Why is contraception still seen as "her" responsibility?

Ahead of World Contraception Day, Dr. Hope sits down with Victor, Global Health and Development Advocate, and Dr. John Njagi, gynecologist, for a candid conversation on bringing men into the contraception conversation as part of our #OnHerSide campaign.

In this episode:

→ Victor and Dr. Njagi get real about when they first actually learned what contraception meant and how growing up in a "women's things are women's things" culture shaped that

→ Dr. Njagi shares the surprising data: counties with high contraceptive uptake often have the lowest male involvement, and vice versa

→ Why "let me go home and ask my husband" is a bigger red flag than it sounds

→ The honest, unfiltered debate on male contraceptive options. Would they actually use a male pill or implant if it existed today?

→ What it really means to be #OnHerSide, beyond just showing up to the clinic

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What if a radiologist didn’t need to be in the hospital to save a patient’s life?

Ahead of this year's Africa Health Tech Summit, Dr. Hope sat with an innovator rethinking exactly that. Tom Kinyanjui is the Co-founder & CEO of Neural Labs Africa, and his AI-powered medical imaging platform NeuralSight lets radiologists review your scan without needing to be physically in the hospital. This means a hospital that used to do imaging once a week (because that's the only day the radiologist came in) can now turn it around anytime.

In this episode:

→ Tom compares healthcare AI in Africa to the rise of mobile money and what "edge AI" could do for a continent with patchy connectivity

→ Around 60% of scans radiologists review turn out to be false positives. How NeuralSight's AI triage helps flag the most urgent of images first.

→ Their collaboration with Amref to push point-of-care ultrasound for maternal health, so moms get real-time answers instead of waiting

→ Why you should probably have a copy of your own medical images and what that means for the future of precision medicine on the continent

→ Tom's honest rating of the healthcare system, and the one "health rule" he thinks you can break guilt-free

This conversation felt especially timely with Africa Health Tech Summit coming up; a good reminder of the kind of homegrown innovation already solving real problems on the ground.

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In honour of #worldsuicidepreventionday this September 10th, Dr. Hope is joined by @vanessakaniaru a mental health advocate and host of the Oh my mind! podcast for an empathetic, wide-ranging discussion aimed at breaking the silence and destigmatising mental health struggles.

Together they unpack Kenya's suicide statistics, the stigma-driven "reality gap" of underreported attempts, the progress made to decriminalize attempted suicide, and get into why we should reject arbitrary timelines and free ourselves from societal pressure.

Vanessa shares her personal mental health journey, recounting her diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), her struggles with unresolved grief after losing her mother, and a terrifying panic attack on a work trip.

They also explore how we can change the narrative on suicide and create environments where more of us feel able to speak up and seek help.

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