Global Health in the Time of COVID: Dr. Patience Afulani and Dr. Dilys Walker
Before this episode, if someone asked me what could be done to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes, one of the last things on my mind would have been “kindness” because that part should be obvious, right? Wrong. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Patience Afulani and Dr. Dilys Walker, two faculty members in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and affiliates with the Institute of Global Health Sciences at UCSF. They share information about the disparities in women’s health and the importance of patient-centered care across the globe, particularly in these pandemic times, where navigating patient interactions with physicians can be varied and complex.
If you’d like to read Dr. Afulani’s article, “Person-centred maternity care in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of data from Kenya, Ghana, and India,” please click here. To learn more about COVID-10 initiatives or about UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences in general, check out their site!
This episode was produced and edited by Nancy Cai with help from Ifechukwu Okeke and the rest of the team at Carry the One Radio. The original interview was conducted by Ben Mansky. Music from this episode by Blue Dot Sessions (Town Market and Come As You Were). To view a timestamped audio transcript of this episode, click here.