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Listen to The Lancet Global Health episodes:

• 02.09.2019

  TB screening for people living with HIV

  Nina Putnis and Alice Zwerling (University of Ottawa, Canada) discuss the potential of a simple urine-based TB screening process for people living with TB and HIV.

  
• 12.14.2018

  Person-centred maternity care

  Patience Afulani and Anne Roca of The Lancet Global Health discuss person-centred maternity care, why it is poor in many settings, and potential ways to move towards more respectful, responsive, and dignified maternal care.

  
• 09.12.2018

  Dyslipidaemia (in French)

  Jean Jacques Noubiap répond aux questions du The Lancet Global Health et présente une étude sur les dyslipidémies en Afrique.

  
• 07.15.2018

  Inequalities in maternal health across Latin America and Caribbean countries

  English version: Aluisio Barros joins The Lancet Global Health to discuss a study of how access to reproductive, maternal and child health interventions varies by ethnic group in Latin America and the Caribbean.

  
• 07.14.2018

  Portuguese version: Inequalities in maternal health across Latin America and Caribbean countries

  Portuguese version: Marilia Arndt Mesenburg junta-se à Lancet Global Health para discutir um artigo que estuda como o acesso a cuidados de saúde reprodutiva, materna, e infantil varia de acordo com grupos étnicos na América Latina e no Caribe.

  
• 07.14.2018

  Spanish version: Inequalities in maternal health across Latin America and Caribbean countries

  Spanish version: María Clara Restrepo Méndez se une a Lancet Global Health para discutir un artículo que estudia cómo el acceso a servicios de salud reproductiva, materna e infantil varía segun los grupos étnicos en América Latina y el Caribe.

  
• 06.12.2018

  Five years of The Lancet Global Health

  Nina Putnis hosts a special issue of The Lancet Global Health podcast celebrating five years since the journal's launch by interviewing editor-in-chief Zoë Mullan.

  
• 05.14.2018

  Malaria prevention

  Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health talks to Comment author Lauren Cohee about the benefits of targeting malaria preventive treatment to school-age children in high transmission areas.

  
• 04.11.2018

  Millennium Villages Project

  Nina Putnis of The Lancet Global Health talks to Eran Bendavid about the Millennium Villages Project and its impact on the history, and future, of global health.

  
• 03.10.2018

  Nutrition in Afghanistan

  Nadia Akseer and Zulfiqar Bhutta join The Lancet Global Health to discuss geospatial inequalities in women and children in Afghanistan, the topic of their article in this month's issue.

  
• 12.12.2017

  Reducing blood pressure: The Lancet Global Health: December 11, 2017

  Dinesh Neupane discusses his trial assessing a community lifestyle intervention in Nepal, led by female volunteers, to reduce blood pressure.

  
• 10.10.2017

  Genital fistulas in Guinea: The Lancet Global Health: November 2017

  Alexandre Delamou discusses the importance of the post-surgery period after genital fistula repair, based on the results of his study in Guinea.

  
• 09.12.2017

  Brazil malaria outbreak: The Lancet Global Health: October 2017

  Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro and Patricia Brasil talk about their recent study into an outbreak of human malaria in Brazil.

  
• 07.14.2017

  Injury outcomes in Bangladesh: The Lancet Global Health: August 2017

  Anne Roca talks with Olakunle Alonge about his survey of the injury burden in Bangladesh.

  
• 06.01.2017

  Twin mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

  Christiaan Monden discusses trends in twin mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which has both the highest childhood mortality rate and the highest rate of natural twin births in the world.

  
• 02.24.2017

  Fetal alcohol syndrome: The Lancet Global Health: March 2017

  Svetlana Popova explains her analysis of the global prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome.

  
• 09.13.2016

  Fruit & veg consumption: The Lancet Global Health: 12 September 2016

  Victoria Miller discusses the availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables.

  
• 06.21.2016

  Severe acute malnutrition: The Lancet Global Health: June 20, 2016

  James Berkley and Job Mogire discuss a Kenyan trial which assesses the efficacy of daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for children with complicated severe acute malnutrition.

  
• 03.22.2016

  Diagnosing anaemia: The Lancet Global Health: March 21, 2016

  Heiko Marn and Job Mogire discuss the accuracy of the WHO haemoglobin colour scale for the diagnosis of anaemia in low-income countries.

  
• 02.23.2016

  Trachomatous trichiasis: The Lancet Global Health: March 2016

  Matthew Burton discusses a trial from Ethiopia comparing two modes of eyelid surgery for the treatment of trachomatous trichiasis.  

