Public Health Specialist and Researcher: Advocating for Cardio-Vascular Health | Dr. Bridget Nwagbara

Think BIG for Africa

English - January 28, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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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

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