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| Solange Baptiste, Charles Holmes, and Kenneth Ngure on sustainable HIV prevention in Africa | 09 Dec 2025 | 00:43:18 | |
Controlling the HIV epidemic depends on shifting from fragmented, donor-led programmes to nationally led, integrated health systems. To accompany a new joint Series of six papers, Peter Hayward, Editor-in-chief of The Lancet HIV, and Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, are joined in conversation by Solange Baptiste, Kenneth Ngure, and Charles Holmes, who worked extensively on the Series. Click here to read the full series: https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/sustainable-hiv-prevention-africa Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Nareen Daruwalla on domestic violence and public health | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:21:50 | |
Acting Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health Gavin Cleaver speaks with Dr. Nareen Daruwalla about her latest research on the prevention of domestic violence in communities in India, published in our December issue. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00358-4/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Prof Bola Owolabi on health-care inequalities and the CORE20PLUS5 programme | 15 Jul 2024 | 00:34:06 | |
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! | |||
| Kara Hanson and Michael Makanga on equitable research funding in global health | 16 May 2024 | 00:25:03 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Michael Udedi and Kazione Kulisewa on implementing depression care in Malawi | 17 Apr 2024 | 00:25:55 | |
Liam Messin, of The Lancet Global Health, speaks to Michael Udedi and Kazione Kulisewa about implementation science and mental health in Malawi. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Kathy Baisley and Ruanne Barnabas on HPV vaccine efficacy in Tanzania and Kenya | 06 Mar 2024 | 00:20:37 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Authia Gray and Kevin Ikuta on antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region | 05 Feb 2024 | 00:14:35 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Clara Frick and Isabelle Soerjomataram on preventable and treatable deaths from 36 cancers worldwide | 18 Oct 2023 | 00:15:31 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Madeleine Ballard and Biziweck Malitoni on labour exploitation of community health worker systems | 25 Sep 2023 | 00:14:05 | |
Amana Baig of The Lancet Global Health talks to Dr Madeleine Ballard and Biziweck Malitoni about the labour exploitation of community health worker systems. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Carolina Coll and Joe Murray on intimate partner violence and maternal parenting | 15 Aug 2023 | 00:18:47 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Rizwana Chaudhri and Ian Roberts on maternal anaemia and post-partum haemorrhage | 18 Jul 2023 | 00:17:45 | |
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! | |||
| Xiang Wu and Maha Aon on the past, present and future of global health for the 10th anniversary of The Lancet Global Health | 20 Jun 2023 | 00:25:32 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Meredith Hawkins and Nihal Thomas on type 5 diabetes | 17 Sep 2025 | 00:28:26 | |
70 years ago this year, a researcher at University College of the West Indies in Jamaica published a paper in The Lancet describing a case series of patients with diabetes who did not have the typical hallmarks of type 1 or type 2 disease. They were young, underweight, resistant to insulin, and did not tend to have ketoacidosis. The condition was coined J-type diabetes, after Jamaica, and it was briefly recognised by WHO as malnutrition-related diabetes. However, WHO removed it from its official classification in 1999, because of insufficient evidence of its association with malnutrition. In this episode of In Conversation With, Professor Meredith Hawkins and Professor Nihal Thomas explain how this “lost” condition, which they estimate affects 25 million people worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, is now becoming more widely recognised and better understood, albeit with a long way to go in terms of additional research. They also propose a new name: type 5 diabetes. Listen now to explore the fascinating history of the disorder and the urgent need for effective treatments. Read the full Viewpoint: Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Hasbullah Thabrany and Augustine Asante on Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme | 20 Apr 2023 | 00:24:11 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Simon Wigley and Luke Allen on non-communicable disease policy implementation | 16 Mar 2023 | 00:18:15 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Pamela Jeyaraj and Stephen Knight on malnutrition and cancer surgery outcomes across the world | 17 Feb 2023 | 00:16:38 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Refiloe Masekela and Luis Garcia-Marcos on worldwide asthma management | 20 Jan 2023 | 00:19:36 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Martha Mushi and Dominique Green on antimicrobial resistance and the role of poverty in the misuse of antibiotics in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda | 13 Dec 2022 | 00:16:44 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Kate Grabowski and Joseph Kagaayi on STI prevalence in Uganda | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:21:20 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Manoj Murhekar and William Moss on Measles and Rubella vaccination campaigns in India | 13 Oct 2022 | 00:20:16 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Olusegun Alatise on colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria | 14 Jun 2022 | 00:14:27 | |
Mandip Aujla talks to Olusegun Alatise about colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Melanie Lowe and Deepti Adlakha on urban design, transport, and health | 11 May 2022 | 00:21:04 | |
