#26 Hezy and Malawi's sleeping sickness
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Our guest, Dr Hezy Anholt, is a true world citizen. She has lived and worked in about 10 different countries. Originally from Canada, Hezy has found a second home in Malawi where she initially worked as a research veterinarian for the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust for two years. In addition to running her own wildlife vet business, she has been a PhD candidate since 2021. Through the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, she studies trypanosomiasis, or ‘sleeping sickness’, with a One Health approach. Malawi has the highest prevalence of this almost always fatal disease. Join our host Dr Cat Vendl on a trip into the heart of wildlife research in Malawi with Hezy. Links Hezy’s PhD work with UBC: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/anholt-heather-hezy Hezy’s blog post in the Lonely Conservationists on neo-colonialism: https://lonelyconservationists.com/2023/06/27/hezy-exploited-in-the-haze-of-a-dazzling-opportunity/
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