The Twende Out in Nairobi - with the Global Listening Project

In the aftermath of COVID lockdowns, how have health, career and life opportunities changed for Kenyan teenage girls & young women? ”Twende (let’s go) Out” with Heidi Larson’s Global Listening Project in Nairobi to understand how changing social norms are helping - and hindering the country’s post-COVID generation of young people. 

Guests:

Lilian Otiso, Executive Director, LVCT Health

Farida Nzilani, Digital Manager, Shujaaz Inc.

Ante Neosoul, Musician, DJ, TV and Radio Host, Podcaster, @antoneosoul

Links:

https://listeningproject.global

https://lvcthealth.org

https://www.shujaazinc.com

https://one2onekenya.org

https://nsdcc.go.ke

https://www.vaccineconfidence.org

https://orb-international.com

https://www.researchplusafrica.com/index.html

https://africori.to/welcome2mysouldeluxe

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mantalk-ke/id1541453976

On-site production and direction by Nick Mutuma and team at Giraffe Africa Productions Ltd. @shotbygiraffe

Thanks also to https://nairobistreetkitchen.com

And special shout to our favorite social media influencer Shujaaz’s @TheDJBoyie 

#HIV #socialnorms #teenagegirls #gendernorms #sexualreproductivehealth #COVID #unplannedpregnancy#familyplanning #genderbasedviolence

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Youtube video version:

https://youtu.be/n5L5iT24j7E

The ReSurgence of Global Safe & Affordable Surgical Care

Coinciding with the launch of a new global campaign by ReSurge International to promote greater awareness & funding for local surgical teams to provide life-changing reconstructive care, we meet Jim Chang and Natalie Meyers of ReSurge, along with ground-breaking Zimbabwean surgeon, Godfrey Muguti, to ask why 18 million die every year from surgically preventable diseases - and what can be done about it.

Guests:

Professor Jim Chang, Chief of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University & Consulting Medical Officer, ReSurge International

Professor Godfrey Muguti, Chair Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe

Natalie Meyers, Chief Program Officer, ReSurge International

Links:

https://resurge.org

https://www.uz.ac.zw/index.php/chs-departments/355-dept-of-surgery

https://www.globalsurgeryfoundation.org

https://plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/Team.html

https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

Watch the ReSurge Gala:

https://www.youtube.com/@resurgeinternational

Donate to ReSurge:

https://resurge.org/donate

ReSurge on Social:

Twitter: @ReSurge

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resurgeinternational

#cleftpalate #burns #travelaccidents #reconstructivesurgery #trauma #congenitalconditions #cancer #genderequity #globalsolidarity

Science or Politics: The inner workings of global health diplomacy, with special guest Anthony Fauci

In the series premiere of “Global Health Diplomats”, Eric Goosby and Ben Plumleyexplore the continuing saga of the origins of SARS CoV2 and the role of global health diplomacy in fostering international collaboration in fighting pandemics threats - and who better to discuss this with than our first guest, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the recently retired director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease.

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About the hosts:

Eric Goosby is an American public health official and professor at UCSF, where he directs the Center for Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy. An infectious disease specialist, he treated patients at San Francisco General Hospital when HIV/AIDS first began to emerge and take its toll in the early 1980s. Eric joined the Clinton administration to administer newly-authorized Ryan White CARE Act, overseeing the distribution of federal funds and the planning of services in 25 AIDS epicenters, as well as in all 50 states and U.S. territories. He went on to co-found the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, where he helped develop and implement HIV national treatment scale-up plans in Rwanda, South Africa, China, and Ukraine. In 2009, he was tapped by President Obama to be his Global AIDS Coordinator, heading up the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a position he held until 2013. He went on to be the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Eric likes very strong coffee, and is being educated by Ben on the joys of podcasting.

Ben Plumley is a global health strategist, currently the Head of Digital Advocacy and Outreach at the Global Health Listening Project, and founder of the Global Health Strategy Agency, Hunuvat. He was Chief of Staff to the Founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, and Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV & AIDS. He held senior roles in Glaxo Wellcome and Johnson & Johnson. In 2010, he was appointed CEO of the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, succeeding Eric Goosby, where he advised national governments, corporations, the UN and community organizations on infectious disease treatment and prevention strategies in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, China, Ukraine, Laos and South Africa. He is Co-Chair of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, and President of the San Francisco Community Health Center. His journey into podcasting began in 2018 with A Shot In The Arm Podcast. Eric has been a mentor to Ben since the early 2000s, including his passion for exceptionally strong coffee.

Live from CROI 2023 - Kim Smith, ViiV Healthcare: CabLA for African Girls and Women

Ben and Yvette have a rather vigorous but hugely engaging conversation with friend of the Pod, Dr. Kimberly Smith, the Head of R&D for ViiV Healthcare, on what’s needed to ensure that the potential of long acting injectable antiretrovirals - for both HIV prevention & treatment - are realized for girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa. With its costs and manufacturing complexity - will CabLA be a truly a game changer or an afterthought?

