This is an IHeart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

I'm welcome to Steph One Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio.

And y'all, I'm so excited because I think we've been working on this episode for a minute, especially in my head, because we are bringing on one of my good friends who has done an amazing amount of work and recently graduated with her doctorate.

Yes, she is a doctor and we must celebrate all those things.

We are bringing on Dr. Sika Ditto.

We're going to call her Dr. Detto, although sometimes, you know, I might call her by Cece because we close like that, right?

Cici?

Absolutely.

But for this episode, you have earned that title of Dr. Detto because you have done so much amazing work.

And I'm so excited to talk about the research that you have been doing and has finished.

But it's never finished.

Let's be real honest, right? But first,

before we get into it, because obviously I'm jumping ahead because I'm too excited about this

episode, can you introduce yourself for our listeners? Thank you so much, Samantha, for the

introduction. I would love to introduce myself. Hello, everyone. My name is Dr. Sika or Cici

Dettel, and I'm really happy to be here with you today.

Samantha, you are right. We've been talking about this for a while, and I'm excited to finally share a bit more about my work and my journey.

My academic focus centers on maternal health and public health, And my dissertation explored Antinatal Care

utilization and HIV AIDS awareness among women of reproductive age in Senegal. So really

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