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S2E7 / What Good Is a Vaccine When There Is No Rice?
S2E7 / What Good Is a Vaccine When There Is No Rice?
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19 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
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Podcast episode
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The 1970s was the deadliest decade in the “entire history of Bangladesh,” said environmental historian Iftekhar Iqbal. A deadly cyclone, a bloody liberation war, and famine triggered waves of migration. As people moved throughout the country, smallpox spread with them.In Episode 7 of “Eradicating Smallpox,” Shohrab, a man who was displaced by the 1970 Bhola cyclone, shares his story. After fleeing the storm, he and his family settled in a makeshift community in Dhaka known as the Bhola basti. Smallpox was circulating there, but the deadly virus was not top of mind for Shohrab. “I wasn’t thinking about that. I was more focused on issues like where would I work, what would I eat,” he said in Bengali.When people’s basic needs — like food and housing — aren’t met, it’s harder to reach public health goals, said Bangladeshi smallpox eradication worker Shahidul Haq Khan.He encountered that obstacle frequently as he traveled from community to community in southern Bangladesh.He said people asked him: “There's no rice in people's stomachs, so what is a vaccine going to do?”To conclude this episode, host Céline Gounder speaks with Sam Tsemberis, president and CEO of Pathways Housing First Institute.He said when public health meets people’s basic needs first, it gives them the best shot at health.In Conversation With Host Céline Gounder:Sam TsemberisFounder, president, and CEO of Pathways Housing First Institute@SamTsemberisVoices From the Episode:ShohrabResident of the Bhola basti in DhakaIftekhar IqbalAssociate professor of history at the Universiti Brunei DarussalamShahidul Haq KhanFormer World Health Organization smallpox eradication program worker in BangladeshFind a transcript of this episode here.“Epidemic” is a co-production of KFF Health News and Just Human Productions.To hear other KFF Health News podcasts, click here.Subscribe to "Epidemic” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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