And Kim promised to check whether the regulatory submission formulation of long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine for treatment has been filed in South Africa already: It was, in September 2021. 

https://www.croiconference.org
https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com
https://viivhealthcare.com
https://www.avac.org
https://apha.org.za
https://medicinespatentpool.org
https://www.niaid.nih.gov
https://www.cdc.gov
https://www.iasusa.org
https://www.unaids.org
https://www.state.gov/pepfar

#CROI_2023 #HIV #prevention #treatment #longacting #CabLA #vaccine #pandemics #access #affordability #techtransfer #voluntarylicense

Live from CROI 2023 - Mosaico and the Future of HIV Vaccines

We have two CROI Episodes today - and this episode, brought to you with APHA, AVAC and CASPR, Yvette and Ben chat with Dr Nyaradzo Mgodi University of Zimbabwe and Ntando Yola, APHA, to take stock of the results of the Mosaico trial (which was recently discontinued because, while safe, it was ineffective), the role of bNAbs (broadly neutralizing antibodies) in treating or potentially cure rapidly evolving viruses like HIV - all from a uniquely African perspective.

https://www.croiconference.org
https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com
https://www.avac.org
https://apha.org.za/
https://www.avac.org/coalition-accelerate-support-prevention-research-caspr
https://www.niaid.nih.gov
https://www.cdc.gov
https://www.iasusa.org
https://www.unaids.org
https://www.state.gov/pepfar

#CROI_2023 #HIV #prevention #treatment #vaccine #pandemics #cure #COVID #ethics #placebo

Live from CROI 2023 - Monica Gandhi: Connecting the Science of Pandemics

In today’s CROI episode, Yvette and Ben chat with Professor Monica Gandhi, UCSF and medical director of SF General’s famous Ward 86, exploring what the science at CROI is telling us about the links and disconnects between HIV, COVID, Mpox and other infectious disease threats - and what it all means for every day people trying to navigate lockdowns, prevention choices and treatment options.

https://www.croiconference.org
https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com
https://www.ucsf.edu
https://www.avac.org
https://apha.org.za
https://www.niaid.nih.gov
https://www.cdc.gov
https://www.iasusa.org
https://www.unaids.org
https://www.state.gov/pepfar

#CROI_2023 #HIV #Mpox #COVID #MABs #longacting #prevention #treatment #vaccine #pandemics

A Shot In the Arm Podcast: Live From CROI 2023!

Join Ben Plumley and Yvette Raphael from CROI 2023 (the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - THE conference for the latest science on viruses, bacteria and other pandemic threats), as they profile the data they want to learn about - from HIV prevention, treatment and cure, to Mpox, COVID and other bugs - as well as Yvette’s opening plenary speech on the leadership of women scientists, doctors and community advocates - and she has A LOT to say!

https://www.croiconference.org/
https://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com/
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/
https://www.cdc.gov/
https://www.iasusa.org/
https://www.unaids.org/
https://www.state.gov/pepfar/

#CROI_2023 #HIV #Mpox #COVID #MABs #longacting #prevention #treatment #vaccine #pandemics

Down South with MTV Staying Alive

Recorded in MTV Studios in South Africa at the end of November, we look back at an insanely busy year for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation in creating content to help young people to make their own decisions about their health in Africa and South Asia, and reflect on big news for its future in 2023. Ben and Yvette chat with other members of the South African Board as well as podcast regular Georgia Arnold.

Guests:
Stephanie Ndlovu, Co-Chair, MTV Staying Alive Foundation

Monde Twala, General Manager, Paramount Africa

Georgia Arnold, Senior Vice President Social Responsibility Paramount Global and Executive Director, MTV Staying Alive Foundation.

https://www.mtvstayingalive.org
https://paramount-africa.com
https://www.paramount.com
https://m.youtube.com/@TheNdlovusUncut
https://latobyveresources-pozie.business.site
https://www.unaids.org

#mtvstayingalive #mtvshuga #shugadownsouth #pozie #southafrica #HIV #AIDS #sexualhealth #contentcreation #theNdolovusUncut

Festive Bonus Episode: But Our Emails!

In between mince pies and braais, Yvette and Ben answer your emails and messages - contentious and occasionally comic from all over the world of global health innovation and equity.

Don’t forget to keep your questions and coming - find us on all your favorite podcast platforms and social media sites!

Yvette’s and Ben’s Bucket Hats are handmade in South Africa by Pozie at

https://latobyveresources-pozie.business.site

2022 World AIDS Day from Tembisa, South Africa

Yvette Raphael welcomes co-host Ben Plumley to Tembisa, South Africa, for a World AIDS Day special, to reflect on the sometimes bumpy response from the country with the largest number of people living with HIV. And catch Yvette’s interview with Lolo Saliso, HIV & human rights activist from Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa on how it is young people’s time to lead, building on the legacy of older “dinosaur” activists like Yvette and Ben.

https://www.unaids.org/en
https://sanac.org.za
https://apha.org.za

#worldaidsday #HIV #southafrica #pozie #apha #hivprevention #gbv #dapvirinering #cabla