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A Shot in the Arm Podcast

Welcome to A Shot In The Arm Podcast, where we take a deep dive into the heart of global health. Since our launch in 2019, we"ve released over 150 episodes that illuminate the intersection of innovation and equity in healthcare. Join me, your host Ben Plumley—a global infectious disease strategist and passionate HIV advocate, along with our expert team of co-hosts, as we engage in compelling, character-driven conversations with a diverse array of guests from around the world. Together, we explore

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58:41

Martina Clark: UNAIDS’ First Openly HIV+ Staffer...

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2021/12/01

Former UNAIDS staffer Martina Clark chats with Ben about her new memoir, My Unexpected Life: An International Memoir of Two Pandemics, HIV and COVID-19. The first openly HIV-positive person hired to work at UNAIDS, she shares insights gained throughout her 20-year career with the United Nations and the lessons she has applied to her own personal fight against COVID-19. This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and

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52:32

Peter Staley: Acting Up Against AIDS and COVID-19

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2021/11/05

Legendary activist Peter Staley joins us for a conversation on lessons learned from the fight against AIDS that have informed today’s global battle with COVID-19. We also discuss the evolution of Peter’s decades-long friendship with NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, the lives that have been saved as a result, as well as Peter’s recently published memoir "Never Silent" which chronicles his activism journey with the iconic New York-based group Act Up. Movies referenced in the episode:How to Survive a

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56:04

Policy Briefing with Global Health Council's...

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2021/10/27

In this recording of a live policy briefing, Ben chats with Elisha Dunn-Georgiou, the new President and CEO of Global Health Council, who shares policy and funding updates on Capitol Hill. It is a busy fall, with UN General Assembly meeting and the subsequent Biden COVID-19 summit just behind us, and the global climate summit about to take place in Glasgow, Scotland. The Global Health Council, the collective voice for the global health community, advocates in the U.S. and multilateral forums for

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61:12

Building COVID-19 Confidence Through Social Media...

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2021/09/24

To coincide with the 20210 UN General Assembly, PSI pulled together a panel to explore how social media campaigns, often a key approach to building COVID-19 vaccine confidence among connected consumers at scale, can combat vaccine misinformation and hesitancy. The Panel looks at the impact of multi-sectoral partnerships (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #17) with Facebook, PSI, CARE & UNICEF.Guests:- Martin Dale, Director of Digital Health & Monitoring, PSI- Lu'Chen Foster, Director of

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34:59

Discussing the Next Wave of Nonprofit Leadership with...

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2021/08/31

Ben catches up with Jeanne Bell, Nonprofit leader and consultant, on the challenges facing nonprofit organizations in the 2020s, from attracting funding from the new generation of philanthropies, to stepping aside to invest in the leadership of communities for whom non-profit services were designed to support in the first place.For more information:Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability(Jan Masaoka, Steve Zimmerman, Jeanne

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Accelerating Cross-sector Pandemics Innovation During...

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2021/07/30

This is a recording of a networking session organized by the American Society for Microbiology at the World Microbe Forum in June 2021. Ben met Professor Jonna Mazet, UC Davis, Professor Simon Frost, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft and Dr Jay Wohlgemuth, CMO of Quest Diagnostics. Opening remarks were made by ASM's Past President, Professor Victor DiRita and its CEO, Dr Stefano Bertuzzi. And the event was organized by the ASM's Chief Business

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51:19

Living Out Loud with Global Human Rights Advocate,...

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2021/07/13

Ben is joined by Micheal Ighodaro, a Nigerian-born human rights activist, who is profiled in the new HBO documentary, "The Legend of the Underground," a film about the struggle against rampant LGBTQ discrimination in Nigeria, as experienced by several young men who fight for the right to live their truth.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

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58:52

Leveraging Technology to Scale Outcomes in Global...

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2021/07/11

This is a recording of webinar discussion, facilitated by Ben, about the importance of digital infrastructure, the role of collaboration to strengthen these systems and empower digital innovation, and the future of digital health. Brought to you by the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, with Co-creation Hub, Mastercard and Zenysis Technologies, as part of Resonance's Inclusive Innovation Exchange.Introduced by Resonance's Marissa Gilman, Ben is joined by Clay Sader, the Chief Operating Officer and

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61:36

Taking a Look at PEPFAR with Journalist-Activist,...

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2021/07/08

Ben chats with Emily Bass, journalist, AIDS activist and author of To End A Plague - a new review of PEPFAR - President George W Bush's multibillion investment in life-saving HIV treatment in Africa, and why this was the US's first moonshot of the 21st century. 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!For more information, please

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61:20

Adapting Private Sector Strategies for Global Health...