Nina Putnis talks to two of the authors of the new Series on urban design, transport, and health, Melanie Lowe and Deepti Adlakha. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Kara Hanson on financing primary health care | 06 Apr 2022 | 00:19:19 | |
Zoë Mullan talks to lead author Kara Hanson about the main findings and recommendations of the Commission on financing primary health care. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Stephen Mulupi and Tom Wingfield on the financial burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya | 25 Jun 2025 | 00:24:10 | |
Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are on the rise in many countries, including low-income and middle-income countries such as Kenya that also have a sizeable burden of tuberculosis. What does this mean for patients in terms of the affordability of potentially long-term management? How are government-run social health insurance schemes working for individuals and their families? And what might be the individual-level drivers of catastrophic levels of out-of-pocket health expenditure in this population? Listen to first author Dr Stephen Mulupi and corresponding author Dr Tom Wingfield discuss the nuances of their cross-sectional survey in public health-care facilities in Meru County, Kenya and what they mean for government policy going forward. Read the article: Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Rashidatu Kamara and Tom Wingfield on MDR-TB in Sierra Leone | 15 Mar 2022 | 00:23:57 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Sanjib Kumar Sharma on snakebite in Nepal | 16 Feb 2022 | 00:13:58 | |
Mandip Aujla talks to Sanjib Kumar Sharma about the epidemiology of snakebite in the Terai region of Nepal. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Leo Martinez and Heather Zar on cytomegalovirus acquisition | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:16:00 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire on delivering HIV tests in rural Uganda | 19 Oct 2021 | 00:10:54 | |
Mandip Aujla talks to Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire about the effectiveness of traditional healers in delivering HIV tests to adults in rural Uganda. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn on childhood cancer medicine access | 17 Aug 2021 | 00:13:24 | |
Mandip Aujla talks to Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn about their new research on access to childhood cancer medicines in the Caribbean. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Kristie Watego on a new birthing service for First Nations Australians | 15 Apr 2021 | 00:07:31 | |
Kristie Watego talks about her study in The Lancet Global Health on a new birthing service for and co-designed by First Nations Australians. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Vision beyond 2020 | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:24:20 | |
Zoë Mullan talks to the Co-Chairs of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, Prof Matthew Burton and Prof Hannah Faal. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| The global burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV | 16 Nov 2020 | 00:07:40 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Impact of lockdown on maternal and newborn health in Nepal | 04 Sep 2020 | 00:10:16 | |
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. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Senjuti Saha on the health-care burden of RSV in Bangladesh | 21 May 2025 | 00:21:03 | |
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: Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Carina King and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman on the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:29:50 | |
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: Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Hasin Jahan on water contamination in Bangladesh | 18 Dec 2024 | 00:16:17 | |
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! | |||
| Joe Bresee on influenza H5N1 | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:17:10 | |
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! | |||
| Implementação da telemedicina na região Amazônica [Delivering telemedicine to the Amazon region] (In Portuguese) | 19 Sep 2024 | 00:32:55 | |
This podcast is in Portuguese. Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Mohamed Aden Ahmed on the effects of conflict on health care in Sudan | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:22:46 | |
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! | |||
| Alejandra Paniagua-Avila on implementing mental health interventions in Indigenous communities | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:31:57 | |
How can clinicians work with communities to implement appropriate interventions? What does effective context-driven, co-created research that respects local knowledge look like? And how can we use qualitative methods to build interventions from the ground up? Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00495-4/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| Madhukar Pai on tuberculosis | 16 Mar 2026 | 00:35:07 | |
What systems fix would unlock the biggest equity gains? Should countries target patients with TB or conduct universal interventions? What does self-reliance look like post-aid cuts? Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00478-4/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(26)00004-6/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! | |||
| The Lancet Global Health editors on conferences, implementation, and 2026 | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:27:51 | |
Zoë Mullan, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Global Health, chats with Pingyue Jin, acting deputy editor, Gavin Cleaver, senior editor, and Shangrong Han, senior editor. Continue this conversation on social! | |||