Do we need booster shots?
Vaccine-rich countries are beginning programmes of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, but what's the evidence for them? What does this mean for countries which have no vaccines? Prof. Sir Richard Peto la...
7 Okt 202142min
Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, and refugee health
What are the most pressing humanitarian needs in Afghanistan? How can the country preserve its health system? Former Afghanistan government public health director Dr. Mohammad Haqmal and Dr. Ayesha Ah...
16 Sep 202139min
Medical professionalism and physician wellbeing
The mental health of health workers is often overlooked, but with the pandemic still raging around the world, a conversation about their wellbeing is vital. In this episode we speak to Pier Bryden, Ju...
2 Sep 202144min
A feminist recovery from COVID-19
Jocalyn Clark and Jessamy Bagenal of The Lancet are joined by Prof. Sarah Kaplan, Director of the Institute for Gender & the Economy, to discuss what a feminist recovery from COVID-19 might look like...
18 Aug 202133min
The overlooked treatment for postpartum haemorrhage, and analysing COVID in Brazil
Tranexamic acid is proven to lower mortality rates among women who have postpartum haemorrhage, but it's still rarely used. Professors Haleema Shakur-Still and Ian Roberts of LSHTM discuss their new d...
5 Aug 202136min
The physical activity legacies of the Olympics
Adrian Bauman and Masamitsu Kamada discuss why the Olympics don't seem to have much of an effect on physical activity levels in their host countries. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at ...
21 Jul 202125min
Making enough progress on climate change, and looking at COVID-19’s effect on malnutrition
Naomi Oreskes joins us to talk about tackling climate change in time to avoid disaster, misinformation, and scientific messaging, then Saskia Osendarp and Shweta Khandelwal discuss how COVID-19 has ex...
1 Jul 202141min
What’s wrong with global health?
Mandip Aujla, senior editor of The Lancet Global Health, talks with Desmond Jumbam and Lioba Hirsch about decolonising global health, how rich countries dominate the global health discussion, and what...
18 Jun 202134min
