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Public Health Specialist and Researcher: Advocating for Cardio-Vascular Health | Dr. Bridget Nwagbara
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Welcome back to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast. In today’s episode, my guest is a medical doctor, a Public Health Specialist, and a Researcher; Bridget Nwagbara. Bridget is an advocate for cardiovascular health and longevity. She is also the Co-founder of Viedial Healthcare which builds personalized care to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
In this conversation, we covered topics like;
- Why Africans are prone to Cardio-Vascular diseases
- The MYTH of long life in African villages
- Public Health Advocacy for Cardio-Vascular Diseases in Nigeria
- How to get stakeholders to buy-in into the implementation of public health policies and proposals
- The issues that motivated Bridget to choose to work on Cardio-Vascular diseases
- The need for individuals to find out their Risk Factors for Cardio-Vascular diseases
- Bridget’s books recommendations - Biographies and Philosophies that shape our times
- AI, “Coded Gaze” and other ways of knowing – interesting concept
- Longevity and Re-designing of Life
Listen, share, and kindly subscribe to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast on your favorite podcast platform (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc).
Enjoy!
#africa #healthcare #publichealth #healthcareresearch #cardiovasculardiseases ##cardiovascularhealth #makeafricagreat #africa2050 #thinkbigforafrica
157 episoder
Manage episode 398155127 series 2893384
Welcome back to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast. In today’s episode, my guest is a medical doctor, a Public Health Specialist, and a Researcher; Bridget Nwagbara. Bridget is an advocate for cardiovascular health and longevity. She is also the Co-founder of Viedial Healthcare which builds personalized care to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
In this conversation, we covered topics like;
- Why Africans are prone to Cardio-Vascular diseases
- The MYTH of long life in African villages
- Public Health Advocacy for Cardio-Vascular Diseases in Nigeria
- How to get stakeholders to buy-in into the implementation of public health policies and proposals
- The issues that motivated Bridget to choose to work on Cardio-Vascular diseases
- The need for individuals to find out their Risk Factors for Cardio-Vascular diseases
- Bridget’s books recommendations - Biographies and Philosophies that shape our times
- AI, “Coded Gaze” and other ways of knowing – interesting concept
- Longevity and Re-designing of Life
Listen, share, and kindly subscribe to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast on your favorite podcast platform (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc).
Enjoy!
#africa #healthcare #publichealth #healthcareresearch #cardiovasculardiseases ##cardiovascularhealth #makeafricagreat #africa2050 #thinkbigforafrica
157 episoder
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