I am an Ethiopian- American public health physician that is using oral histories to teach about health. I have been listening to stories as a public health practitioner for a long time and as a physician for the past four years. In medicine, there is a true moral compass that points north. These stories are meant only to serve the patient's healing process. This channel is my attempt at documenting the stories that have the potential to teach how to heal for us all. I also hope to chronicle the work of solidarity-building and change in process. To learn more, check out: drmehretmandefro.com
Dr. Mehret is an ongoing multimedia project that follows my work as a public health physican engaged in human rights and solidarity work. I am the Founding Director of TruthAIDS, a preventative health non-profit that is using multimedia platforms as tools of movement building for social justice. TruthAIDS grew out of my internal medicine residency research project which explored the alarming rates of HIV among women in the African Diaspora but has evolved into much more. This project has multi...