The last episode of the Gates Cambridge podcast looks at how we can improve access to better healthcare for all.
Three Gates Cambridge Scholars discuss various ways to improve healthcare for all in the final episode of the first series of the So, now what? Podcast.
Victor Roy, Johanna Riha and Sabrina Anjara focus on issues such as gender inequities, mental health and access to medicine.
They emphasise the importance of investing in women’s health and empowering grassroots organisations.
The role of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is also explored, with its potential for democratising information one benefit, although there is a cautionary note about the need for regulation and quality control.
The conversation concludes with a call for collective action and for economic policies that value caregiving and support the health workforce as well as a reminder that change comes through a combination of small actions.
Dr Victor Roy [2009] is a family doctor and sociologist whose work has focused on the intersection of health and political economy, including equitable access to medicines and the growing financialisation of healthcare. He will be starting as Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania in autumn 2024. He also directs the Health and Political Economy Project, a new initiative building towards health-focused economic thinking and strategy and is author of Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines.
Dr Sabrina Anjara [2014] is a chartered psychologist and a research lead in Accenture’s flagship R&D and global innovation hub. Over the last three years, she has studied how experts interact with emerging technology, barriers to diversity in pharmaceutical R&D, tech adoption in marginalised communities, benefits and risks of AI in the Global South. Before joining Accenture, Sabrina was a postdoctoral research fellow in health systems.
Dr Johanna Riha [2011] is the Research Lead for the Gender Equality and Intersectionality work package at the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health. She is an epidemiologist with over 13 years of experience in global health policy and research. Her technical expertise spans areas including sexual and reproductive health and rights, human resources for health, non-communicable diseases, and gender integration in health programmes and policies to advance health equity.
To listen to the latest episode and the other seven episodes of the podcast, click here. Topics covered range from AI ethics, what education is for and how to build a more tolerant society to the role of culture in building peace and what extreme weather means for us.
