The Lancet Regional Health Africa in conversation with

Dr Mutebi was the first breast cancer surgeon in Kenya, and has played a critical leadership role in Africa. She is the co-founder of the Pan African Women’s Association of Surgeons, the immediate past president of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer, and is on the board of the African breast cancer council. Dr Mutebi is also a clinical epidemiologist and health systems re...

Dr Samuel Ojong is a Health Manager for UNICEF, based in Mozambique, and is a vocal advocate for sexual and reproductive health rights, and public health more generally. He is an Obstetrician-Gynaecologist by training and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focussing on women’s and reproductive health. In our conversation we talk abou...

Dr Appiah is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, where his work focuses on the use of culturally appropriate communication channels to promote socio-behavioural change, as well as public and community engagement interventions. Our conversation covers his first exposure to community communication through his father's role as the village communicator in his home country, Ghana, his public...

In this episode of The Lancet Regional Health Africa In Conversation With, we speak with Prof Mike Sathekge (President and CEO) and Dr Joseph Chalwe (Molecular Biologist) from the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) in Pretoria, South Africa. NuMeRI is leading the way in nuclear medicine and theranostics in South Africa and the African region, and are major players within the global...

In this first episode of The Lancet Regional Health Africa In Conversation With, meet the Editors, Catherine Draper and Hlengiwe Madlala. They discuss their academic backgrounds and how they came to join The Lancet Group, and share a behind-the-scenes view of the journey of launching their journal. Go to https://www.thelancet.com/regional-health/africa to learn more The Lancet Regional Health Afri...

The Lancet Group is happy to announce the launch of the Lancet Regional Health Africa, it's latest addition to The Lancet Group's effort to cover the most important regional medical researches and discoveries.  Join us in the conversation with our expert editors and find about the latest advancement in medical science from the Africa region.   The Lancet Regional Health Africa in conversation with...