Why do half of the world's firearm deaths occur in just six countries, all in the Americas? What does consistently treating guns as a public health issue entail? Stephen Hargarten and Arturo Cervantes Trejo join Gavin to discuss their work with the Network To Prevent Gun Violence In The Americas. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet....
Nov 29, 2022•36 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast What is climate litigation? How is it used to hold governments to account? What is the role of legal justice in trying to achieve climate justice? Marta Schaaf, director of the program on climate, economic and social justice and corporate accountability at Amnesty International, and Iain Byrne, international human rights lawyer at Amnesty, join Gavin and Jessamy to discuss using the law to achieve climate justice and their hopes for COP27. Read: The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health ...
Nov 08, 2022•39 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast What does it mean that polio was found in wastewater in London and New York? What is “vaccine-derived” polio? What does eradication mean, and how will we achieve it? On this World Polio Day, Dr. Ananda Bandyopadhyay, deputy director of the polio team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explains the most up-to-date information and maps out the future of tackling polio. Read The Lancet 's recent editorial on polio eradication: Polio eradication: falling at the final hurdle? Read the r...
Oct 24, 2022•36 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President of the United States and Director of NIAID, is standing down at the end of 2022. He joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss becoming a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, why scientific discourse in the USA is broken, and how the pandemic could end. Read The Lancet 's profile of Dr. Fauci here: Anthony Fauci: moving on You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @Ga...
Oct 06, 2022•30 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Rheumatology Heather Van Epps joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the journal's recent work on gender and equity, and their podcast series looking at the realities of clinical care in under-served populations. You can find out about their Lancet summit here And you should definitely listen to their podcast miniseries, Clinical Realities, which you can do by clicking here. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @J...
Sep 29, 2022•31 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast The amazing Prof. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Professor of Black Maternal Health at Tufts University School of Medicine, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss the widening mortality and morbidity gap affecting Black mothers in the USA, the prospects for maternal safety following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and how we can increase the diversity of NIH grant recipients. Read our profile of Prof. Amutah-Onukagha here: Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha: advancing maternal health justice You can continue t...
Sep 15, 2022•43 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast There hasn't been a shortage of vaccines in Bulgaria, but only around 30% of the population are vaccinated, in a country which already had the lowest life expectancy in the EU. Professor Antoniya Dimova joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the pandemic in Bulgaria, how misinformation shaped the public health response during COVID-19, and where Bulgaria goes from here. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver ...
Aug 25, 2022•34 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast What's happening with monkeypox in Africa? Why wasn't monkeypox tackled when we had the chance? What will the PHEIC declaration change? Prof. Yap Boum, Epicentre Representative for Africa, the research arm of Medecins sans Frontieres, joins Gavin and guest host Dr. Miriam Lewis Sabin to discuss. You can read The Lancet 's collection of articles on monkeypox here. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lance...
Aug 09, 2022•30 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Mandip Aujla talks to Binita Kane, co-founder of South Asian Heritage Month, about South Asian culture, history, and community, and the two new chairs of the Lancet 's Group for Racial Equality discuss the group's work on diversity and inclusion. Find out more about South Asian Heritage Month here You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thel...
Jul 26, 2022•33 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Nine Lancet journals are top of their categories for Impact Factor in the latest measurements. What is the value of Impact Factors? What do they capture, and what don’t they capture? Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet , joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss impact. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_pod...
Jul 11, 2022•37 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Poor mental health can contribute to HIV risk and affect outcomes of HIV care, and living with HIV or risk of HIV can contribute to poor mental health. Editor-in-chief of The Lancet HIV , Peter Hayward, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss new research on the overlapping issues and where the opportunities for improving care can be found. Read the Series papers here: Alignment of Mental Health and HIV Services You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at ...
Jun 28, 2022•28 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast How many people have had their sense of smell affected in the long-term by COVID-19? What does it mean for them? Did some COVID-19 waves have a greater effect on sense of smell than others? How can people regain their sense of smell? Prof. Carl Philpott joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss anosmia and parosmia. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelan...
Jun 15, 2022•31 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Rola Hallam joins Gavin to talk about her path from being a Syrian refugee in the UK to running CanDo, a humanitarian organisation enabling local relief efforts, and the lessons for aid in warzones and protecting healthcare from attack. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the...
