Global Health Lives is a podcast exploring some of the most important issues in global health, but from the perspective of the people working in it. We discuss their lives, what influenced them and the challenges they face both professionally and personally.
Professor Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is the former chair of the European Public Health Association and President of the British Medical Association. Martin is director of research policy at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Martin is a public health physician who works on the determinants of health, particularly in a changing world. In this episode he talks about health and health systems in Eastern Europe and the former countries of the USSR, the importance of commercial determinants to health, corruption, political polarisation and his early life in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
12 Jul 2026
Vasee
Dr Vasee Moorthy is a Senior Advisor in Science and Strategy at the World Health Organization (WHO). He is a medical doctor with expertise in infectious diseases and clinical trials.
In this episode Vasee describes his work in malaria and malaria vaccines, and the importance of clinical trials, including WHO’s work on improving the system for conducting them.
14 Jun 2026
Lina
Professor Lina Madaniyazi is an associate professor in Nagasaki University, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Lina is an environmental epidemiologist who focuses on the health impact of air pollution and climate change.
In this episode Lina talks about the impact of global heating on mortality, the wide effects of air pollution on health. She also talks her journey from Xinjiang to Beijing to Brisbane to Nagasaki and the importance of people in her life.
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