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Zoë Mullan, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Global Health, and the journal’s authors explore their research and its impact on people’s health, health care, and health policy in this regular podcast.

The Lancet Global Health


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    Senjuti Saha on the health-care burden of RSV in Bangladesh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 21:03


    In a resource-constrained setting like Bangladesh, what proportion of a hospital's capacity is taken up with admissions for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)? How many children needing admission are turned away every year because of lack of bed space? And how many of these "denials" and subsequent deaths might be prevented by the introduction of a maternal RSV vaccine or the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab? Listen to Senjuti Saha, Deputy Executive Director of the Child Health Research Foundation, describe the results of her fascinating and potentially policy-changing study to our Editor-in-Chief, Zoë Mullan.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00048-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Carina King and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman on the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 29:50


    Carina King and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman outline the purpose and main findings of the new Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security and their hopes for its impact.Read the Commission:https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/medical-oxygen-security?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_langlooxygen25_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Hasin Jahan on water contamination in Bangladesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 16:17


    Hasin Jahan, Country Director of WaterAid Bangladesh, speaks to Lauren Southwell about water contamination in Bangladesh, how it affects the communities that live there, and how it is exacerbated by climate events.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Joe Bresee on influenza H5N1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 17:10


    Daniel Symons speaks to Dr Joe Bresee of the Task Force for Global Health on the threat posed by influenza H5N1, vaccine strategies, and strengthening systems to prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Implementação da telemedicina na região Amazônica [Delivering telemedicine to the Amazon region] (In Portuguese)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 32:47


    Episódio abordando saúde na Amazônia, destacando a telemedicina e tecnologias digitais como soluções para desafios de acessibilidade com o Dr Cleinaldo Costa. Discute barreiras tecnológicas, sensibilidade cultural, sustentabilidade, participação dos trabalhadores locais e inovações para melhorar o atendimento.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Mohamed Aden Ahmed on the effects of conflict on health care in Sudan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 22:46


    Mohamed Aden Ahmed, Deputy Head of Missions and Operations in West Darfur for MSF, speaks to Lauren Southwell about the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the subsequent effects on health care and health-care workers.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Prof Bola Owolabi on health-care inequalities and the CORE20PLUS5 programme

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 34:06


    Prof. Bola Owolabi, Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme at NHS England, speaks to Zoë Mullan about overcoming inertia, using data for action, and global health as a truly global - rather than LMIC - issue.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Kara Hanson and Michael Makanga on equitable research funding in global health

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 25:03


    Zoë Mullan talks to Prof Kara Hanson of the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Research and Dr Michael Makanga of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership on funding for research involving collaborators in the Global North and Global South and how it can be made more equitable.Visit The Lancet Global Health at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/homeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Michael Udedi and Kazione Kulisewa on implementing depression care in Malawi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 25:55


    Liam Messin, of The Lancet Global Health, speaks to Michael Udedi and Kazione Kulisewa about implementation science and mental health in Malawi.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00592-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Kathy Baisley and Ruanne Barnabas on HPV vaccine efficacy in Tanzania and Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 20:37


    Georgia Bisbas of The Lancet Global Health talks to Kathy Baisley and  Ruanne Barnabas about their trials on immunobridging and HPV vaccine efficacy in Tanzania and Kenya.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00586-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Authia Gray and Kevin Ikuta on antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 14:35


    Lauren Southwell of The Lancet Global Health talks to Authia Gray and Kevin Ikuta about the burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region during 2019.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00539-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Clara Frick and Isabelle Soerjomataram on preventable and treatable deaths from 36 cancers worldwide

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 15:31


    Fio Trethewey of The Lancet Global Health talks to Clara Frick and Dr Isabelle Soerjomataram about their research on premature cancer mortality which included a population-based study looking into preventable and treatable deaths from 36 cancers worldwide.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00406-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Madeleine Ballard and Biziweck Malitoni on labour exploitation of community health worker systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 14:05


    Amana Baig of The Lancet Global Health talks to Dr Madeleine Ballard and Biziweck Malitoni about the labour exploitation of community health worker systems.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00357-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Carolina Coll and Joe Murray on intimate partner violence and maternal parenting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 18:47


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Dr Carolina Coll and Joe Murray about their research investigating the association between maternal parenting and intimate partner violence.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00282-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Rizwana Chaudhri and Ian Roberts on maternal anaemia and post-partum haemorrhage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 17:45


