Season 5 Episode 4: GSB Career Insights on Public Health Systems and Financial Inclusion with Dr. Adanna Chukwuma

About this episode

Dr. Adanna Chukwuma discusses her diverse career journey across medicine, public health, and finance.

What does it look like to build a career that moves across medicine, public health, and finance? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Adanna Chukwuma, Associate Vice President for Economic Growth and Private Sector Engagement at CARE. Dr. Chukwuma shares her journey from studying medicine at the University of Nigeria to working on health system reforms at the World Bank, financial inclusion at Visa, and now leading large-scale development initiatives at CARE. She reflects on how personal exp...

People in this episode

Hosts: ebelechukwu monye, Chukwuebuka Amaji

Guest: Dr. Adanna Chukwuma

Topics covered

• public health
• finance
• career development
• health system reforms
• economic growth

Keywords

• public health systems
• financial inclusion
• career insights
• health reforms
• economic growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CARE, World Bank, Visa

Places: University of Nigeria

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