The Lancet Voice

Oct 29 2024 132 ep. 37 mins 1.7k
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The Lancet Voice is a fortnightly podcast from the Lancet family of journals. Lancet editors and their guests unravel the stories behind the best global health, policy and clinical research of the day―and what it means for people around the world.

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Reducing premature deaths, the limits of human longevity, and healthy cities

Oct 29 2024 42 mins  
Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy get into the studio for another bonus episode looking at the launch of the Global Health 2050 report at the World Health Summit in Berlin, a report which shows a path to cutting premature mortality by 50% by 2050. Also up for discussion are the limits of human longevity and what well-designed cities mean for health.Send us your feedback!Continue this con

Poverty and health in the US

Oct 24 2024 31 mins  
The US is the richest country in the world, but has some of the most entrenched poverty and associated poor health outcomes. Miriam Sabin (North American Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet) joins Jessamy to chat with Luke Shaefer (Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and Director of Poverty Solutions) and Mona Hanna (Professor of Public Health at Michigan Sta

Self-harm

Oct 09 2024 35 mins  
Gavin is joined by Paul Moran (Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK) and Helen Christensen (Scientia Professor of Mental Health at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) to discuss The Lancet's new commission on self-harm, exploring its prevalence, cultural factors, and the crucial need for b

AI in publishing, the Darzi report, and population levels

Oct 03 2024 68 mins  
Jessamy, Gavin, and Richard come together for another bonus episode of The Lancet Voice. A freeform chat covers xenotransplantation, the use of AI in scientific research, the Darzi report into the UK's National Health Service, and falling population levels over the next few decades.Send us your feedback!Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/t

Antimicrobial resistance - the path to sustainability

Sep 26 2024 27 mins  
Ramanan Laxminarayan is the founder and president of the One Health Trust, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Antimicrobial Resistance in New Delhi, India, and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. He is the lead author of The Lancet’s May 2024 series on Sustainable Access to Antibiotics. He joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss how big of a p

Energy transitions, sharing vaccines, and making research accessible for non-English speakers

Sep 12 2024 38 mins  
In something of a bonus episode, Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy sit down for an informal chat about what's going on in the news, in health, and in the world of The Lancet, covering healthcare emissions, solar power, and the challenge of global co-operation on vaccines.Send us your feedback!Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://i

Health in Africa: Mpox and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Sep 06 2024 25 mins  
The mpox case surge in Africa has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO. A new clade of the virus has emerged since the 2022 outbreak which has led to a rapid increase in cases. Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who is the the chair of the Africa CDC’s Emergency Consultative Group and the director of CAPRISA, the Center for the AIDS Progr

The UK's COVID-19 public enquiry, with Richard Horton

Aug 22 2024 43 mins  
The first module of the UK's COVID-19 enquiry was published in July 2024. The enquiry found that the UK prepared for the wrong sort of pandemic, suffered from groupthink, and ultimately failed its citizens, more than 200,000 of whom died as a result of the pandemic. Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss his experiences giving evidence to

Developments in our understanding of dementia

Jul 31 2024 35 mins  
14 modifiable risk factors account for 45% of dementia cases worldwide. Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Prof. Gill Livingston (UCL) and Prof. Geir Selbaek (University of Oslo) to discuss the 2024 updates to The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention.You can read the Commission here:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01296-0?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_pod

Losing progress on human rights

Jul 22 2024 30 mins  
Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Group, to discuss the access to health and freedom of the most vulnerable people around the world. Are we maintaining progress on rights, or are we in danger of backsliding?Send us your feedback!Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethtt