Diarmuid O’Donovan is Professor of Global Health at Queen’s University Belfast and honorary consultant in public health at the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland. In this podcast, he carries us through his journey from a 24-hour fast for Concern in secondary school, to studying medicine, to working in Zambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. His work has included clinical, research, education and policy aspects of HIV, maternal and child health, and research capacity building. He talks about equality, equity and justice and what the growing language surrounding the decolonisation of global health means and how it will be achieved.

Global Health Talks with Prof. Diarmuid O’Donovan - Episode 7

Welcome to the Decolonising Global Health Podcast by the Irish Global Health Network (IGHN) and the IGHN Partnership Programme.In this episode, we chat with Christian Acemah about his work in Global Health Partnerships and his perspective on Decolonisation and Equity in Partnerships.
Christian Acemah serves as Executive Director (also referred to as Executive Secretary) of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS). Previously, Christian was Director for Strategy and Program Development for the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Africa program. 


Christian also recently contributed to the IGHN Partnerships Programme Equity in Action Blog, you can read his blog post here ⁠⁠⁠https://globalhealth.ie/equity-action-transactional/⁠⁠⁠
He also delivered the Keynote Speech at the 8th ESTHER Ireland Partnerships Forum. You can find his talk here ⁠https://www.esther.ie/8th-esther-ireland-partnerships-forum/ ⁠
This podcast is hosted by Caragh Munn, IGHN Partnerships Programme Coordinator. Produced and edited by Maisie Jones, Network and Communications Programme Lead, Irish Global Health Network. Find all episodes at ⁠https://globalhealth.ie/events/podcast-decolonising-gh/⁠


If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our podcast series "Better Health, for a Better World" here ⁠⁠⁠https://globalhealth.ie/events/podcast-series-2023-better-health-better-world/⁠

Episode 2 - Decolonising Global Health Partnerships

The Irish Global Health Network (IGHN) is an independent network of people from different backgrounds, sectors and disciplines who are concerned with health inequities and issues that impact on the health and development of populations at a global level, with a particular commitment to those living in middle and low- income countries.

Global Health Talks with Prof. Diarmuid O’Donovan - Episode 7

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