Global Health Matters
A podcast on innovative & inspiring actions to achieve health for all
Episodes
75 episodes
Is it the end of the NGO as we know it?
For decades, international NGOs have been central pillars of global health and humanitarian response efforts. But with aid budgets shrinking, trust eroding and local civil society organizations demonstrating the power of proximity every day, th...
The Inside Track: the pope, the Force and the hope
The Inside Track is a new series from Global Health Matters offering context, clarity and foresight that you won’t find in traditional news shows. Each episode brings host Garry Aslanyan together with two recurring voices: Cat...
Encore - The health journey of refugees and migrants is global health
Global Health Matters is the monthly podcast from TDR, if you like our content then please subscribe. We embrace the fact that public health and global health are intertwined and through our podcast we hope to engage with broader topic...
Dialogues: a conversation with Laura Spinney on disease, linguistics and humanity
Dialogues is a series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. The goal of each Dialogues episode is to break through the echo chambers that exist in glo...
The Inside Track: Broken chairs, horses and audiences
In our first episode of The Inside Track, we examine the fragile state of information integrity in global health. Host
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Ntobeko Ntusi
“Trailblazers with Garry" is a series from Global Health Matters, where host
Rethinking how we fund health
Across the global health landscape, governments are facing mounting debt, development assistance is under pressure and the gap between ambition and available resources continues to widen. So how do we mobilize resources differently? What does i...
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Axel Pries
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a series from Global Health Matters, where host
Building the brain economy
Brain health influences whether people can live productive and meaningful lives and whether the economies of countries can thrive. In this episode, host
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Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with John Gyapong
“Trailblazers with Garry" is a series from Global Health Matters, where host Garry Aslanyan sits down with trai...
Dialogues: a conversation with Alex Brewis on stigma, empathy and equity
Dialogues is a series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. The goal of each Dialogues episode is to break through the echo chambers that exist in global healt...
Encore - Global health career paths: learn, mentor, practice, repeat
Global Health Matters is the monthly podcast from TDR, please subscribe. GHMs brings you topical subjects and insightful discussions with health experts from across the globe, including a focus on low-to middle-income countries.<...
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Lena Nanushyan
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr
Creative destruction in global health
This episode launches Season 5 of Global Health Matters, which will explore the future of global health. In a time of turbulence, transition and transformation, we need diverse voices to help shape what comes next. In this episode, hos...
Child health in the metacrisis
From climate change and conflict to economic instability, today’s converging global crises are reshaping the landscape of child health. In this episode, host
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr
Encore - Discoveries from vaccine implementation
In 2021, the World Health Organization made a historic
Encore - Actions for decolonizing global health
What are the colonial legacies in global health? And what impact have they had on how some health and health research programmes are run in Africa? In this episode, we speak to two visionary women leaders who tell us what’s wrong in global heal...
From cannabis to kush: perspectives on substance use
Substance use is a global public health challenge, affecting Northern and Southern countries alike. Yet strategies for managing it have varied widely. In this episode, host
Encore - Communicating science, not fiction
This episode features three renowned communicators of science who work to inform, educate and inspire the public about health issues. Microbiologist Natalia Pasternak has become one of the leading communicators of science in Brazil and internat...
Dialogues: a conversation with Joanne Liu
In this episode of Dialogues, host
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with John-Arne Røttingen
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr
AI for equity: bridging global health gaps
Whether you watched "2001: A Space Odyssey" movie or have recently experimented with ChatGPT, it's impossible to ignore the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in our daily lives. AI is often praised for its potential to transform healthcare....
