Dec 02 2020 21 mins
In our second episode of the JUST THREE podcast, host Catherine LaSota talks with nurse and midwife Annette Mwansa Nkowane, a member of the On the Frontlines: Nursing Leadership in Pandemics working group at the Center for the Study of Social Difference.
"We cannot push the agenda if we don't have evidence." - Mwansa Nkowane
Mwansa is from Zambia and, during the Ebola outbreak, she served as the Technical Officer of Nursing and Midwifery in the World Health Organization's Health Workforce Department in Geneva. As part of the On the Frontlines project, Mwansa conducted interviews with nurses in Sierra Leone and Liberia in August 2019.
In this episode, Mwansa discusses the role of nurses and midwives in improving the health of underserved, marginalized, and vulnerable populations, and the importance of communication, preparation, and recognition with the nursing population. She also discusses her current work around COVID in Zambia.
More about Annette Mwansa Nkowane can be found here.
Learn more about the On the Frontlines: Nursing Leadership in Pandemics working group here.
Website of the Center for the Study of Social Difference: https://www.socialdifference.columbia.edu/
Music in our podcasts is by Blue Dot Sessions, and episodes are mixed by Craig Eley.
Catherine LaSota, host of the JUST THREE podcast, is Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University.