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Dr. Padmini (Mini) Murthy - Professor and Global Health Director at New York Medical College School\xa0of Health Sciences and Practice.\nDr. Murthy is a physician and an activist who trained in Obstetrics and\xa0Gynecology. She has practiced medicine and public health for the past 28 years in various countries. She worked as a consultant for United Nations Population Fund, she is the Secretary-General of the Medical Women\u2019s International Association (MWIA) and its NGO representative to the United\xa0Nations (UN). She is the global health lead for the American Medical Women\u2019s Association (AMWA). In 2020 she published a book titled Technology and Global Public Health, which is a great read if you wish to get a perspective about health and technology, women, and technology in countries like Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Japan, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and more.\nThis episode explores the book\u2019s content, the emphasis on women\u2019s health and the impact of COVID on women\u2019s health, the power of mHealth for public health, especially in developing countries, using apps for gender empowerment.\xa0\nTechnology and Global Public Health\xa0\xa0- https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030463540\nFaces of digital health website: www.facesofdigitalhealth.com\xa0\nLeave a rating or review: https://lovethepodcast.com/facesofdigitalhealth