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This Podcast features conversation with Nepal's Member of Parliament Mr Khagaraj Adhikari, who is the former Health and Population Minister of Nepal. Mr Adhikari spoke with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla at the 3rd Summit of Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention in Singapore (4-6 December 2018). He shares his insights on why local actions are building blocks for moving the nation, and Asia Pacific region, to become tobacco free, as well as beat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Thanks CNS eLearning Programme Team Email: [email protected] Website: www.citizen-news.org

This Podcast presents conversation with Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, head of National TB Programme in Viet Nam, and also a senior Professor and Director of National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. He spoke with CNS alongside 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague, Netherlands, on a range of issues that impact progress towards ending TB by 2030.Introduction of new TB drugs such as Bedaquiline, safeguards in place to check anti-TB drug resistance, latent TB infection, funding gap in TB research and development (R&D), disabilities that people who get cured of TB live and deal with, improving utilization of new diagnostic tools for optimal programme outcomes, were among key issues he shares his insights on. Thanks CNS eLearning Programme Team Email: [email protected] Website: www.citizen-news.org

This Podcast presents our conversation with Michael Miiro who leads MADIPHA (Masaka Association of Persons with disabilities living with HIV/AIDS) in Uganda. He spoke to CNS (Citizen News Service) on the sidelines of 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague, Netherlands. He shares his insights on disability rights for people living with HIV and co-infected with TB.He also shares MADIPHA’s core activities which also include focus on sexual and gender based violence, livelihood and household income, and policy advocacy and inclusion. Thanks CNS eLearning Programme Team Email: [email protected] Website: www.citizen-news.org

This UHC Day Podcast features a stimulating conversation with 7 women leaders who spoke with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla at HIV Research for Prevention or HIV R4P International Conference in Madrid, Spain in October 2018. Experts include: Lisa Rossi, Director, Communications and External Relations, MTN (Microbicide Trials Network), USA; Zurah Nakabugo, health journalist, The Observer, Uganda; Thandeka Moyo, health journalist, The Chronicle, Zimbabwe; Angela Oketch, health and science journalist, The Nation, Kenya; Winnie Botha, health journalist, Malawi; Vicky Wandawa, health journalist, The New Vision, Uganda; and Ida Jooste, global health advisor, InterNews. Universal Health Coverage or UHC is critical for health security. Countries require a strong primary health care platform as the backbone of universal health coverage, in absence of which, we are risking losing gains made in fighting AIDS or TB or malaria or other disease control. We cannot afford not to strengthen UHC. In addition to UHC, we also need to scale up research and development of better tools to prevent infections such as HIV. We not only need new HIV prevention tools but we also need more choices especially for those who are at heightened risk of HIV such as girls and women. Thanks CNS eLearning Programme Team Email: [email protected] Website: www.citizen-news.org

This Podcast presents our conversation with Dr Tara Singh Bam, who was part of Nepal government delegation at the global tobacco treaty negotiations (formally called the 8th Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control). He is also the Deputy Regional Director at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease or The Union. He also spoke about the importance of the forthcoming 3rd Summit of Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for tobacco control and prevention of non-communicable diseases or AP-CAT in Singapore later this week. Government of South Africa and other 180 governments who met at the global tobacco treaty negotiations had mandated a research study on new tobacco products, like heat-not-burn, which pose a threat to public health - particularly to children. But world’s biggest tobacco company launched these so-called alternatives to tobacco smoking in South Africa. Thanks CNS eLearning Programme Team Email: [email protected] Website: www.citizen-news.org