Global Health Matters

Mar 25 2025 48 ep. 36 mins 78
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A podcast on innovative & inspiring actions to achieve health for all

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Framing global health issues: the case of oral health

Mar 25 2025 30 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] With so many pressing global health challenges and limited resources, what determines whether an issue makes it onto the global health agenda? What factors shape its priority status? In this episode, using oral health as a case example, we take a c

Power and responsibility in global health

Feb 25 2025 54 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] In this episode, we turn the lens on ourselves as the global health community. Host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Hani Kim and Seye Abimbola about how elite global health actors can marginalize local perspectives and knowledge. They stress the importa

From disability to advocacy for leprosy: neglected tropical diseases part 2

Feb 04 2025 32 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] This two-part episode shines a light on the lived experiences of two remarkable individuals affected by NTDs. We explore firsthand how disability influences and affects their lives. In part 2, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Dan Izzett, a former ci

Ability in disability from noma: neglected tropical diseases part 1

Jan 30 2025 28 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] This two-part episode shines a light on the lived experiences of two remarkable individuals affected by NTDs. We explore firsthand how disability influences and affects their lives. In part 1, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Mulikat Okanlawon, a su

Dialogues: A conversation with Themrise Khan

Dec 03 2024 41 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] In this episode of Dialogues, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Themrise Khan, a Pakistani independent development professional and researcher with almost 30 years of experience in international development, aid effectiveness, gender and global migra

We are here now: youth shaping global health

Nov 12 2024 35 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] The world is witnessing its largest youth generation ever, with half of the global population under 30. A sustainable future hinges on the meaningful engagement of young people. In this episode, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with three charismatic you

Pockets of optimism: empowering youth to improve mental health

Oct 10 2024 34 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] UNICEF estimates that 13% of adolescents live with a diagnosed mental health disorder, with depression and anxiety accounting for 40%. To explore the challenges surrounding the mental health of today’s youth, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Jaime

Can we eliminate malaria? Perspectives from two women leaders

Sep 10 2024 35 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] Significant progress has been made towards a malaria-free world. Forty-three countries have successfully eliminated malaria, with Cabo Verde becoming the third African country declared malaria-free earlier this year. Africa, however, still continue

Dialogues: a conversation with Peter Hotez

Aug 13 2024 33 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] “Dialogues” is a series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. The goal of each Dialogues episode is to break through the echo chambers that exist in global hea

50 years of developing global health leaders

Jun 03 2024 31 mins  
GHM Listener Reactions - Share your thoughts about this episode? [These text messages use your mobile phone and are private, and FREE.] We kick off season 4 of the Global Health Matters podcast with an episode that highlights the remarkable career journeys of two research leaders and the role of capacity development in their formation. Host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Wilfried Mutom