careers.
Each episode features an in depth interview with a public health practitioner and/or researcher from an African country and/or working in African countries in public health.
Conversation is about how they ended up working in public health, what they do at a high level in their current work, what they love about their field and career path and what words of wisdom they would like to share with the audience.
