EP 47: Designing Vaccine Equity | Aika Matemu and Pragya Mishra

Bon talks with the Dalberg Design team (Aika, Pragya, Joy and
Mihret) about designers as global health storytellers, the need for
creativity in global health and the challenges of social media
misinformation.  Aika Matemu is a Director at Dalberg Design
in Nairobi, leading the design team in Africa. She brings over 15
years experience in user experience design, digital technologies,
global public health and social entrepreneurism, with extensive
experience in social impact and innovation. She has committed her
career thus far to designing and building innovations that impact
social change, movement and revolution. Her design career has been
grounded in human-centered design methods with a focus on designing
products and services that create channels for underserved
populations to access quality health care. She's passionate about
building design capacity on the African continent and elevating
home grown designers to global design platforms.  Pragya
Mishra is Director at Dalberg Design based in Seattle. She applies
her expertise in visual and strategy design on social innovation,
financial inclusion and global health projects. She brings a
human-centered approach to her work that facilitates in-depth
understanding of distinct user behaviors, attitudes and preferences
towards products, services, and systems leading to actionable
insights. Her recent work includes the development of Design for
health – a tailored set of design resources for global health
practitioners. Prior to joining Dalberg Design, Pragya worked as an
independent designer with NGOs and governmental organizations on a
range of social innovation projects. Pragya has a Masters in Design
in Social Innovation from the School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York
and an undergraduate degree in Visual Communication Design from the
National Institute of Design (NID) in India.  Joy Kendi is a
senior designer based in Dalberg Design's Nairobi studio. Her
expertise is in product and service design, user experience and
design research, with a focus on emerging markets. Prior to joining
Dalberg Design, Joy led product design at a technology innovation
hub in Kenya. Mihret Tamrat is a designer with Dalberg Design’s
Nairobi studio. Her design background includes works in education
technology, game design, as well as gender and youth employment
across the US, Asia, and East Africa. Prior to Dalberg Design,
Mihret worked as a strategy consultant with Dalberg Advisors in
Addis Ababa.