Global Health Diplomats

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 he...

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 crise...

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 o...

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.  Profess...

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 Globa...

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 profess...

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 &...