Episode 201: On Becoming a Public Health Champion with Fiona Gambanga - a podcast by Florence Adu

Greetings Glocal Citizens!
My guest this week is a fellow podcaster and we met as fellow members of a global #BWiD (Black Women in Development) Connect networking group. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fiona Gambanga is a global health professional with more than years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research, public health program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She has supported countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in health workforce planning, diagnostics implementation research and UHC implementation and planning. Currently based in Kigali, Rwanda, Fiona is also the creator, host, and producer of the podcast Utano Public Health Chats (https://linktr.ee/fi_publichealth), a program focused on educating young people about the field of public health in Africa and navigating careers in the field.For those of you planning a trip to Kigali anytime soon, you’ll want to listen in for some local lingo and recommendations for the foodie in you.
Where to find Fiona?On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionagambanga/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/utanophc/)On X (https://twitter.com/UtanoPHC)
On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/utanopublichealth)What’s Fiona reading?
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (https://a.co/d/bk2ajrU) by Taylor Jenkins ReidFinding Me (https://a.co/d/897gM1V) by Viola Davis
The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss and Survival (https://a.co/d/hOcEflu) by Bozoma Saint JohnOther topics of interest:
US Student Acheivers Program - USAP (https://www.usapglobal.org)What are A Levels? (lin = https://www.internationalschoolparent.com/articles/what-are-a-levels/)
About December 1st - World AIDS Day (https://www.unaids.org/en/World_AIDS_Day)On [spoken English across the globe] ( https://englishlive.ef.com/en/blog/english-in-the-real-world/englishes-different-english-speaking-countries/On Zimbabwe in 2011 and 2023 (https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/08/zimbabwe-at-the-crossroads-2023-election-will-determine-its-future/)
The Viber App (https://www.brosix.com/blog/viber-review/#:~:text=In%202014%2C%20the%20company%20was,instant%20messengers%20in%20the%20world.)Heaven Restaurant, Kigali (https://heavenrwanda.com/dine/)
Special Guest: Fiona Gambanga.

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