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May 2021
37m 35s

Roopa Dhatt - Getting woman into leaders...

The BMJ
About this episode
This interview is part of our BMJ interview series, where we talk to the people who are changing medicine. The series thus far has been a bit male dominated - reflecting the leadership in medicine at the moment, if not the actual workforce. One woman who's planning to change that is Roopa Dhatt, executive director of Woman in Global Health - a new grassroot ... Show More
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