May 30, 2022•27 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast How does health shape politics? How does politics shape health? Why do some diseases get international attention and funding when others don't? What role do institutions play? Richard Horton, Eduardo Gomez, and Jeremy Shiffman join Jessamy and Gavin to discuss the talking points from a new Lancet Series on Political Science and Health. Read the full Series of papers: Political Science and Health You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @Jessam...
May 17, 2022•49 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast In 2019 there were 8.6m deaths globally among children and adolescents aged 0-20 years. Almost two decades on from The Lancet's first ever global health series, on child survival, we've published our new Series, Optimising Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Richard Horton reflects on the progress and setbacks across 20 years of child health and global health. Read the full Series of papers: Optimising Child and Adolescent Health and Development You can continue the conversati...
May 05, 2022•18 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center For Countering Digital Hate, joins the podcast to discuss the proliferation of misinformation across social media, how medical misinformation has become a profitable industry, why it's been allowed, and what can be done. Read the CCDH's reports, The Disinformation Dozen and Pandemic Profiteers . You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of ou...
Apr 25, 2022•22 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Prof. Gabriel Leung, Dean of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss Hong Kong's recent Omicron wave of COVID-19 and what this variant means for health systems and zero-COVID containment approaches. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all ...
Apr 12, 2022•26 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Oksana Pyzik joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the short and long-term health impacts of the conflict in Ukraine, and what happens next for those forced to flee. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitt...
Mar 21, 2022•28 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Ibrahim Abubakar, Tolullah Oni, and Obinna Onwujekwe join The Lancet Voice to discuss how Nigeria's history affects the modern-day health system, and the challenges and opportunities for Nigeria in the future. Read the Commission and see infographics and videos: The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read...
Mar 15, 2022•35 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Samuel K. Roberts joins Gavin and Jessamy to discuss racial inequities in the USA and how infectious diseases historically find and exploit the gaps in societies. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Read our profile: Samuel K Roberts: illuminating history, racial bias, and public health Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic...
Feb 28, 2022•38 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast What actually is long COVID? How much do we know about what causes it? How many people do we think currently have it? Dr. Claire Steves joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about the future of long COVID research now that we have a definition for the condition. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lanc...
Feb 14, 2022•32 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast How has our relationship with death changed over the last few decades? What is a "good death"? Dr. Richard Smith, Dr. Libby Sallnow, and Dr. M.R. Rajagopal discuss a new Lancet Commission which looks to address questions about how society treats death and dying. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podc...
Jan 31, 2022•43 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Prof. Kevin Fenton, Public Health Regional Director for London and advisor to the Mayor of London, joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about strategies for tackling low vaccination rates, Omicron in London, and living with COVID-19. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @JessamyBagenal and @GavinCleaver . Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcast...
Jan 17, 2022•37 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton looks back at the "year of vaccines", discusses what surprised him the most about 2021, and talks about where the pandemic might go from here. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Fol...
Dec 20, 2021•29 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help , joins the podcast to talk about reimagining care and the welfare state to better support the health issues faced by the modern world. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https...
Dec 08, 2021•34 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, director of CAPRISA and former leader of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, describes the discovery of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, explains what we know about it so far, and discusses how South Africa feels about the global response. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/p...
Nov 30, 2021•30 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Climate research pioneer Prof. Michael E. Mann joins the podcast to lay out the most important things that happened at COP26. Further reading: https://www.thelancet.com/countdown-health-climate Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow ...
Nov 18, 2021•44 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Why are the countries which currently suffer the most direct health impacts from climate change some of the least likely to publish climate research? In the lead-up to COP26, Prof. Penny Murage of LSHTM discusses the field and her community work in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ayesha Tandon of CarbonBrief talks about her recent piece on inequality in climate research. Lancet Countdown: https://www.thelancet.com/countdown-health-climate CarbonBrief article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-lac...
Oct 28, 2021•45 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast We hear from Prof. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein and Alexandria Macmadu on how COVID-19 has affected the prison system in the USA, and Prof. Marie Claire Van Hout talks about the health problems faced by prisoners in sub-Saharan Africa. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Conti...
Oct 22, 2021•35 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Vaccine-rich countries are beginning programmes of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, but what's the evidence for them? What does this mean for countries which have no vaccines? Prof. Sir Richard Peto lays out the current evidence and Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, discusses what booster shots mean for the rest of the world, and how India is currently coping with COVID-19 following the wave there in early 2021. Further reading: Considerations in boo...
Oct 07, 2021•42 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast 
