Episodes

  • Why are Girls and Women More Impacted by COVID-19? (S04 Ep04)

    Why are Girls and Women More Impacted by COVID-19? (S04 Ep04)
    Jan 25 2021

    Why are girls and women more impacted by COVID-19? Latanya Mapp Frett of the Global Fund for Women and Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck for Mothers break down the risks that go well beyond just the virus itself.

    For more information:

    www.globalfundforwomen.org

    www.merckformothers.com

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-harris/

    www.cdc.org

    www.who.int

    www.bayareaglobalhealth.org

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bunker/id1496246490?i=1000504683203

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RP497F2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

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    #COVID19 #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #SafePregnancy #Contraception #Abortion #HIV #InfectiousDisease #Vaccines #PublicHealth #NoBathButPlentyOfBubbles #LisaPower #NaomiSmith #TheBunkerDaily #BritishPregnancyAdvisoryServices #VicePresidentHarris #KamalaHarris


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    41 mins
  • Honoring World AIDS Day During COVID (S04 Ep03)

    Honoring World AIDS Day During COVID (S04 Ep03)
    Dec 1 2020
    On this World AIDS Day, December the 1st 2020, we remember the lives lost to HIV as we fight a new global pandemic, COVID-19, and in this special episode we reflect on the impact diagnostics have had in driving the response to both pandemics, with Dr. Paul Baum, Head, Clinical Science at Roche Molecular Systems and Associate Professor at UCSF.

    More information:

    https://www.roche.com/
    https://www.unaids.org/en/World_AIDS_Day
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://covid19.ca.gov
    https://coronavirus.jhu.edu
    www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

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    #HIV, #AIDS, #SARSCoV2, #COVID19, #diagnostics, #PCR, #antibodytest, #antigentest, #pointofcare, #laboratory, #globalpublichealth, #ClintonHealthAccessInitiative, #PEPFAR, #GFATM

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    28 mins
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci Talks Truth to COVID (S04 Ep01)

    Dr. Anthony Fauci Talks Truth to COVID (S04 Ep01)
    Oct 14 2020
    In the first episode of this new season, Dr. Tony Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease, shares with me his view on the future of COVID-19, his pragmatic optimism for vaccines, the importance of mask-wearing, social distancing and hand washing, the lessons of HIV, and we chill out to a clip of MTV Shuga’s "Alone Together,” short COVID videos for pan African young people.

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    32 mins
  • How Facebook Fights Pandemic Misinformation (S03 Ep12)

    How Facebook Fights Pandemic Misinformation (S03 Ep12)
    Sep 8 2020
    In this episode we meet KX Jin, Head of Health at Facebook, and we explore how social networks can be mobilized to provide accurate, updated information about pandemics, like COVID-19, how they can strengthen community engagement in global health, and how technology can combat the dark side of misinformation.

    https://facebook.com
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://www.nih.gov
    https://covid19.ca.gov
    https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov
    https://coronavirus.jhu.edu
    www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

    #Facebook, #COVID19, #socialnetworks, #techandglobalhealth, #misinformation, #vaccines, #therapeutics, #patientengagement, #HIV #bayareaglobalhealth, #WHO #KXJin #BayAreaGlobalHealthAlliance

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    38 mins
  • Living with Long COVID (S03 Ep11)

    Living with Long COVID (S03 Ep11)
    Sep 3 2020
    Earlier this year, Robin Gorna, an internationally respected gender and HIV activist & writer at the height of her powers, was infected with SARS-CoV-2 and became one of an increasing number of people with long term side effects. We discuss the impact of what is clearly more than a short respiratory infection, and what it means for the long term response to COVID-19.

    For More Information:
    https://robingorna.com
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://www.nih.gov
    https://covid19.ca.gov
    https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov
    https://coronavirus.jhu.edu
    www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

    #RobinGorna, #COVID19, #LongCOVID, #vaccines, #therapeutics, #patientengagement, #HIV, #gender, #womenshealth, #srh

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    41 mins
  • Rep. Barbara Lee: Fighting for Health Equity in the Time of Pandemics (S03 Ep10)

    Rep. Barbara Lee: Fighting for Health Equity in the Time of Pandemics (S03 Ep10)
    Aug 5 2020

    Join Ben and Congresswoman Barbara Lee live on Wednesday 5th of August, as they discuss racial justice, the impact of COVID-19 on people of color, and the urgent need to support Africa’s fight against the coronavirus as new infections reach 1 million across the continent.

    For More Information
    https://lee.house.gov
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://sfcommunityhealth.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://www.nih.gov
    https://covid19.ca.gov
    https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov
    https://coronavirus.jhu.edu
    www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!


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    30 mins
  • Lessons for COVID-19 from Debunking Vaccine Denialism (S03 Ep09)

    Lessons for COVID-19 from Debunking Vaccine Denialism (S03 Ep09)
    Aug 5 2020

    Anthropologist Heidi Larson has a new book titled, Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away, which explains how logic and science alone cannot debunk vaccine denialism, and we explore how addressing the root 21st century cultural causes of distrust of medicine can help us overcome deliberate misinformation in the global fight against COVID-19.

    You can purchase the book here:
    https://global.oup.com/academic/product/stuck-9780190077242?cc=us&lang=en&

    For More Information
    https://www.lshtm.ac.uk
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://sfcommunityhealth.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://www.nih.gov
    https://covid19.ca.gov
    https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov
    https://coronavirus.jhu.edu
    www.ashotinthearmpodcast.com

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!


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    33 mins
  • A Conversation with Dr. Kimberly Smith of ViiV Healthcare (S03 Ep08)

    A Conversation with Dr. Kimberly Smith of ViiV Healthcare (S03 Ep08)
    Jul 9 2020

    Dr. Kimberly Smith, a renowned US infectious disease specialist and Head of Research & Development for ViiV Healthcare, joins Ben on the podcast to talk about new data on cabotegravir as potential long-acting injectable HIV prevention technology, as well as new approaches to treat HIV with next generation medicines. She shares how she has led a global R&D operation in the era COVID-19 and what Black Lives Matters means to her as a leading African American clinician and pharmaceutical leader.

    For more information:
    https://viivhealthcare.com
    https://bayareaglobalhealth.org
    https://www.aids2020.org
    https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu
    https://www.who.int
    https://www.cdc.gov
    https://www.nih.gov

    This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on all the major podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars!

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    36 mins