Can We End Epidemics?

Health promotion and disease prevention are critical tools needed to eliminate epidemics, yet prevention remains under-resourced and insufficiently prioritized. How can we push prevention up the policy and political agenda so it is a more critical part of primary health care? In this episode, host Henry Bonsu joins Shereen El Feki, a renowned sexpert and the former regional director for the Middle...

What does it take to deliver health impact at scale? For the world to reach its ambitious U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, innovation must be accelerated. In this episode, host Henry Bonsu joins Mercy Mwangangi, the director of health systems strengthening at Amref Health Africa, and Fiona Smith-Laittan, the vice president of strategy and operations at GSK’s global health division. They discuss...

The global economy is in a state of uncertainty as governments around the world cut budgets and introduce belt-tightening austerity measures. Progress is more urgent now than ever for people living with and affected by infectious diseases. Fully funding innovative options to test, prevent, and treat infectious diseases, as well as research and development exploring cures, is critical. In this epis...

To deliver the choice in quality care that people deserve, expanding the pipeline of options required to diagnose, test, prevent, treat, and eventually cure HIV and end the AIDS epidemic is critical. Host Henry Bonsu is joined by AVAC’s Executive Director Mitchell Warren and Dr. Kimberly Smith, Senior VP and Head of Research and Development ViiV Healthcare to discuss advances in HIV and infectious...

It’s not just infectious diseases that drive epidemics and pandemics; health inequalities can seriously stymie any progress. In this episode of Can We End Epidemics? host Henry Bonsu joins Oni Blackstock, a primary care and HIV physician and founder of the group Health Justice, Amanita Calderón-Cifuentes, an HIV research and advocacy officer for Transgender Europe, and Annemiek de Ruiter, ViiV Hea...

The United Nations says the world could end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, but what does that mean? And with less than six years to go, how attainable is this target? In this episode, host Henry Bonsu is joined by Anwar Ogrm, a grassroots trans activist who is the movement-building program lead at Global Action for Trans Equality, and Nneka Nwokolo, the global head of patient engagement a...

Is it possible to end HIV and global health epidemics by 2030? The United Nations thinks so, and the guests on this podcast series certainly hope so. But it’s going to take effort, innovation, connections between people and within communities and funding. Welcome to Can We End Epidemics?, a podcast series by the global biopharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare in association with its biopharma maj...