Global Health Lives - Series 5
Hamza
Dr Hamza al-Kateab is a Syrian doctor, an activist and a public health advocate. He set up and ran a hospital in East Aleppo during the war in Syria. This work was documented in the film For Sama, created by his wife Waad al-Kateab. Hamza is now an activist working to stop the bombing of health facilities in Syria and other conflict areas through the campaign “Action For Sama” (www.actionforsama.com / @actionforsama).
Francesco
Professor Francesco Checchi is a professor of epidemiology and international health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Francesco is an epidemiologist who has worked for 25 years in crisis and humanitarian settings with Médecins Sans Frontières and Save the Children and as an academic.
In this episode he talks about his work estimating mortality in conflicts and on vaccinations. He also discusses broader issues about humanitarian work. Francesco also talks about his own mental health and how he has coped.
Naomi
Prof Naomi Priest is a lifecourse and social epidemiologist at the Australian National University. Naomi’s research focuses on understanding how social forces become embedded and embodied to influence health and health inequalities throughout life.
In this episode, Naomi talks about how racism impacts child and adolescent health and school-based interventions to reduce racism.
Wouter
Dr Wouter Arrazola de Oñate is a medical doctor in public health and activist. He is the medical director of the Belgian lung and TB association. In this episode, Wouter talks about his work in TB from a clinical and public health perspective and the importance of advocacy to improve health.
Rudzani
Professor Rudzani Muloiwa is the head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health in the University of Cape Town and the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s hospital. In this episode, Rudzani describes the importance of child health, his career in the field, and growing up and living in pre- and post-Apartheid South Africa.