Global Health Diplomats

About Global Health Diplomats

Two pioneers of the “Global Health Diplomacy” movement - Eric Goosby and Ben Plumley reveal the inner workings of how decisions are made affecting the health of millions of people around the world, and how the principles of international collaboration and equity serve as a foundation of humanity’s response to the seismic geopolitical shifts and pandemic threats our world now face. Eric and Ben ask tough questions of their guests and share their own strong opinions - though always through the grace and diplomacy of their craft.

Publisher

Ben Plumley

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Mar 2023

Latest episode

20 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Apr 2024

   Catching up with Tony Fauci & Celebrating 5 Years of A Shot in the Arm Podcast

   A Shot In The Arm Podcast is five years old! And to celebrate this milestone, we present a special Global Health Diplomats joint episode, where Ben is joined by Ambassador Eric Goosby and Professor Anthony Fauci to reflect on what lessons - if any - the world has learned from COVID (remember that?) for pandemic preparation. Plus a special surprise for Tony from the world-leading local community health center serving San Francisco’s most marginalized populations. https://youtube.com/@shotarmpodcast https://www.unaids.org/en https://www.who.int/health-topics/hiv-aids https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.html https://au.int/en/sa/oid https://www.sfcommunityhealth.org #COVID-19 #society #globallistening #resilience #preparedness #futurecrisis #HPV #influenza #vaccine #mRNA#HIV #PEPFAR  #podcast #showofhope #TonyFauci #Fauci #SFCHC

2. 

   14 Feb 2024

   The Global Trust Crisis with 70,000 people from 70 countries

   The Global Listening Project has teamed up with the Global Health Diplomats and A Shot In The Arm Podcast, to bring you the release of the Project’s new 70 country 70,000 people study into how public trust in governments and health policies have been affected by COVID-19. It’s the first data set of this size to capture comprehensive information about people’s sense of preparedness for future crises. Coming just before the Munich Security Conference, Co-host Ben Plumley catches up with GLP founder, Professor Heidi Larson in Bengaluru, along with friend of the podcast, Prasada Rao JVR, former Health Secretary of India, and Professor Balaji Parthasarthy, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, to explore why we are witnessing a global trust crisis - and why it its urgent for human security to address this. https://global-listening.org https://www.iiitb.ac.in https://securityconference.org/en https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report-2024 #security #humansecurity #globalsecurity #globalhealthsecurity #pandemicpreparedness #climatedisruption #conflict #trust #india #munichsecurityconference

3. 

   16 Dec 2023

   Are Hospitals Now Weapons of War?

   From Ukraine to the Middle East, healthcare has become a primary target in military strategy. Is this a new development or just that the 24 news cycle is making us more aware? Eric and Ben explore the responsibilities of all sides in conflicts - and how global health diplomacy cannot ignore the destruction of healthcare. We are delighted to be supported by the John C. Martin Foundation, in honor of our friend John - one of the world’s most influential health diplomats. https://www.csis.org https://www.cfr.org https://ecfr.eu #middleeast #ukraine #terrorism #hospitals #healthcareworkers #globalhealthdiplomacy

4. 

   1 Dec 2023

   Peter Piot: Virus Hunter

   Eric Goosby and Ben Plumley reflect on an interview with Professor Peter Piot, recorded earlier this year, on how, against a backwash of climate disruption, defining global infectious diseases as security threats - can attract essential  financial and political resources - but can be counter-intuitive & counter-productive if thought of solely as another traditional security challenge. Professor Piot is a Belgian microbiologist, founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, former Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicjne. He now serves as Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission on COVID-19. https://wwnorton.com/books/no-time-to-lose/# The Global Health Diplomats is deeply grateful to the John C Martin Foundation for its sponsorship and support, in honor of the memory of our friend and global health diplomat, John Martin.

5. 

   30 Sept 2023

   Winnie Byanyima: Social Justice Warrior as Global Health Diplomat

   Eric and Ben are back after the summer recess, to reflect on the role global health diplomacy is - and isn’t - playing in an upside down world of geopolitical uncertainty, PEPFAR reauthorization and a fraught UN General Assembly in New York. And their guest in this episode is Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, in an interview recorded at the World Health Assembly in May 2023. The Global Health Diplomats is deeply grateful to the John C Martin Foundation for its sponsorship and support, in honor of the memory of our friend and global health diplomat, John Martin.

6. 

   12 May 2023

   Uganda’s New Anti-LGBT Law, Human Rights and Access to Health

   With recently passed anti-LGBT legislation in Uganda, Eric and Ben discuss what role global health diplomacy could play (and most likely was) in upholding human rights and ensuring that essential HIV-related services reach those most in need - especially LGBT communities. And we answer your questions, second episode in. 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.

7. 

   20 Mar 2023

   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 Plumley explore 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. -- 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.

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