Racism, conflict, lack of funding, transportation issues, lifestyle or stigma: there are a lot of factors that can keep people from getting the care and medication they need. In this episode, we explore those hurdles all over the world, taking you from Belgium to Zambia.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
Raffaella Ravinetto, pharmacy expert, Head of Department of Public Health (ITM)
Bernadette (Bernie) Hensen, epidemiologist, Head of the Unit of Sexual health including HIV (ITM)
Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
Tim Devriese, journalist


To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit  www.itg.be/health-systems


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Transmission S2 - Episode 2: Access - something worth fighting for

Transmission is the new podcast of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our enlightening and intimate series shares the personal and professional experiences of researchers and physicians as they relentlessly battle diseases and fight for the health of people globally.