Salmaan Keshavjee on Global Health, Infectious Diseases, and the Coronavirus

Candid Insights with Sahil Badruddin

Sahil interviews Salmaan Keshavjee, a Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He directs their Global Health Delivery Program. He is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and has been affiliated extensively with the Boston-based non-profit Partners InHealth (PIH) and Advance Access and Delivery which has been delivering care in poor countries for more than 30 years. He discusses his insights on the Vulnerabilities Exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Impact of Neoliberal Models on Healthcare Systems, the Economic and Social Inequalities Highlighted by COVID-19, and the Debate on Medicare for All in the United States. Keshavjee also addresses the Sociological Impact of the Pandemic, the Reassessment of Global Health Priorities, and the Lessons Learned from Historical Healthcare Responses such as Tuberculosis. Interview: candidinsights.co/salmaan-keshavjee-interview

Timestamps:

• Coronavirus (COVID) — Time Index: 1:00

• COVID and its Effect — Time Index: 2:47

• Medicare for All — Time Index: 7:24

• Shifts with COVID Epidemic — Time Index: 13:06

• COVID and its Effects on Society — Time Index: 15:07

• Priorities and Change in Society — Time Index: 19:49

• Tuberculosis — Time Index: 25:16

• Neoliberalism — Time Index: 33:19

• Post-Fact Society in Global Health — Time Index: 41:22