From confronting the heartbreaking reality in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where despair is gripping women - to phage therapy to combat the rising threat of superbugs - and exploring what happens when political opinion trumps public health evidence; stay with us in this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast as we navigate these pressing public health challenges and have discussions about solutions that can make a difference.

Articles Covered

◼️ ‘Despair is settling in’: female suicides on rise in Taliban’s Afghanistan (The Guardian)
◼️ Superbugs are overpowering antibiotics. We should fight them with phage therapy (MacLean’s)
◼️ Let evidence, not opinion, guide harm reduction policy and practice in Canada’s drug poisoning crisis (The Conversation)

Podcast Hosts

◼️ Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
◼️ Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, PMP®

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