Welcome to Maa’s The Word - the global health podcast with a worldly spin. Join us whilst we interview global experts, community influencers and tomorrow’s changemakers, all of whom are facilitating change in global health.
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This week, we have the Scrubbed in duo, Dr Abdul Rahyead and Dr Amz Choudhury. Both share their incredible success stories from being working class lads to fulfilling their dreams of being medical doctors. Most recently, they founded Peerr, a peer-to-peer learning platform to help others learn and achieve their career ambitions. Tune in to find out…
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An ardent YouTuber, TikTok'er and changemaker, Nurse Zara shares her journey into the world of healthcare through Nursing within the NHS. Zara has worked in various units, most recently re-deployed within the ICU and has been nominated for the best nurse award. This podcast follows Zara’s journey into Nursing from initially considering a career in …
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Dr Makins discusses the different global health systems and how this affects quality of life for the people, in particular pregnant women. She discusses the importance of education particularly in challenging the stigma surrounding pregnancy in particular communities across the globe. Dr Makins shares her experiences working with Figo. It’s almost …
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Dr Eltuhamy explores the ongoing political atrocities in Palestine and the current state of the healthcare as well as the long term health implications on the civilians and the future generations. Tune in to hear about more about the the Palestinian crisis and how we as a global community could do our bit to help those in need.…
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Joined by human rights activist Rahima Begum we learn her story into politics and navigating the complex issues of child poverty in the dark underbelly of Bangladesh's street capitals.
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One Test, One Pill, Save Two Lives - Prof. Asif Ahmed
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In this week episode, we are joined by the visionary global expert, Professor Asif Ahmed. We touch upon the important figures and mentors that played a role in his early founded success as a vascular scientist, discovering two protective pathways to prevent pre-eclampsia, a condition that leads to 1 in 50 deaths for women during pregnancy. Not only…
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As part of our Tomorrow’s Changemaker stream, we interview the former Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Fahimul Islam. Fahimul founded Anything Is Possible (AIP) Sports during his term as Young Mayor. As part of his manifesto, Fahimul pledged to invest in sports as an important outlet for the youth of his community as a means to promote healthy living …
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Sexual Abuse: Breaking the Silence - Shahanaz Rahman
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TW: Sexual Assault In this episode we are joined by Shahanaz Rahman, she has a background in Psychology and is lead of the Survivors Together Project which seeks to support female survivors of sexual abuse. Women who have experienced sexual abuse are not victims but survivors. This is at the core of the organisation, where survivors come together t…
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Welcome to Maa's the Word!Today we are joined by Dr Anant Jani who is an Oxford Martin Fellow at the University of Oxford and a visiting researcher at the Heidelberg Institute for Global Health. Tune is as he discusses how healthcare systems can be redesigned to focus more on social determinants of health through value-based healthcare delivery mod…
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