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Isata Dumbuya and Allison Adamson on maternal health in Sierra Leone Apr 23, 2026 1708 Gavin Cleaver, senior editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined by Isata Dumbuya and Allison Adamson to discuss the building and launch of the new Paul E. Farmer Maternal Centre of Excellent in Sierra Leone. Isata discusses her journey from working as a midwife in the UK's NHS for decades to returning to Sierra Leone, the sustainability of skills and training in LMICs, and raising the expectat

Madhukar Pai on tuberculosis Mar 16, 2026 2184 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? Madhukar Pai joins Gavin Cleaver, senior editor at The Lancet Global Health, for an in-depth discussion on TB ahead of World TB Day. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/arti

The Lancet Global Health editors on conferences, implementation, and 2026 Feb 16, 2026 1747 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. We talk about about global health conferences in high income countries, our equitable partnership declaration form project, implementation science, and what type of research we'd like to see in 2026. Continue this conversation on so

Alejandra Paniagua-Avila on implementing mental health interventions in Indigenous communities Jan 7, 2026 1993 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? Dr. Alejandra Paniagua-Avila joins Gavin Cleaver, senior editor at The Lancet Global Health, to discuss her work on advancing equity in imp

Solange Baptiste, Charles Holmes, and Kenneth Ngure on sustainable HIV prevention in Africa Dec 9, 2025 2675 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

Nareen Daruwalla on domestic violence and public health Nov 12, 2025 1387 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. Dr. Daruwalla offers insights from her extensive career in violence prevention and community intervention, explains why domestic violence is a major public health concern, and refl

Meredith Hawkins and Nihal Thomas on type 5 diabetes Sep 17, 2025 1782 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

Stephen Mulupi and Tom Wingfield on the financial burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya Jun 25, 2025 1526 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 fo

Senjuti Saha on the health-care burden of RSV in Bangladesh May 21, 2025 1339 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 ni

Carina King and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman on the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security Feb 17, 2025 1866 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social

Hasin Jahan on water contamination in Bangladesh Dec 18, 2024 977 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://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://link

Joe Bresee on influenza H5N1 Oct 2, 2024 1030 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://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/

Implementação da telemedicina na região Amazônica [Delivering telemedicine to the Amazon region] (In Portuguese) Sep 19, 2024 1975 This podcast is in Portuguese. 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

Mohamed Aden Ahmed on the effects of conflict on health care in Sudan Sep 2, 2024 1366 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://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linked

Prof Bola Owolabi on health-care inequalities and the CORE20PLUS5 programme Jul 15, 2024 2046 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://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetm

Kara Hanson and Michael Makanga on equitable research funding in global health May 16, 2024 1503 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/home Conti

Michael Udedi and Kazione Kulisewa on implementing depression care in Malawi Apr 17, 2024 1555 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://inst

Kathy Baisley and Ruanne Barnabas on HPV vaccine efficacy in Tanzania and Kenya Mar 6, 2024 1237 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelance

Authia Gray and Kevin Ikuta on antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region Feb 5, 2024 875 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thel

Clara Frick and Isabelle Soerjomataram on preventable and treatable deaths from 36 cancers worldwide Oct 18, 2023 931 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_generi

Madeleine Ballard and Biziweck Malitoni on labour exploitation of community health worker systems Sep 25, 2023 845 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/

Carolina Coll and Joe Murray on intimate partner violence and maternal parenting Aug 15, 2023 1127 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_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at

Rizwana Chaudhri and Ian Roberts on maternal anaemia and post-partum haemorrhage Jul 18, 2023 1065 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. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00245-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_langlo Continue this conversation on social! Fol

Xiang Wu and Maha Aon on the past, present and future of global health for the 10th anniversary of The Lancet Global Health Jun 20, 2023 1532 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_gen

Hasbullah Thabrany and Augustine Asante on Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme Apr 20, 2023 1451 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 hea

Simon Wigley and Luke Allen on non-communicable disease policy implementation Mar 16, 2023 1095 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 countries Continue this conversation on social!

Pamela Jeyaraj and Stephen Knight on malnutrition and cancer surgery outcomes across the world Feb 17, 2023 998 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 surgery Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.soci

Refiloe Masekela and Luis Garcia-Marcos on worldwide asthma management Jan 20, 2023 1176 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 study Continue this conversation on social! Follow

Martha Mushi and Dominique Green on antimicrobial resistance and the role of poverty in the misuse of antibiotics in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda Dec 13, 2022 1004 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! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com

Kate Grabowski and Joseph Kagaayi on STI prevalence in Uganda Nov 16, 2022 1280 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at...

Manoj Murhekar and William Moss on Measles and Rubella vaccination campaigns in India Oct 13, 2022 1216 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.

Olusegun Alatise on colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria Jun 14, 2022 867 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.c

Melanie Lowe and Deepti Adlakha on urban design, transport, and health May 11, 2022 1264 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/th

Kara Hanson on financing primary health care Apr 6, 2022 1159 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https:

Rashidatu Kamara and Tom Wingfield on MDR-TB in Sierra Leone Mar 15, 2022 1437 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 Continue this conversation on social! Fo

Sanjib Kumar Sharma on snakebite in Nepal Feb 16, 2022 838 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 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://

Leo Martinez and Heather Zar on cytomegalovirus acquisition Nov 16, 2021 960 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! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thel

Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire on delivering HIV tests in rural Uganda Oct 19, 2021 654 Mandip Aujla talks to Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire about the effectiveness of traditional healers in delivering HIV tests to adults in rural Uganda. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00438-1/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com

Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn on childhood cancer medicine access Aug 17, 2021 804 Mandip Aujla talks to Avram Denburg and Curt Bodkyn about their new research on access to childhood cancer medicines in the Caribbean. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00287-4/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelanc

Kristie Watego on a new birthing service for First Nations Australians Apr 15, 2021 451 Kristie Watego talks about her study in The Lancet Global Health on a new birthing service for and co-designed by First Nations Australians. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00061-9/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/th

Vision beyond 2020 Feb 16, 2021 1460 Zoë Mullan talks to the Co-Chairs of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, Prof Matthew Burton and Prof Hannah Faal. Read the Commission: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30488-5/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelance

The global burden of cervical cancer associated with HIV Nov 16, 2020 460 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! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/t

Impact of lockdown on maternal and newborn health in Nepal Sep 4, 2020 616 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! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.

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