Global Health Matters
Episodes
Dialogues - a conversation with Alex Brewis on stigma, empathy and equity
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogues is a series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. The g...
Encore - Global health career paths: learn, mentor, practice, repeat
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global Health Matters is the monthly podcast from TDR, please subscribe. GHMs brings you topical subjects and insightful discussions with health exp...
Bridging the Knowledge Divide
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with the World Health Summit for an episode recorded live at this year’s meeting in Berlin, host Garry Aslanyan sat down with Monica ...
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Lena Nanushyan
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr Garry Aslanyan sits down with trailblazers — thinkers,...
Creative destruction in global health
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode launches Season 5 of Global Health Matters, which will explore the future of global health. In a time of turbulence, transition and trans...
Child health in the metacrisis
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From climate change and conflict to economic instability, today’s converging global crises are reshaping the landscape of child health. In this epis...
Trailblazers with Garry - a conversation with Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr Garry Aslanyan sits down with trailblazers — thinkers,...
Encore - Discoveries from vaccine implementation
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021, the World Health Organization made a historic recommendation: to widely use the first ever malaria vaccine, RTS,S. This recommendation was ba...
Encore - Actions for decolonizing global health
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
From cannabis to kush: perspectives on substance use
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Substance use is a global public health challenge, affecting Northern and Southern countries alike. Yet strategies for managing it have varied widely....
Encore - Communicating science, not fiction
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features three renowned communicators of science who work to inform, educate and inspire the public about health issues. Microbiologist N...
Dialogues: a conversation with Joanne Liu
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dialogues, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Joanne Liu, a Canadian pediatric emergency doctor and former International President of ...
Trailblazers with Garry - a conversation with John-Arne Røttingen
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Dr Garry Aslanyan sits down with trailblazers — thinkers...
AI for equity: bridging global health gaps
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you watched "2001: A Space Odyssey" movie or have recently experimented with ChatGPT, it's impossible to ignore the rapid rise ...
Dialogues: A conversation with Chikwe and Vivianne Ihekweazu
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dialogues, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...
Encore - Climate change’s impact on health
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From a global challenge to the Maasai steppe of TanzaniaMost climate change predictions show an upward trend in temperature for at least the next nine...
Trailblazers with Garry: a conversation with Tulio de Oliveira
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Trailblazers with Garry" is a new series from Global Health Matters, where host Garry Aslanyan sits down with trailblazers — thinkers, le...
Framing global health issues: the case of oral health
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With so many pressing global health challenges and limited resources, what determines whether an issue makes it onto the global health agenda? What fa...
Power and responsibility in global health
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we turn the lens on ourselves as the global health community. Host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Hani Kim and Seye Abimbola about how el...
From disability to advocacy for leprosy: neglected tropical diseases part 2
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This two-part episode shines a light on the lived experiences of two remarkable individuals affected by NTDs. We explore firsthand how disability infl...
Ability in disability from noma: neglected tropical diseases part 1
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This two-part episode shines a light on the lived experiences of two remarkable individuals affected by NTDs. We explore firsthand how disability infl...
Dialogues: A conversation with Themrise Khan
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dialogues, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Themrise Khan, a Pakistani independent development professional and researcher with almo...
We are here now: youth shaping global health
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world is witnessing its largest youth generation ever, with half of the global population under 30. A sustainable future hinges on the meaningful ...
Pockets of optimism: empowering youth to improve mental health
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
UNICEF estimates that 13% of adolescents live with a diagnosed mental health disorder, with depression and anxiety accounting for 40%. To explore the ...
Can we eliminate malaria? Perspectives from two women leaders
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Significant progress has been made towards a malaria-free world. Forty-three countries have successfully eliminated malaria, with Cabo Verde becoming ...
Dialogues: a conversation with Peter Hotez
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Dialogues” is a series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issue...
50 years of developing global health leaders
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off season 4 of the Global Health Matters podcast with an episode that highlights the remarkable career journeys of two research leaders and t...
Bonus episode: What’s behind your favourite podcast?
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is slightly different as our Executive Producer and Host Garry Aslanyan changes seats with Senior Producer, Lindi van Niekerk, to l...
Dialogues: a conversation with Kinari Webb
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogues is a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. T...
Bringing health stories to the front page
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an age where misinformation and disinformation are valid threats to global health, reliable and trustworthy journalism is essential. In this episod...
Dialogues: a conversation with Olusoji Adeyi
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogues: a conversation with Olusoji AdeyiDialogues is a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring f...
Walking the talk: advocating for healthy cities
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's estimated that 68% of the world's population will be living in cities by 2050. In this episode, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with two pio...
