Sep 1, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
Dr. Anu Anandaraja is the brave doctor and systems thinker who listens to women, and then advocates tirelessly to help them succeed. As a young daughter of immigrant doctors living in rural New…
Anu AnandarajahGuest
Stella SafoHost
Welcome to Octavia's Cure, a conversation series where we do something that can feel radical in this moment.
We imagine a health care system that sees every person, every community, every corner of this globe as worthy of care and investment.
And we root ourselves in hope, because hope paired with action is how change gets made.
My guest is Dr. Anu Anandarajah, a pediatrician, a public health practitioner, and the founder of Women Together.
an organization doing extraordinary work at the intersection of health, gender, and community power around the world.
She spent her career reminding us that what happens in the farthest corners of our world is never actually really that far from home, that global health is local health, and that the systems we build abroad reflect the values we hold right here.
I want to start off by asking you about your journey because you have such a unique and fascinating journey.
Tell us about kind of how you got to this point of doing global health and tell us about some of the ways that your work in public health and health care got you to this particular point.
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