Public Health Insight
The Public Health Insight Podcast is a weekly podcast ranked in the top 5% of all podcasts globally. The podcast covers all things public health and global health, from the sustainable development goals to the social determinants of health, as well as interesting dialogues about the diverse career opportunities that exist in the fields. Since its launch in March 2020, the podcast has featured more than 40 high-profile guests and has built an audience in more than 5,000 cities in over 190 countries.
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Pandemics: How & Why They Happen
Ever since humans transitioned from an animal hunting society into agriculture and husbandry, epidemics and pandemics have been close companions in our development right until this day and age. These pandemics ravaged several countries and regions around the globe, partly because there was less knowledge about the causes of these diseases, how they spread, and how to treat them. March 11th, 2021, marks a grim milestone, being exactly one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we talk about how and why pandemics, epidemics, endemics, and zoonosis occur.
Podcast Host
- Sulaiman Alhalbouni, BMSc, MPH
- Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
- Ben Umakanthan, HBSc, MPH
- William Wang, BA, MPH
- Linda Holdbrook, BSc, MPH
- Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, CAPM®
References for Our Discussion
- Geo History: Major epidemics and pandemics
- Visual Capitalist: Visualizing the History of Pandemics
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Music Credits
The following tracks were used to produce this podcast episode:
- Twin Musicom - Dual M
- Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Kevin MacLeod - Village Consort
- Habanero - Carmen
- Beethoven - Fur Elise
