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Podcast with Dr. Mehret Mandefro

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The PLAN Institute and BC Women’s Hospital recently asked me to record a podcast with Dr. Mehret Mandefro.

She’s an HIV/AIDS educator and activist who’s also the subject of an incredibly moving documentary called All of Us. Dr. Mandefro is the founding director of Truth Aids

You can find out more about her on her website.

In the podcast I think you’ll get a real sense of her inspiration and drive to make a difference – she’s got an incredibly dynamic personality and at the same time, is very down to earth and realistic about the challenges of health education.

It’s on the Plan Institute website here – you have to register on their site first in order to get it.

Or you can also listen to it here:

http://snitcast.com/plan/20090524_mandefro.mp3

Thanks to Emily Apt of Pureland Pictures for permission to use clips from the film, All of Us .

Some shocking data (courtesy TruthAids website):

  • For African American women ages 15 to 24, AIDS has been the leading cause of death for almost 10 years.
  • HIV is the leading cause of death for African American men ages 35-44 (NCHS,2002)
  • African American men are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic: AIDS diagnosis rate among African American was almost 11 times the rate among whites

** UPDATE **

Dr. Mandefro has just been appointed a White House Fellow.  Details here

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Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Media, Podcasting Tagged With: BC Womens Hospital, HIV/AIDS, Mehret Mandefro, Plan Institute

Comments

  1. Gedle says

    June 28, 2009 at 4:18 am

    Dr. Mehret is doing a fabulous job. It is great that her great work is being recognized.

  2. zewdu says

    June 29, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Dr mandefero this is my favorite kind of help to the people

    thanks count….

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