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2021/07/07

In this recently recorded live web event, we explore what private strategies ideas can be adopted by the global health community to develop, distribute, and market products for those most in need in low and middle income countries. With the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, Medicines 360, PSI and Resonance. Joining Ben are:Andrée Sosler, Senior Director, Impact and Global Access, Medicines360Margot Fahnestock, Vice President, Strategic Development, Medicines360Brandon Soloski, Senior Manager,

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58:49

India’s Continuing COVID Crisis (S04 Ep17)

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2021/06/27

This is a zoom recording of a lovely and fascinating conversation between two global health leaders, Purnima Mane and Geeta Rao Gupta, as they reflect on how India’s cultural and structural barriers - particularly towards girls and women - have enabled SARS CoV2 to spread so widely. While the headlines may have faded away, the huge damage done by this pandemic are far from over. This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions,

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30:43

Design & the Art of Public Health (S04 Ep16)

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2021/05/31

Ben chats with Nancye Green, co-founder of Donovan/Green and pioneer of the use of design to improve public health communications & engagement with communities. They discuss the CDC’s latest COVID-19 masks guidance, pharma TV ads, and their shared passion for one health. This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical companies -- all committed to advancing global health

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59:33

India’s COVID LGBTQI Crisis (S04 Ep15)

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2021/05/22

This special episode is a recording of a webinar organized by international and India-based organizations, with San Francisco Bay Area groups to find out how the pandemic is impacting India’s LGBTQI communities, and how we can help.It is part of a special series organized by the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and the other cohosts of this episode are Parivar, Save Indian Trans ALL INDIA Lives (SITAL), Frontline AIDS, the India HIV/AIDS Alliance, the San Francisco Community Health Center, and the

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38:26

Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of COVID (S04 Ep14)

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2021/05/08

Ben catches up with leading physician, Dr. Huma Abbasi, General Manager Global Health and Medical and Chief Medical Officer at Chevron, to explore how the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the emotional wellbeing of employees around the world, what we have learned from HIV workplace strategies, and what employers can do to support their workers and families, especially in environments where governments can't or won't.This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health

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24:06

Global Health Innovation Financing with Krista...

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2021/04/24

Ben meets Krista Donaldson, CEO of Equalize Health to make sense of the evolving global health innovation financing landscape, and how young social entrepreneurs can attract investment - a special podcast for students participating in the Bay Area Global Health Innovation Challenge. http://www.bayareaglobalhealthchallenge.comThis episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical

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42:14

EXTREME HUMANISM: A Conversation About Engagement &...

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2021/04/10

Ben catches up with Tom Peters, internationally respected business management leader and author, who has turned his attention to the impact of COVID-19 and the urgent need for extreme humanism - a dramatic scale up of leadership at the individual, company and societal level to address COVID 19 and prepare for future pandemics.This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical

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A Show of Hope with the San Francisco Community...

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2021/03/14

In this short clip, Ben chats with Lance Toma about San Francisco Community Health Center's televised fundraising event to raise funds for and awareness of the Center's comprehensive primary care, dental, behavioral health, trans health HIV and COVID services for marginalized communities in San Francisco's Tenderloin district and beyond. For more information:www.sfcommunityhealth.org#SFCHC #SFCommunityhealth #COVID19 #primarycare #transhealth #mentalhealth #ABC7 #HIV #equity #solidarity #FQHC

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45:01

The Pandemics of Discrimination & Stigma (S04 Ep09)

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2021/03/13

In this week's episode, Ben talks with Mark S. King, blogger, author, speaker, and HIV/AIDS activist, about discrimination and stigma that accompany global viral pandemics, and the messy aspects of human behaviors that help spread infection, misinformation and prejudice. This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical companies -- all committed to advancing global health

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38:36

The Future of Rapid Test Results with Healthvana’s...

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2021/03/05

Ramin Bastani, CEO of Healthvana, joins Ben on this week's episode for a fast-paced conversation about how technology can accelerate the receipt of HIV, COVID, and other medical test results to our smartphones, and the opportunities & challenges this brings to patients, their healthcare providers and broader society. This episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, a network of academic institutions, nonprofits, and innovative tech, biotech and pharmaceutical companies

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45:20

Communicating One Health with Professors Jonna Mazet...

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2021/02/26

Ben reconnects with Professor Jonna Mazet and meets Professor John Parrish-Sprowl for a wide ranging conversation about a one health approach to addressing pandemics and the range of communications strategies the world needs to make real behavior change, not just for ourselves, but our communities, wildlife and the environment. Jonna and John are members of the One Health Action Collaborative, the Subcommittee on Public Health, Global Health and Environmental Security, part of the Forum on Microbial

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