Dr Purity Mwendwa is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems at University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland. Her PhD is in global health and her research interests are in the social determinants of health in the context of Africa and among immigrant communities. Her research portfolio is influenced by her experiences growing up in Kenya and those gained working and travelling in various parts of the world. She has expertise in qualitative methods and community-based participatory research based on her extensive work engaging diverse communities in research, education and practice development.
Here, Purity speaks to Dr. Nora Lieggi (the former programme manager) and Prof Thilo Kroll site lead for the PPI Ignite Network @ UCD about her experience of PPI in sub-saharan Africa.
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