MMS Health for All Podcast
Episode Archive
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Nothing about us, without us!
In this episode, Carine Weiss talks to the Head of Advocacy at CBM Switzerland, Mirjam Gasser, and Chris Heer, self-advocate on the rights of persons with disabilities and head of Equality and S...
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Why is data and research on disability so important?
In this episode, Carine Weiss talks to Hannah Kuper about the current gaps in data and research on disability, and the evidence of the link between health and disability. We talk about COVID-19 ...
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Homeless and mentally ill - there is a way out
Homelessness is a big challenge in low-and middle-income countries and mental health conditions are highly prevalent in homeless populations. A significant number of homeless people have some so...
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I am one of three psychiatrists in Bukavu
In this episode, Carine Weiss speaks with Achille Bapolisi, one of three psychiatrists in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Achille talks about the need to provide more psycho-social...
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A Story of Living and Thriving with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. It is a mental health disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly. The exa...
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Malaria: Gender and the Right to Health
Malaria is a disease of poverty and injustice. It is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. Its impact is especially ferocious on the poorest: those least able to afford preventive measures ...
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There is no excuse for the world to still have malaria
Mosquitoes infect millions of people with malaria - a disease that kills a child every two minutes. Most of these deaths occur in the poorest countries with the weakest health systems. Over the ...
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Malaria and Switzerland: How a country’s engagement matters
World Malaria Day, marked each year on 25 April, is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.
The S...
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Domestic violence, puberty and first love: Let's lift the curtain
One in three women in India is likely to have been subjected to intimate partner violence of a physical, emotional, or sexual nature. Due to the deeply rooted gender norms and cultural values in...
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Love matters! Let’s talk about sex
“Do we ever wonder why talking about sex, sexuality, sexual desire and pleasure brings in such feeling of shame and embarrassment? After all there is nothing unnatural about it nor are we born w...