Global Health Lives

Nov 17 2024 32 ep. 31 mins 11
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Global Health Lives is a podcast exploring some of the most important issues in global health, but from the perspective of the people working in it. We discuss their lives, what influenced them and the challenges they face both professionally and personally.

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Hamza

Nov 17 2024 37 mins  
Dr Hamza al-Kateab is a Syrian doctor, an activist and a public health advocate. He set up and ran a hospital in East Aleppo during the war in Syria. This work was documented in the film For Sama, created by his wife Waad al-Kateab. Hamza is now an activist working to stop the bombing of health facilities in Syria and other conflict areas through the campaign “Action For Sama”

Francesco

Oct 13 2024 34 mins  
Professor Francesco Checchi is a professor of epidemiology and international health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Francesco is an epidemiologist who has worked for 25 years in crisis and humanitarian settings with Médecins Sans Frontières and Save the Children and as an academic. In this episode he talks about his work estimating mortality in conflicts

Naomi

Sep 15 2024 34 mins  
Prof Naomi Priest is a lifecourse and social epidemiologist at the Australian National University. Naomi’s research focuses on understanding how social forces become embedded and embodied to influence health and health inequalities throughout life. In this episode, Naomi talks about how racism impacts child and adolescent health and school-based interventions to reduce racism.

Wouter

Aug 18 2024 35 mins  
Dr Wouter Arrazola de Oñate is a medical doctor in public health and activist. He is the medical director of the Belgian lung and TB association. In this episode, Wouter talks about his work in TB from a clinical and public health perspective and the importance of advocacy to improve health.

Rudzani

Jul 14 2024 35 mins  
Professor Rudzani Muloiwa is the head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health in the University of Cape Town and the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s hospital. In this episode, Rudzani describes the importance of child health, his career in the field, and growing up and living in pre- and post-Apartheid South Africa.

Bob

Dec 17 2023 32 mins  
Dr Bob Klaber is a consultant paediatrician and director of strategy, research and innovation at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust in London. In this episode, Bob describes his career in paediatrics and medical education, and talks about the importance of kindness in healthcare.

Kevin

Nov 19 2023 36 mins  
Professor Kevin Fenton is senior public health expert and infectious disease epidemiologist. Kevin is the President of the Faculty of Public Health, the professional body for public health practitioners. He is the Regional Director for London in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Autho

Kumanan

Oct 15 2023 35 mins  
Dr Kumanan Rasanathan is Executive Director at the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research at the World Health Organization. Kumanan talks about his work striving for health equity. He describes working on the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, work on development of the Sustainable Development Goals and frontline public health work during the COVID-19 pandemi

Michelle

Sep 17 2023 35 mins  
Dr Michelle Morse, the Chief Medical Officer of the New York City Department of Health. In this episode Michelle talks about her work fighting for racial justice and health equity in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nayreen

Aug 13 2023 30 mins  
Dr Nayreen Daruwalla is a clinical psychologist and, counsellor and researcher, who runs the violence against women group in the Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action (SNEHA) in Mumbai. In this episode Nayreen describes her work helping survivors of violence against women in Dharavi, Mumbai.