The Incubator Global Neonatal Podcast
The Global Neonatal Podcast, hosted by Mbozu Sipalo, and Shelley Ann Williams, is a conversational podcast focused on neonatal care in low- and middle-income countries. Each episode features in-depth discussions with physicians, nurses, and providers working in diverse global settings, exploring how neonatology is practiced within low and middle income countries. The podcast highlights both the opportunities and the challenges faced in these environments, including resource limitations, system-level constraints, innovation, and resilience. By centering on global perspectives and lived clinical experience, this series fosters cross-border learning and offers insights relevant to neonatal care worldwide.
The Incubator Global Neonatal Podcast
Latest Episodes
#031 - Building Newborn Systems in Humanitarian Settings: Lessons from a Decade of Capacity Building
In this episode, Mbozu and Shelly-Ann sit down with Dr. Franck Houndjahoue to explore what it takes to strengthen newborn care in humanitarian and post-conflict settings. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience in the Central African Republic ...
#030 - From Preterm Mother to Movement Builder: How Mama Tulia Is Bridging the Gap Between NICU and Home, in Uganda
In this episode, Mbozu and Shelly-Ann sit down with Isabelle Furaha, a Congolese-born mother living in Uganda, whose experience with prematurity and loss led her to create Mama Tulia Ministries. After losing a 26-week infant and later bringing ...
#029 - Scaling Newborn Care in Ghana: Telemedicine, Caffeine, and the Power of Collaboration
In this episode, Mbozu and Shelly-Ann sit down with Dr. Naana Wireko Brobby, a neonatologist leading national efforts to strengthen newborn care in Ghana. She shares a grounded view of daily life at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where high pa...
#028 - Family Systems Care: An example from Hohoe, Ghana (ft. Christina Schuler, Jessica Honya-Tsiewu, and George Edward Ntow)
In this episode, we explore a decade-long journey to transform newborn care in Ghana's Hohoe region, focusing on family systems of care, cross-cultural research collaborations, and innovative training approaches. In this episode we explore ...
#027 - A Preemie, Her Pediatrician, and 40 Years of Neonatal Care in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)
In this episode, Mbozu and Shelly-Ann sit down with Dr. Bharati Datta and Dr. Josel Doyle for a conversation that spans four decades and one very full circle moment. Over 40 years ago, Dr. Datta arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from In...