Global Health Lives

Delan Devakumar
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Global Health Lives

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.

  1. Francesco

    13 OCT

    Francesco

    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 and on vaccinations. He also discusses broader issues about humanitarian work. Francesco also talks about his own mental health and how he has coped.

    35 min
  2. Naomi

    15 SEPT

    Naomi

    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.

    34 min

  3. 18 AUG

    Wouter

    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.

    35 min

  4. 14 JUL

    Rudzani

    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.

    36 min

  5. 17/12/2023

    Bob

    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.

    33 min

  6. 19/11/2023

    Kevin

    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 Authority and the Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London. He is also the government’s Chief Advisor on HIV. Kevin was director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this episode, Kevin describes his journey in leadership and his work in HIV prevention and control in the USA and UK.

    36 min

  7. 15/10/2023

    Kumanan

    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 pandemic.

    36 min

  8. 17/09/2023

    Michelle

    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.

    36 min
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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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  • Creator
    Delan Devakumar
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Delan Devakumar
  • Show Website
    Global Health Lives

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