Doctor Mehret http://drmehretmandefro.com A day to day journey in healing... walk with me. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:43:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en I am an Ethiopian-American public health physician that is using oral histories and ethnographic documentation to teach about health. I have been listening to stories as a public health practitioner for a long time and as a physician for the past four years. In medicine, there is a true moral compass that points north. These stories are meant only to serve the patient and instruct how to heal. I hope in sharing these truths, I can help steer the public imagination towards having a moral compass that points north. A day to day journey in healing... walk with me. Dr. Mehret Mandefro hiv, aids, prevention, human, rights, women, black, african, american, ethiopia, mehret no Mehret Mandefro mehret@truthaids.org 99.5 WBAI Pacifica Interview http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=73 http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=73#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:45:14 +0000 Mehret http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=73 The Women: Body and Soul interview went great. I talked about All of Us, HIV prevention and more. You can listen to the show by clicking here.

Thank you Nathalie for having me on your show.

]]> http://drmehretmandefro.com/?feed=rss2&p=73 The Women: Body and Soul interview went great. I talked about All of Us, HIV prevention and more. You can listen to the show by clicking here. Thank you Nathalie for having me on your show. The Women: Body and Soul interview went great. I talked about All of Us, HIV prevention and more. You can listen to the show by clicking here. Thank you Nathalie for having me on your show. Women: Body and Soul http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=70 http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=70#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:39:39 +0000 Mehret http://drmehretmandefro.com/?p=70 I am on live radio today for WBAI 99.5 Pacifica Radio talking about women and HIV for their “Women: Body and Soul” program 1-2pm. Please tune in live or look out for the archive I will post. The radio program is about “covering what matters to women - body and soul.”   The host and creator of the show, Nathalie Thandiwe, developed the program to foster “provocative dialogue about what mattes to women– health, realtionships, sexuality, and more, from holistic, multicultural perspectives.”

Radio is an important medium to use when educating about health. Research has shown most African American women receive their health information from the radio. Yet, there are far too few programs dedicated to this purpose. Hopefully that will change.

I had the pleasure of participating in a similar radio program in Atlanta called WomenSpeak last week.  We talked about HIV and women from a societal perspective and struggled to get to the root causes together.  I shared the space with Dazon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove Inc. and our gracious host Wiata kept the questions coming. The second segment of that interview will continue next week on December 18 from 7-8p on 89.3 WRFG Atlanta.

I like using the radio to teach. Mixing music in between conscious messaging is a great strategy to spread lessons of empowerment. Breaking silences without the distraction of visual images presents yet another strategy in creating safe spaces for women to speak.

]]> http://drmehretmandefro.com/?feed=rss2&p=70 I am on live radio today for WBAI 99.5 Pacifica Radio talking about women and HIV for their “Women: Body and Soul” program 1-2pm. Please tune in live or look out for the archive I will post. The radio program is about “covering what matters to women - body and soul.”   The host and creator of the show, Nathalie Thandiwe, developed the program to foster “provocative dialogue about what mattes to women– health, realtionships, sexuality, and more, from holistic, multicultural perspectives.” Radio is an important medium to use when educating about health. Research has shown most African American women receive their health information from the radio. Yet, there are far too few programs dedicated to this purpose. Hopefully that will change. I had the pleasure of participating in a similar radio program in Atlanta called WomenSpeak last week.  We talked about HIV and women from a societal perspective and struggled to get to the root causes together.  I shared the space with Dazon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove Inc. and our gracious host Wiata kept the questions coming. The second segment of that interview will continue next week on December 18 from 7-8p on 89.3 WRFG Atlanta. I like using the radio to teach. Mixing music in between conscious messaging is a great strategy to spread lessons of empowerment. Breaking silences without the distraction of visual images presents yet another strategy in creating safe spaces for women to speak. I am on live radio today for WBAI 99.5 Pacifica Radio talking about women and HIV for their "Women: Body and Soul" program 1-2pm. Please tune in live or look out for the archive I will post. The radio program is about "covering what matters to [...]