Geopolitics of global health - part 2
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of our episode on the geopolitics of global health, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Ayoade Alakija, who says "everyone in the health se...
Geopolitics of global health - part 1
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part 1 of our episode on the geopolitics of global health, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Ricardo Baptista Leite, who maps his career journey from...
Dialogues: a conversation with Vidya Krishnan
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogues is a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast where we bring you interviews featuring fresh perspectives on global health issues. T...
Don’t wash away hygiene for health
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to WHO, improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) can save 1.4 million lives a year. In this episode, host Garry Aslanyan spe...
Snakebite gurus reveal untold truths
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our guests tackle snakebite, a topic suggested by one of our research partner organizations, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in...
Risking lives to save lives: Health workers in conflict zones
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict coalition recently published a report that documented 232 health workers killed, more than 700 incidents where hea...
Dialogues: a conversation with Daisy Hernández
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dialogues is a new series from the Global Health Matters podcast that includes interviews with some of the world’s sharpest global health minds and ...
Lessons from trailblazers across generations - History matters part 2
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of our history matters episodes suggested by you, our listeners, our two guests reflect on their personal experiences and engage in an i...
Clearing the air for a healthy future
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode brings together two grassroots advocates for clean air who share country case studies from India and South Africa, explaining why it is i...
Decolonization, localization and WHO - History matters part 1
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore the multifaceted history of global health and how the narratives borne out of colonization, geopolitical events, and nation...
Bonus episode: Podcasts for sparking conversations on global health
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The growing popularity of podcasts as an innovative platform for sharing experiences and views on a wide range of topics was one of the inspirations f...
Science and diplomacy for global health
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can scientists and diplomats work together to advance the global health agenda? Ilona Kickbusch, who founded the Global Health Centre at the Gene...
The promise and perils of future health technology
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off the new year with a conversation about new advances in technologies that are transforming public health practice. In this episode, we expl...
Lifting the lid on corruption to cure health systems
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Corruption is one of the most important barriers to implementing universal health coverage around the world; imagine what that world would look like! ...
Celebrating 70 years of protecting the world: combating influenza now and in the future
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The seasonal influenza virus, or flu as it is widely known, infects over a billion people a year, resulting in up to 650,000 respiratory deaths annual...
The health journey of refugees and migrants is global health
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 glo...
Global health career paths: learn, mentor, practice, repeat
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Global Health Matters is the monthly podcast from TDR, please subscribe. GHMs brings you topical subjects and insightful discussions with health exp...
The future of global health is through diversity and dignity
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An important Global Health Matters podcast topic this month, discussing the need to build an awareness of the ways we interact with colleagues in the ...
Test to protect: equal access to diagnostics for all
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new global awareness of the accessibility of diagnostics: we need to test to protect with equal access for all. In...
Paths to a disease-free world: control, eliminate, eradicate
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the differences between the various paths to a disease-free world? Why are we pursuing eradication of some diseases while for others, control...
Championing health equity in South Africa
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12Championing health equity in South AfricaAs the world commits to equitable access to medicines and vaccines, is this just on paper or a real...
Bonus episode: A conversation with our listeners
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the first season of Global Health Matters, we’ve covered a range of topics including research during the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling raci...
Actions for decolonizing global health
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Navigating digital health waves
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Increasingly, digital technologies are transforming the delivery of health services and the functioning of health systems. Many of these technologies ...
Discoveries from vaccine implementation
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The World Health Organization recently made the historic recommendation to widely use the first ever malaria vaccine, RTS,S. This recommendation was b...
Communicating science, not fiction
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features three renowned communicators of science who work to inform, educate and inspire the public about health issues. Microbiologist N...
Reimagining research leadership
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Strong research ecosystems require strong research leaders. In this episode, we hear from Karlee Silver who speaks about how Grand Challenges Canada h...
Climate change’s impact on health
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From a global challenge to the Maasai steppe of TanzaniaMost climate change predictions show an upward trend in temperature for at least the next nine...
Mothers of the Amazon River: a social innovation for health
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mamás del Río is a social innovation focused on improving maternal and newborn health in rural regions of the Amazon in Peru and Colombia. This epis...
COVID-19 in Africa: the role of research
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing experiences and perspectives on how Tanzania and South Africa’s research communities have tackled the pandemic Africa has not seen the same...
Women in Science
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In science, globally, women account for only about 30% of researchers, according to UNESCO, and evidence shows that their participation is even lower ...
Research in the time of COVID-19
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of Global Health Matters takes us on a journey to Somalia, India and Benin to explore how researchers have adapted to one of the g...
Welcome Trailer
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Health Matters podcast is a new podcast that will explore how innovative and inspiring research contributes to achieving health for all.Hos...