Episode 43: Island Hopping in the South Pacific. Special Guest: Maopa Raikabula
Description
The LabOpp Global Leaders podcast is a series of conversations about Careers, the Lab Industry, Training, and People.
Our special guest in this episode is Maopa Raikabula. Her journey shares the story of beginning a career in a rural setting, as a 1 person lab department. Moving her way through the government health services system. Taking on responsibilities in supporting an entire country’s TB laboratory testing response for a Global Fund funded project in Fiji. Changing roles and locations by moving to the Federated States of Micronesia and eventually continuing her profession in American Samoa.
If you would like to get in touch with Maopa, you can find her on LinkedIn.
Some of the organizations mentioned during this podcast:
· College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences https://www.fnu.ac.fj/
· The Global Fund https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/
· Ministry of Health and Medical Services https://www.health.gov.fj/
· Federated States of Micronesia Health Department https://hsa.gov.fm/
· American Samoa Public Health https://americansamoapublichealth.com/
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