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Mollie Hunte: Health Advocacy


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In this series of episodes, we will learn about Mollie Hunte (1932-2015) an educational psychologist born in Guyana. Mollie Hunte was an essential part of the Black parents movement and the education movement in the UK during the 1960s onward. 

In this episode we will hear from Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu is an Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of West London (UWL).  In 1979 she ran the first UK sickle cell/thalassaemia nurse counselling service in Brent & co-founded the UK Sickle Cell Society. Prior to retirement in 2007 she was Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice at UWL. She speaks to Rebecca about her work and memories and connections to Mollie. 

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More info on the work of Mollie Hunt/show notes can be found here

This episode was made possible with funding from the Wellcome Trust.  Edited by  Hannah Kemp-Welch and Presented by Rebecca Adams



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