Tolullah Oni redesigns public health around the city

The physician and urban epidemiologist studies how neighbourhood systems influence health.

By Global Africa Desk · Diaspora achievement and ideas · 2 min read

Editorial illustration for “Tolullah Oni redesigns public health around the city” — Na Wetin Dey Happen original editorial image — conceptual, not a documentary photograph

The physician and urban epidemiologist studies how neighbourhood systems influence health.

University profiles describe interdisciplinary work connecting medicine, data and urban design.

Her research invites African cities to treat planning as preventive health care.

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