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Voices for health podcast

The Voices for Health podcast brings together voices of experts, policy makers and researchers to explore and determine ways to solve some of society’s most pressing health-related questions. Together we discuss how to achieve and enable safe access to quality care for each and every citizen in a sustainable and lasting way.

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Voices for Health

Sustainable health systems, innovation and digital health, access to quality care and universal health coverage. These are some of the topics that we will address together with researchers, health professionals, policymakers, innovators and patient advocates. Their voices will help us to reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing health systems around the world as they seek to offer safe access to quality care for each and every citizen, today and tomorrow. This monthly podcast is a “shout-out" to the future of healthcare. Join the Voices for Health conversation! Be inspired!

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Addressing the elephant in the room: investing in lab system strengthening

The covid pandemic highlighted the value of diagnostics in fighting pandemics and strengthening health systems. Countries with strong diagnostics systems were better equipped to respond to the pandemic. In this episode, we are going to talk about it with Doreen Shempela and Cynthia Banda, from The Church's Health Association of Zambia Laboratory.

Removing the barriers to oncofertility

Life after cancer comes with a new set of challenges. Fertility shouldn't be one of them. Yet, sadly female cancer survivors don't always get the timely access to counselling and treatment that's needed.

Interview with Dr Robert Winn: Health should not be a Zip Code Lottery

In this episode, you will meet Dr. Robert Winn,Director, VCU Massey Cancer Center, who is at the forefront of addressing health disparities, promoting health equity, and advocating for diversity and inclusion in healthcare. We spoke to him about how the zip code is a better predictor of a person's life expectancy than genetics, how did the pandemic disproportionately impacts women and lastly, how place and space where a woman lives, impacts her.

Interview with Dr Stacey Rose: Women-Centric Healthcare

In this episode we talk to Dr Stacey Rosen, Senior Vice President, Women's Health at the Katz Institute for Women’s Health, which focuses on the elimination of health care disparities through comprehensive clinical programs, gender-based research, community partnerships and education. Dr Rosen also shares her thoughts and plans on empowering the female patient to be a better advocate for herself.

Interview with Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby: Daring to address challenges in women’s health

Our healthcare systems are failing women - it’s time to put women in the spotlight, passionate about making a change! In this episode, you’ll meet Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby, CEO of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Authority, who has done so much to ensure people in Ghana can afford healthcare. We spoke to her about her work in Ghana, why she thinks women are central to their families’ health and to business, and what her big asks to industry and policymakers are.

Interview with Gilberto Lopes: Cancer doesn’t wait

In 2020, millions of people with cancer around the world did not receive medical care or had their treatment interrupted. On this World Cancer Day, we spoke to Gilberto Lopes, medical oncologist and member of the International Union Against Cancer, about the need to prioritise cancer prevention, detection and treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic. Because cancer doesn't wait for the pandemic to be over.

Interview with Alberto Alemanno: The role of citizens in the transformation of health systems

The actions and behaviors of citizens can have a significant impact on individual and collective well-being. We talked with Alberto Alemanno, expert in public policy and author of the book "Lobbying for change: Find Your Voice to Create a Better Society", about the role of citizens in transforming health systems.

Interview with Dr. Rifat Atun: "Health systems in emerging countries" - Voices for Health"

Dr. Rifat Atun, professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University and Faculty Chair of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, talks in this interview about the biggest lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the role that governments should play in transition to a “new normal.”.

Interview with Frederico Guanais: "people-centered health systems"

We talked with Frederico Guanais, Deputy Head of the Health Division at the OECD, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, about people-centered health systems and its potential to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes without giving up the ideal of sustainability.

Interview with Alan Lovell: "Universalizing the promise of innovation"

Alan Lovell is a Senior Member of the Healthcare consultant team of The Economist Intelligence Unit. He specializes in Health Policy and Systems research. In this episode, Alan is going to explain why the concept of Personalized Healthcare is revolutionizing health and why there is clear evidence that not only Latin America but all health systems should move forward in adopting Personalized Healthcare.

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In this podcast, we’ll be talking to researchers, health professionals, policymakers, innovators and patient advocates. Their voices will help us to explore and hopefully determine ways to some of our society’s most pressing questions:

How can we prepare health systems for the innovations and advances of the Future? How can we improve citizens’ quality of life and their access to healthcare? And how can we do this without compromising the sustainability of health systems?

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