The Threshold
Episodes
‘The Threshold’ Live on World Neglected Tropical Disease Day
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We hosted a live virtual podcast taping of The Threshold on World NTD Day. Host Henry Bonsu spoke with Sabena Solomon, GSK vice president and head of ...
The Path Toward Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our season finale of The Threshold, we delve into what it will take to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which impact about 1.5 billion peopl...
How to Stop Diseases from Spreading
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the best ways to stop the spread of infectious diseases? One key element is diagnostics. For diseases like tuberculosis, there are millions o...
Out-of-the-box Innovations Against Malaria
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malaria kills nearly six hundred thousand people every year, with 95 percent of deaths occurring in Africa. Most of them are children under five. Whil...
Turning the Page on Tuberculosis
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuberculosis claimed more than 1.25 million lives in 2023, overtaking COVID as the world’s deadliest infectious disease. For the last century, there...
The Promise of PrEP for HIV
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What could end HIV and AIDS as a public health threat? While there is still no vaccine or cure, long-acting tools like Lenacapavir, the recently appro...
From Aid to Growth
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s show, we are tackling what is possibly the biggest challenge facing global health right now: funding. Host Henry Bonsu speaks with Indone...
Gates CEO Mark Suzman Is ‘Very Concerned’ About a Health Funding Deadline
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of The Threshold, a Foreign Policy podcast about the fight to end infectious diseases around the world and the innovation...
Coming Soon: The Threshold
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global health is facing a critical moment. New scientific breakthroughs are making a huge difference in the fight against epidemics like HIV/AIDS, tub...