Episode 1-Interview with Mandi Tembo

In this episode we talk with Mandi Tembo, a Menstrual health enthusiast and  PhD research fellow with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about her journey and career in public health. 

We discussed:

• Mandi's introduction to and start of her public health work 
• How she started her PhD and the opportunities that led her to that point
• The decision to get a PhD and timing for it 
• Working back in your home country and at the community level 
• How do you describe yourself? What do you day you do?
• What does Public health mean to her?
• How does she define public health for herself?
• What Mandi likes and loves about working in public health 
• Feminist leadership in public health 
• Public health as activism 
• Challenges that come with working in public health 
• Funding, research barriers and Global North-Global South equity in global health 
• Public Health is hard work! 
• Leadership in public health 
• Website to check out : https://www.thruzim.org/