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On Unlocking Women's Brain Health - Women's Health Series with Ann-Marie de Lange

On Unlocking Women's Brain Health - Women's Health Series with Ann-Marie de Lange

In this new episode of 'Narratives of Purpose', Ann-Marie de Lange joins host Claire Murigande to discuss the critical and often overlooked area of women's brain health research. Ann-Marie shares insights from her work as Principal Investigator at FemiLab, which studies factors affecting women's br...

On Reclaiming Dignity Through Health Tech - Women's Health Series with Mariatheresa Samson Kadushi & Shamala Hinrichsen

On Reclaiming Dignity Through Health Tech - Women's Health Series with Mariatheresa Samson Kadushi & Shamala Hinrichsen

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, Mariatheresa Samson Kadushi and Shamala Hinrichsen join host Claire Murigande to discuss the innovative app "SheHer" designed to advance women's health by providing accessible healthcare information and fostering a supportive community. Both Shamala a...

On Innovating Care in Maternal Health - Women's Health Series with Martha Agbornyenty

On Innovating Care in Maternal Health - Women's Health Series with Martha Agbornyenty

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande speaks with Martha Agbornyenty, the founder and Executive Director of For Mom and Baby Foundation, who is on a mission to improve maternal and child health in Cameroon. With a background as an award-winning young midwife leader, ...

On The Power of Self-Advocacy - Women's Health Series with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey

On The Power of Self-Advocacy - Women's Health Series with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of healthcare advocacy and personal storytelling with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey, President of the Byrd Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation, who passionately discusses her journey as a radiation therapist...

On Normalising Gender-Specific Medicine - Women’s Health Series with Thao Nguyen

On Normalising Gender-Specific Medicine - Women’s Health Series with Thao Nguyen

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande speaks with Thao Nguyen, founder and CEO of Equal Care, about her mission to normalise gender-specific medicine.  Thao shares her journey from tech consultant to healthcare innovator and discusses the importance of recognisi...

On Building a Global Ecosystem for FemTech Pioneers - Women's Health Series with Marija Butkovic

On Building a Global Ecosystem for FemTech Pioneers - Women's Health Series with Marija Butkovic

In this new episode of 'Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande delves into the world of Femtech and women's health with Marija Butkovic, the founder and CEO of Women of Wearables (WoW).  Marija shares her journey from a commercial lawyer in Croatia to leading a global organization that ...

On Leveraging AI to Overcome Radiology Challenges - Women's Health Series with Élise Mekkaoui

On Leveraging AI to Overcome Radiology Challenges - Women's Health Series with Élise Mekkaoui

Leveraging AI revolutionises the Diagnosis of Women's Pelvic Conditions.  In the fifth and final episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Élise Mekkaoui, founder and CPO of Matricis.ai. Élise discusses the challenges in d...

On Holding Space for Women in the Workplace - Women's Health Series with Fatoumata Ly

On Holding Space for Women in the Workplace - Women's Health Series with Fatoumata Ly

Supporting Women's Health in the Workplace.  In the fourth episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande delves into the challenges of addressing women's health within the corporate environment with guest Fatoumata Ly, the co-founder of N...

On Humanising Clinical Trials with AI - Women's Health Series with Danielle Ralic

On Humanising Clinical Trials with AI - Women's Health Series with Danielle Ralic

AI Technology Democratises Access to Clinical Trials and Accelerates Research.  In the third episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of AI and women's health with Danielle Ralic, CEO and founder of Ancora.a...

On Developing Non-invasive Cervical Precancer Treatments - Women's Health Series with Alia Rahman

On Developing Non-invasive Cervical Precancer Treatments - Women's Health Series with Alia Rahman

Twenty-First Century Treatments for Women's Health particularly non-invasive cervical precancer treatment. In the second episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Alia Rahman, the Co-founder and CEO of Amplexd Therapeutics. Ali...

On Making PCOS a Public Health Priority - Women's Health Series with Sasha Ottey

On Making PCOS a Public Health Priority - Women's Health Series with Sasha Ottey

Advocacy and Patient-led Innovation in Making PCOS a public health priority. In this first episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Sasha Ottey, the Executive Director of the PCOS Challenge. Sasha shares her personal journey o...

Advancing Women’s Health with Female Founders - Trailer

Advancing Women’s Health with Female Founders - Trailer

In this episode of Narratives of Purpose, host Claire Murigande introduces a new series focusing on women's health innovation. The next five episodes will address Issues like the lack of female representation in clinical trials as well as the need for gender-specific personalised medicine, but al...

Celebrating Three Years of Narratives of Purpose

Celebrating Three Years of Narratives of Purpose

Join me for the Season Five Finale of Narratives of Purpose where we are celebrating our Three Year Anniversary of powerful conversations with our wonderful guests who are making waves in their industries and communities. In our podcast series, we have shone a spotlight on innovation, sustainab...

On Eradicating Period Poverty - A Conversation with Ira Guha

On Eradicating Period Poverty - A Conversation with Ira Guha

In today’s episode, I have a fascinating conversation with Ira Guha who is the founder of Asan. Asan is a social venture with a mission to eradicate period poverty, which prevents women and girls across the world from participating in essential daily activities (Including going to school and work)....

On Empowering Action Through Innovative Technologies - A NEW Conversation with Rhiana Spring

On Empowering Action Through Innovative Technologies - A NEW Conversation with Rhiana Spring

Join me for today’s episode where I will be catching up with Rhiana Spring, the founder and executive director of Spring ACT. Spring ACT is an organisation connecting human rights and technology to empower people to take action and eliminate global social injustices. Their flagship product is c...

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

Today I am welcoming back my very first guest of Narratives of Purpose - Pauline Koelbl, founder of ShEquity. ShEquity is a Catalyst Fund that provides smart investments for innovative and impactful African female entrepreneurs. Join me in this conversation where Pauline talks about the growth ...