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Professor Rizwana Chaudhri and Professor Ian Roberts about their research investigating the association between maternal anaemia and post-partum haemorrhage.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Xiang Wu and Maha Aon on the past, present and future of global health for the 10th anniversary of The Lancet Global Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 25:32


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Xiang Wu and Maha Aon, who recently served as guest editors for the 10th Anniversary issue of The Lancet Global Health, about successes and challenges in the field of global health.Read the Editorial from our 10th Anniversary issue:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00275-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langloContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Hasbullah Thabrany and Augustine Asante on Indonesia's national health insurance scheme

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 24:11


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health talks to Prof. Hasbullah Thabrany and Dr Augustine Asante about Indonesia's national health insurance scheme and how its benefits and challenges impact especially the country's poorest. This has important lessons for other Governments across the world also seeking to understand Universal Health Coverage.Read the full article:The benefits and burden of health financing in IndonesiaContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Simon Wigley and Luke Allen on non-communicable disease policy implementation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 18:15


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Professor Simon Wigley and Dr Luke Allen about their research investigating the implementation of global non-communicable disease policy worldwide.Read the full article:Non-communicable disease policy implementation from 2014 to 2021: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of global policy data for 194 countriesContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Pamela Jeyaraj and Stephen Knight on malnutrition and cancer surgery outcomes across the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 16:38


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Professor Pamela Jeyaraj and Mr Stephen Knight about their research understanding the link between malnutrition and outcomes after surgery for bowel cancer across 75 countries.Read the full article:Impact of malnutrition on early outcomes after cancer surgeryContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Refiloe Masekela and Luis Garcia-Marcos on worldwide asthma management

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 19:36


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Associate Prof Refiloe Masekela and Prof Luis Garcia-Marcos about their research investigating the control and management of asthma worldwide.Read the full article:Asthma management and control in children, adolescents, and adults in 25 countries: a Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional studyContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Martha Mushi and Dominique Green on antimicrobial resistance and the role of poverty in the misuse of antibiotics in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 16:44


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Dr Martha Mushi and Dr Dominique Green about their research assessing the impact of multidimensional poverty on the self-medication and non-adherence of antibiotics in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and the links to antimicrobial resistance.

    Kate Grabowski and Joseph Kagaayi on STI prevalence in Uganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 21:20


    Liam Messin of The Lancet Global Health talks to Dr Kate Grabowski and Dr Joseph Kagaayi about their research investigating the HIV and STI syndemic in southern Uganda.Read the full article:The HIV and sexually transmitted infection syndemic following mass scale-up of combination HIV interventions in two communities in southern Uganda

    Manoj Murhekar and William Moss on Measles and Rubella vaccination campaigns in India

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 20:16


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health talks to Dr Manoj Murhekar and Prof William Moss about their research using seroprevalence to understand the impact of Measles and Rubella campaigns in India.Read the full article:Evaluating the effect of measles and rubella mass vaccination campaigns on seroprevalence in India

    Olusegun Alatise on colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 14:27


    Mandip Aujla talks to Olusegun Alatise about colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria.Read the full article:Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing: a community-based, cross-sectional study in average-risk individuals in Nigeria

    Melanie Lowe and Deepti Adlakha on urban design, transport, and health

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 21:04


    Nina Putnis talks to two of the authors of the new Series on urban design, transport, and health, Melanie Lowe and Deepti Adlakha.Read the Series articles:Urban design, transport, and health

    Kara Hanson on financing primary health care

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 19:19


    Zoë Mullan talks to lead author Kara Hanson about the main findings and recommendations of the Commission on financing primary health care.Read the full Commission:The Lancet Global Health Commission on financing primary health care: putting people at the centre

    Rashidatu Kamara and Tom Wingfield on MDR-TB in Sierra Leone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 23:57


    Nina Putnis talks to Rashidatu Kamara and Tom Wingfield about their new research on the social and health factors associated with adverse treatment outcomes among people with MDR-TB in Sierra Leone. Read the full article:Social and health factors associated with adverse treatment outcomes among people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sierra Leone

    Sanjib Kumar Sharma on snakebite in Nepal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 13:58


    Mandip Aujla talks to Sanjib Kumar Sharma about the epidemiology of snakebite in the Terai region of Nepal.Read the full article:Snakebite epidemiology in humans and domestic animals across the Terai region in Nepal

    Leo Martinez and Heather Zar on cytomegalovirus acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 16:00


    Iman Wright talks to Leo Martinez and Heather Zar about their new research on cytomegalovirus acquisition and the risk of TB disease in childhood in South Africa.

    Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire on delivering HIV tests in rural Uganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 10:54


    Mandip Aujla talks to Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire about the effectiveness of traditional healers in delivering HIV tests to adults in rural Uganda.

    Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn on childhood cancer medicine access

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 13:24


    Mandip Aujla talks to Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn about their new research on access to childhood cancer medicines in the Caribbean. 

    In Conversation With... Kristie Watego

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 7:31


    Kristie Watego talks about her study in The Lancet Global Health on a new birthing service for and co-designed by First Nations Australians.

    Vision beyond 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 24:20


    Zoë Mullan talks to the Co-Chairs of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, Prof Matthew Burton and Prof Hannah Faal.

    The global burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 7:40


    Mandip Aujla from The Lancet Global Health speaks to Shona Dalal about her study, which estimates the risk of cervical cancer among women living with HIV and provides global estimates of the proportion of women with cervical cancer living with HIV. 

    Impact of lockdown on maternal and newborn health in Nepal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 10:16


    Mandip Aujla from The Lancet Global Health speaks to Ashish KC about his study looking at the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal.

    Improving the quality of preterm maternity care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 29:10


    Nina Putnis of TLGH talks to authors Peter Waiswa and Dilys Walker about their research reducing stillbirths and neonatal death in Uganda and Kenya.

    How much does Universal Health Coverage cost?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 16:16


    Nina Putnis from The Lancet Global Health discusses resource requirements and essential services for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with Dr David Watkins, including implications for low-income countries, the importance of political will, and what this means in the context of COVID-19.

    Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights over 25 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 16:54


    Nina Putnis from The Lancet Global Health speaks to Dr Emma Slaymaker from the LSHTM about her research on Sexual And Reproductive Health and Rights and global changes since the first International Conference on Population and Development 25 years ago

    Treating civilians with acute conflict-related wounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 8:01


    Mandip Aujla from The Lancet Global Health speaks to Andreas Alga about his study comparing negative pressure wound therapy with standard treatment in patients with acute conflict-related extremity wounds.

    Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of refugees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 20:15


    The Lancet Global Health's Nina Putnis speaks to Wietse Tol about his research on reducing psychological distress in female South Sudanese refugees, and the implications of this research for refugees and displaced people worldwide.

    Non-communicable disease policies in 151 countries

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 11:51


    Mandip Aujla of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Luke Allen about his geopolitical analysis of the implementation of WHO-recommended NCD policies in 151 countries.

    Children with neurological impairments in rural Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2019 11:34


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Jonathan Abuga about his research on the risk factors for and causes of premature mortality in children with neurological impairments in Kilifi, Kenya.

    Iron-Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnancy in The Gambia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 13:52


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Amat Bah and Andrew Prentice about their randomised-controlled trial looking at a screen-and-treat model for iron deficient pregnant women in this West African country.

    Seguro de salud pública para niños en México

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 25:23


    Olaya Astudillo habla con Ricardo Perez-Cuevas y Pablo Celhay sobre su artículo sobre los efectos del seguro de salud pública en la salud de los niños en México y lecciones para la cobertura de salud universal.

    Public health insurance for children in Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 20:45


    Anne Roca of The Lancet Global Health speaks to Ricardo Perez-Cuevas and Pablo Celhay about their article on the effects of public health insurance on the health of children in Mexico and lessons for universal health coverage.

    The Mexico City Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2019 28:48


    Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health speaks to a team at Stanford University about the controversial Mexico City Policy and their research on its effect on abortions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Youth action

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 32:03


    Liz Bennett discusses the need to involve young people in high-level decision making with the leading youth advocates Sandro Demaio, Batool Wahdani, and Robin Ellis-Cockcroft.

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    Snakebite envenoming

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 17:32


    On the day of the WHO Snakebite Envenoming Strategy launch, Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health interviews snakebite experts Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder of the WHO, and Thea Litschka-Koen of the Eswatini Snakebite Foundation basedin Eswatini in Southern Africa.

    TB screening for people living with HIV

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 13:27


    Nina Putnis and Alice Zwerling (University of Ottawa, Canada) discuss the potential of a simple urine-based TB screening process for people living with TB and HIV.

    Person-centred maternity care

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 14:52


    Patience Afulani and Anne Roca of The Lancet Global Health discuss person-centred maternity care, why it is poor in many settings, and potential ways to move towards more respectful, responsive, and dignified maternal care.

    Dyslipidaemia (in French)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 9:08


    Jean Jacques Noubiap répond aux questions du The Lancet Global Health et présente une étude sur les dyslipidémies en Afrique.

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