Putting communities first in HIV Research with Yvette Raphael
Send a text When Yvette Raphael walked into a stakeholder meeting in Kigali in 2019 and asked Gilead's lead researcher, "What are you going to do differently?", she was doing her job. As co-founder of...
13 Mars 47min
Paying more and Owning less with Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene
Send a text The America First Global Health Strategy promises something African health advocates have demanded for decades: ownership. Through time-bound bilateral compacts, countries co-finance healt...
28 Feb 49min
Unmasking Global Health: Reflections on 2025
Send a text 2025 was the year the comfortable illusions of global health shattered. The U.S. withdrawal from WHO, the dismantling of USAID, and controversial bilateral agreements exposed uncomfortable...
27 Dec 202539min
Unpacking the Anatomy of Aid Dependency with Emilie Koum Besson (Pt 2)
Send a text This is a continuation of our previous episode with Emilie Koum Besson discussing the various forms of aid dependency. In this episode, we focus on the relationship between aid and depende...
6 Dec 20251h 5min
Unpacking the Anatomy of Aid Dependency with Emilie Koum Besson (Pt 1)
Send a text For decades, global health has treated aid dependency as a neutral, technical condition, something to measure and manage. But what if dependency is actually a feature of the system, not a ...
22 Nov 202559min
Shaping Public Health Leadership with Amb. John Nkengasong
Send a text In this conversation, Dr. John Nkengasong of the Mastercard Foundation and former PEPFAR and Africa CDC lead, discusses the evolution of public health in Africa, highlighting Rwanda's lead...
10 Okt 202553min
Fighting Childhood Cancers in Ghana with Ella Amoako
Send a text Dr. Emmanuela Amoako discusses her journey as a pediatric oncologist and her innovative COMPASS project, which aims to improve childhood cancer detection in Ghana. She emphasizes the impor...
31 Aug 202549min
