DNDi: Medicine Makers Without Borders

Ep 5 - A Leap of Faith

Episode Summary

In our penultimate episode we are looking at the Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform, also known as LEAP.

Episode Notes

In our penultimate episode we are looking at the Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform, also known as LEAP. Here to talk me through this interconnected, collaborative network are two LEAP members who first met as colleagues and later became firm friends; Ahmed Musa of Khartoum University and Simon Bolo of DNDi Africa. This was a fascinating discussion that it on many of seriou hurdles faced by medical professionals working in the region.

Ahmed Musa is Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Endemic Diseases in the University of Khartoum.

Simon Bolo is Regional Operations Leader for DNDi Africa. He can be found on Twitter at @BoloSimon.


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