Blood donation saved my life once upon a time and I'll always advocate for it❣️

Here's my story:

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Last year, I got to speak with Tenji and Marigold about their experiences living with endometriosis, a disease that around 190 million girls and women worldwide live with. aphrica-pulse.squarespace.com/thepulse/liv...

I'm happy with this win! It's a great spotlight on the disease.

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Mothering Across Oceans: What the Caribbean Teaches Us About Black Maternal Health — aPHrica Pulse A few months ago, I arrived in a Caribbean country for work and was immediately struck by how conversations about pregnancy and childbirth found their way into everyday moments – on Uber rides, in hai...

For those working on Black #MaternalHealth in the Americas, Africa and across the diaspora, there is plenty to learn in Rita's latest piece about cultural humility, respectful care, and community-rooted systems.

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Is a Period-Friendly World possible or a Wakandan dream? — aPHrica Pulse Recently, we asked some of our friends for their views on a period-friendly world. I appreciate our friends who took part in our survey (thanks, friends!) and tend to agree with much of what they sa...

Menstruation is an important parts of sexual and reproductive health that's often ignored.

From stigma, inclusivity, access to sanitary products, and policies, here are my reflections on a period-friendly world.

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Menstrual Hygiene matters every day, so let’s talk about it! — aPHrica Pulse Every day, about 800 million people aged 15 to 49 years are menstruating and many face challenges in maintaining their personal hygiene.  With this in mind, and Menstrual Hygiene Day ’s mi...

Even though about 800 million people are menstruating every day, talking about menstruation is still taboo.🤐

To reignite conversation on menstruation, we decided to ask our friends for their views on a #PeriodFriendlyWorld 🫂 🌍

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Mentorship is key infrastructure in African public health.

As part of her mentorship series, Victory shares her recent conversation with Dr. Christie Akwaowo, who described starting her career without a map.

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Merging Passion for Mental Health Advocacy and Leadership with Fitness and Wellness  — aPHrica Pulse In many parts of Africa and the world, conversations around mental health are steeped in stigma, misunderstanding, or silence . Too many people hide their struggles or brush them off as weakness or m...

Youth leadership and healing practices like dance, art, fitness and sport are transforming how we think about mental health.

Learn about Ntombizonke Tembe's work as a young mental health advocate working in this space.

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Becoming Without a Blueprint — aPHrica Pulse Navigating a Public Health Career in Africa Some people’s career journeys begin with certainty. Dr. Christie Akwaowo’s journey is not one of them. When I sat down with my long-term mentor, Dr. Chri...

Many public health careers in Africa take shape without a clear plan, making successes worth sharing and learning from.

Read the first article of Victory Ekpin's series on mentorship and navigating public health careers in Africa.

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Reflections on work-life balance and burnout among Women in Research — aPHrica Pulse In May, I attended the webinar “Work-life Balance and Burnout - The Hidden Struggles of Women in Research” hosted by AWAKE-Africa (Africa Women Advancing Knowledge and Equity in Global Health Research...

Global health research is rewarding—but it can also be exhausting.

In May, I listened to AWAKE-Africa's webinar on work-life balance and burnout among women in this field.

Here are my reflections.

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To the strangers who helped me and gave me hope — aPHrica Pulse Two recent global health days, World Blood Donor Day (14 June) and International Nurses Day (12 May), stay close to my heart. Not because I work at a blood bank or I am a nurse, but because at...

At a critical point in my life, I relied on strangers; some who donated blood and others, nurses, who cared for me.

That's why #WorldBloodDonorDay and #InternationalNursesDay are so important to me.

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From Silence to Systems: Mental Health Reform Across Africa and the Diaspora — aPHrica Pulse It all begins with an idea.

Across much of Africa, mental health remains one of the most underfunded and overlooked areas of public health.

In her latest piece, Rita Kamazima explores how systems are beginning to shift—and where urgent work is still needed.

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Mental Health in Africa: The Struggles We Don’t Name — aPHrica Pulse Growing up in Tanzania, I witnessed people close to me—family members, neighbors, classmates—grapple with emotional and mental challenges. At the time, I didn’t have the language or understanding to n...

Growing up in Tanzania, Rita Kamazima saw mental health struggles play out in silence—within families, among friends, and across communities.

Here she reflects on challenges that are often invisible but deeply felt.

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“I want to see people believe women about their bodies”: Living with Endometriosis - Part 1 — aPHrica Pulse It all begins with an idea.

Did you know that 𝟭𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 worldwide live with endometriosis?

In our latest #aPHricaPulse feature, I unpack:
🔹 What endometriosis is
🔹 Its physical, emotional & social toll
🔹 Stories from women living with the condition

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Towards Zero Waste in Fashion and Decolonising Fashion Waste — aPHrica Pulse Clothes dumped in waterways contribute to flooding, worsen sanitation, and provide breeding grounds for disease vectors like mosquitoes and rodents. Informal workers who sort these clothes daily do so...

Every year, millions of tonnes of unwearable clothing arrive on African shores.

In this piece, Victory Ekpin reflects on the global fashion waste pipeline and why it matters for Africa’s health, environment and future.

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