Flora Lichtman

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5,343 appearances 86 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

Flora Lichtman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 86 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 18.

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Science Friday · Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems? · 9 Jul 2026 podcast
Hey, it's Flora, and you're listening to Science Friday. voice-verified
An outbreak of the Bundibuja virus in eastern Congo and Uganda has become the third largest Ebola outbreak on record. voice-verified
The Africa CDC warned that if the virus is not halted, it could become even more deadly than the 2014 to 2016 outbreak that killed 11,000 people, primarily in West Africa. voice-verified
The U.S. voice-verified
CDC has deployed some staff and funding, but generally the Trump administration has divested in foreign public health, leaving WHO, dismantling USAID. voice-verified
So the question we're asking is, what role should the U.S. voice-verified
play? voice-verified
Here with me is Dr. John Kangasong. voice-verified
He has a one of a kind perspective. voice-verified
And let me just run through a bit of his bio. voice-verified
John was born in Cameroon. voice-verified
He got his Ph.D. voice-verified
in Europe and worked on HIV AIDS for the U.S. voice-verified
CDC at a field station in Cote d'Ivoire and then in Atlanta and was the founding director of the Africa CDC. voice-verified
There are very few people in the world who have led and thought as deeply about public health initiatives across the continent of Africa as John. voice-verified
So I'm very, very glad to have him here with us today. voice-verified
Thank you for being here. voice-verified
Let's start with Ebola. voice-verified
What international response are we seeing and what do you think we should be seeing? voice-verified
And this is a change, right? voice-verified
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