While the global health community wrenches its clothes and gnashes its teeth in Switzerland at the 78th World Health Assembly, Dr Mike Reid, Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Diplomacy, UCSF joins Ben in an entertaining and wide ranging exploration of a positive, forward-looking agenda for global health. Topics include global health security, one health, mis- and disinformation in the doctor-patient relationship, health technology and specific future uses and pitfalls of AI to improve access to healthcare in developing countries.  Mike offers a promise of a future episode on channelling philanthropic dollars into sovereign wealth funds for global health investments. And finally they reflect on their upbringing in the UK with its “free at the point of delivery” National Health Service, and argue over which of the modern Cambridge University Colleges they went to most resembles a multi-story car park. 

00:00 Introduction and Overview

00:09 World Health Assembly Insights

01:18 Guest Introduction: Dr. Mike Reed

03:40 Mike Reid’s  Background and Career

05:58 Global Health Security and Solidarity

11:28 The One Health Agenda

14:12 Artificial Intelligence in Global Health

37:26 Navigating Healthcare Systems

43:48 Closing Remarks and Future Topics

Mike’s Substack:  https://reimaginingglobalhealth.substack.com/

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