
S2E1: Don't take it for granted
05/23/24 • 18 min
If we imagine a health system as a box, then what would it contain? And what happens if it gets shaken – by a conflict, a pandemic or even something as seemingly unrelated as structural traffic jams? Join us, as we travel from the Syrian war zone to a remote Indian community fighting addiction... with frisbees.
For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.
This episode features:
- Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
- Bruno Marchal, health care organisation specialist, Head of the Unit of Health Systems Organisation (ITM)
- Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
- Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
- Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
- Tim Devriese, journalist
Follow ITM and our work on:
To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit www.itg.be/health-systems
Strategy & Creation: Onlyhumans
Creation & Production: Sonhouse
Narrator: Lara Chedraoui
If we imagine a health system as a box, then what would it contain? And what happens if it gets shaken – by a conflict, a pandemic or even something as seemingly unrelated as structural traffic jams? Join us, as we travel from the Syrian war zone to a remote Indian community fighting addiction... with frisbees.
For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.
This episode features:
- Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
- Bruno Marchal, health care organisation specialist, Head of the Unit of Health Systems Organisation (ITM)
- Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
- Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
- Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
- Tim Devriese, journalist
Follow ITM and our work on:
To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit www.itg.be/health-systems
Strategy & Creation: Onlyhumans
Creation & Production: Sonhouse
Narrator: Lara Chedraoui
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Transmission: Season 2 Trailer
Transmission is the new podcast of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our enlightening and intimate series shares the personal and professional experiences of researchers and physicians as they relentlessly battle diseases, advance scientific research and fight for the health of people globally.
For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.
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S2E2: Access - something worth fighting for
Racism, conflict, lack of funding, transportation issues, lifestyle or stigma: there are a lot of factors that can keep people from getting the care and medication they need. In this episode, we explore those hurdles all over the world, taking you from Belgium to Zambia.
For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.
This episode features:
- Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
- Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
- Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
- Raffaella Ravinetto, pharmacy expert, Head of Department of Public Health (ITM)
- Bernadette (Bernie) Hensen, epidemiologist, Head of the Unit of Sexual health including HIV (ITM)
- Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
- Tim Devriese, journalist
Follow ITM and our work on:
To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit www.itg.be/health-systems
Strategy & Creation: Onlyhumans
Creation & Production: Sonhouse
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