  
• 12.22.2015

  STI awareness in china: The Lancet Global Health: January 2016

  Thomas Coates discusses results of a trial to improve physician awareness of STIs and HIV in China.

  
• 11.11.2015

  Artemisinin combination therapies: The Lancet Global Health, November 10, 2015

  Job Mogire and author Maciej Boni discuss a modelling study that projects the best way to use artemisinin combination therapies at the population level.

  
• 10.14.2015

  Preterm birth: The Lancet Global Health: November, 2015

  Job Mogire discusses a paper on new growth standards for babies born preterm with author Jose Villar.

  
• 09.16.2015

  HIV modelling: The Lancet Global Health: October 2015

  Jeffrey W Eaton discusses the value of mathematical modelling for HIV epidemic projections

  
• 08.12.2015

  Vitamin A deficiency: The Lancet Global Health: Aug 12, 2015

  Majid Ezzati discusses the global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and its mortality burden in low and middle-income countries.

  
• 06.16.2015

  Tanzania’s Countdown: The Lancet Global Health: June 16, 2015

  Theopista John discusses Tanzania’s progress on maternal, neonatal, and child health.

  
• 04.11.2015

  Caesarean section: The Lancet Global Health: April 10, 2015

  Joshua Vogel discusses a study looking at the use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries.

  
• 03.18.2015

  Breastfeeding and intelligence: The Lancet Global Health: March 18, 2015

  Bernardo Lessa Horta discusses the association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age.

  
• 02.19.2015

  The Lancet Global Health: February 19, 2015

  Global Diets: Dariush Mozaffarian discusses a systematic assessment of dietary quality across 187 countries in 1990 and 2010.

  
• 01.21.2015

  The Lancet Global Health: January 21, 2015

  Silvina Arrossi discusses a trial of self-collection for HPV screening in Argentina.

  
• 11.28.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: November 27, 2014

  Stephane Verguet and Katherine Rolfe discuss trends in the rates of decline in under-5, maternal, tuberculosis, and HIV mortality over recent decades.

  
• 10.23.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: October 23, 2014

  Thomas Clasen discusses the effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme in India.

  
• 09.25.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: September 25, 2014

  Vittal Mogasale discusses the burden of typhoid fever and its significance as a global health issue.

  
• 08.28.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: August 28, 2014

  Romulus Breban discusses how mathematical modelling can estimate the effect of preventive and treatment interventions for hepatitis C in Egypt.

  
• 08.28.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: August 28, 2014

  Romulus Breban discusses how mathematical modelling can estimate the effect of preventive and treatment interventions for hepatitis C in Egypt.

  
• 07.24.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: July 24, 2014

  Patrick Walker discusses the estimated risk of placental infection and low birthweight attributable to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa in 2010.

  
• 06.26.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: June 26, 2014

  Laura Hammitt discusses the effectiveness of 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine in Kenya.

  
• 05.22.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: May 22, 2014

  Naomi Lee and Tiffany Chao discuss the role of surgery in low and middle-income settings.

  
• 04.24.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: April 24, 2014

  Derek Silove discusses a longitudinal study which assesses patterns of post-traumatic stress disorder in Timor Leste (formerly East Timor).

  
• 04.01.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: April 01, 2014

  Nicolai Humphreys and Oriol Mitja discuss an unexpected major new cause of skin ulcers children.

  
• 02.27.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: February 27, 2014

  Nicolai Humphreys is joined by Katie Greenland to discuss the effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in rural India.

  
• 01.14.2014

  The Lancet Global Health: January 14, 2014

  Frederic Piel discusses the effect of global migration on the distribution of the sickle-cell gene.

  
• 12.20.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: December 20, 2013

  Tim Hallett discusses the mathematical modelling of HIV treatment initiation and monitoring.

  
• 11.26.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: November 26, 2013

  Lucie Cluver discusses the effect of child-focused cash transfers on HIV risk behaviour in South African adolescents.

  
• 10.24.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: October 24, 2013

  Richard Walker discusses stroke risk factors in urban and rural Tanzania.

  
• 09.24.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: September 24, 2013

  Prabhat Jha joins Nicolai Humphreys to discuss district level estimates of under-5 mortality in India.

  
• 08.22.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: August 22, 2013

  Tom Solomon discusses viral CNS infections in children from a malaria-endemic area of Malawi.

  
• 07.24.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: July 24, 2013

  Didier Pittet discusses 'the most neglected of neglected diseases': noma, linked to an Article in the July issue.

  
• 06.25.2013

  The Lancet Global Health: June 25, 2013

  Nathan Congdon discusses assessment of cataract surgery in resource-poor settings.