Patterns & Meaning Episode 10: Fostering True Collaboration in Global Health with Bongi Sibanda

In the final episode of this season of Patterns & Meaning, we spoke with Bongi Sibanda about how current funding models affect the provision of health services in communities served; addressing the persistent challenges of brain drain and health worker retention; and what it will take to foster true collaboration in global health.

Bongi Sibanda is an international advanced practice leader and registered nurse in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. She currently leads Advanced Clinical Practice Education at an NHS Trust in London where she is responsible for the organization’s educational policy, strategy, and clinical supervision for multi-professional advanced practitioners. Bongi is also a core team member of the African Forum for Primary Health Care, representing family nurse practitioners in the region. She is a member of the international nurses recruitment at NHS England, global influencers group at Sigma Theta Tau International, and alumna of the International Council of Nurses APN Network.