A new weekly series all about Long COVID. Dr Funmi Okunola MD interviews a wide range of experts in the field about the disease, its possible causes, the assessment, diagnosis and management and the mechanisms of rehabilitation and recovery from Long COVID.
Long COVID the Answers
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A new weekly series all about Long COVID. Dr Funmi Okunola MD interviews a wide range of experts in the field about the disease, its possible causes, the assessment, diagnosis and management and the mechanisms of rehabilitation and recovery from Long COVID.
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May 25, 2026
Podcast Special - Addressing the Costs & Care for Long COVID An OECD Report
<p>Dr Funmi Okunola MD interviews Dr Guillaume Dedet MD, MPH, MSc, MA - Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and</p><p>Dr David Kelly MD, MPH, MRCIP, CSCST - Public Health Physician & Epidemiologist at the OECD about their April 2026 report - "Addressing the Costs & Care of Long COVID for Long COVID the Long Shadow of the Pandemic". We also dive into their October 2025 OECD report - "The Prevalence and Impact of Long COVID in the Primary Care Population - Findings from the OECD PaRIS Survey".</p><p><u>REFERENCES </u></p><p>1. <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/addressing-the-costs-and-care-for-long-covid_87a0c171-en/full-report.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Addressing the Costs & Care of Long COVID for Long COVID the Long Shadow of the Pandemic. </a></p><p>2. <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-prevalence-and-impact-of-long-covid-in-the-primary-care-population_119b0e8f-en.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Prevalence and Impact of Long COVID in the Primary Care Population - Findings from the OECD PaRIS Survey</a></p>
March 26, 2026
W.H.O. Long COVID Exclusive
<p>Dr Funmi Okunola MD conducts three interviews with 4 representatives of the World Health Organization -</p><p>Dr Maria Van Kerkhove PhD -Director of the Department of Epidemic & Pandemic Threat Management;</p><p>Dr Jamie Rylance MD - Clinical Lead for Long COVID and part of the Clinical Management Team of the Health Emergencies Program;</p><p>Cristiana Salvi - Regional Advisor for Community Resilience & Protection in the Health Security Division of WHO Europe;</p><p>Leonardo Palumbo - Technical Officer in Community Engagement in the Health Security Division of WHO Europe.</p><p>We talk about the WHO's support of Long COVID through advocacy, education research and community engagement and the steps the organization is taking to ensure Worldwide equity with regard to access to health resources for those living with Long COVID.</p><p><strong><u>REFERENCES:</u></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The World Health Organization Website</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/BpOGN8p6imY?si=cNmSnRG3z240nuKT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The WHO declares COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30th Jan 2020</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sbT6AANFOm4?si=Kfhbz8MoJx3I0Eed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic on the 11th March 2020</a></p><p><a href="https://nexuswebcast.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Channel/2025-global-health-security-forum/watch/899860f817f34e3696e92e4cfee21f911d?sortBy=oldest)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Maria Van Kerkhove's Speech at the UBC Centre of Disease Control Global Health Security Summit in Vancouver Canada on 5th Nov 2025</a></p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/europe/event/myth-busters--debunking-long-covid-myths-and-misconceptions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WHO Mythbusters - 30th Jan 2026-31st March 2026</a></p>
January 11, 2025
Episode 28 - Long COVID Research & Potential Treatments Part 2– with Professor David Putrino
<p>Professor David Putrino is a physiotherapist with a PhD in Neuroscience. He is currently the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, and a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Professor Putrino recently opened the Mount Sinai Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness in New York also known as (CoRE) and serves as CoRE’s Family Director and is also a member of PolyBio’s Long COVID Research Consortium.</p><p>Today's episode is the second in a two part series looking at research into potential treatments for Long COVID.</p><p><strong><u>REFERENCES</u></strong></p><p>1 Polybio Article - <a href="https://polybio.org/projects/a-clinical-trial-of-repurposed-hiv-antivirals-in-longcovid/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A clinical trial of repurposed HIV antivirals in Long COVID</a></p><p>2 <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1122529/full?s=09" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patterson BK, Yogendra R, Guevara-Coto J, Mora-Rodriguez RA, Osgood E, Bream J, Parikh P, Kreimer M, Jeffers D, Rutland C, Kaplan G. Case series: maraviroc and pravastatin as a therapeutic option to treat long COVID/Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC). Frontiers in Medicine. 2023 Feb 8;10:1122529.</a></p><p>3 Polybio Article - <a href="https://polybio.org/projects/long-covid-low-dose-rapamycin-clinical-trial/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Long COVID low-dose rapamycin clinical trial</a></p><p>4 Polybio Article - <a href="https://polybio.org/projects/lumbrokinase-longcovid-me-cfs-clinical-trial/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lumbrokinase Long COVID & ME/CFS clinical trial</a></p>
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