Global Health Matters

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Garry Aslanyan Season 1

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The Global Health Matters podcast is a new podcast that will explore how innovative and inspiring research contributes to achieving health for all.

Hosted by Dr Garry Aslanyan with a variety of guests, the podcast discusses key questions, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research, promoting gender equality and women in global health leadership, the pros and cons of open access to data, role of implementation research and many other topics and issues.

We look forward to engaging with you, our listeners, at every step of the way – please feel free to suggest topics and questions to be discussed and share your feedback. Please drop us a line at TDRpod@who.int.

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Related documents, scripts and other information can be found on our website at https://tdr.who.int/home/global-health-matters-podcast

Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Global Health Matters podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of TDR or the World Health Organization.

Speaker 1

Hello, and welcome to Global Health Matters, a brand new podcast hosted by the special program for research and training in tropical diseases TDR. We're based in Geneva. And we are co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, the world bank, United Nations Development Program, UNDP and UNICEF. I'm your host Garry Aslanyan. In season one, I'll be taking you on a journey to explore some of the cu tting-edge d evelopments that are impacting and influencing global health together with variety of global guests who will include scientists, researchers, po licymakers, We will be posing some key questions. For example, what has been the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on how research is c onducted, especially in low and mi ddle-income c ountries, or how do we promote gender equality and women leaders in global health in ways that aren't patronizing, we will debate the pros and cons of open access to data. We will examine the role of implementation research and cover many other topics and issues. We Look forward to engaging with you at every step of the way. Please feel free to suggest interesting topics to be discussed and share your feedback. After each episode, you can find our email and social media accounts in the show notes, subscribe to Global Health Matters on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. Join us.