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Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chpt 6: Innovation in Global Health: Scaling responsibly, equitably, and faster

At the AIDS 2026 Global AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Ben interviews Dr. mike Reed about how global health technology succeeds or fails depending less on the tools t

Beyond the Hype: Re-engineering HIV Diagnostics for a Resilient Future (recorded at AIDS 2026)

Recorded at AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro at the Roche Diagnostics booth, host Ben Plumley speaks with Professor Pedro Cahn (Fundación Huésped, Argentina) and Dr. Rupa Pate

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chapter 5: The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis: Reframing the Global Health Agenda in an Era of Planetary Instability

Recorded at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Ben and Dr. mike Reid discuss how climate disruption will exacerbate existing infectious diseases, enable emerging

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chpt 4: Financing Global Health in an Era of Scarcity

In this episode of Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Ben chats with authors mike Reid and Eric Goosby about how funding shocks become life-and-death realities

Wrapping our Conversations with Youth Leadership at AIDS 2026

This episode was made in partnership with the International AIDS Society (IAS), Young Leaders Programme. ---- Host Ben Plumley wraps up the A Shot in the Arm Podcast f

Communities & Treatment Access with ITPC at AIDS 2026

Host Ben Plumley speaks with Solange Baptiste Simon and Othoman Mellouk of the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) about their packed treatment pre-conf

Shuga Global discusses Creating HIV Prevention Media with Youth at AIDS 2026

At AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, host Ben Plumley speaks with Wame Jallow, Jerop Limo, and JulieBrenda Waweru about Shuga Global’s evolution from the MTV Staying Alive Fou

Young Leaders, Big Ideas at AIDS 2026

This episode was made in partnership with the International AIDS Society (IAS), Young Leaders Programme. ---- Host Ben Plumley records from a windy Rio de Janeiro at AI

Science, Funding, and Young Leaders at AIDS 2026

On the first full day of AIDS 2026 in Rio, the A Shot in the Arm podcast (with the International AIDS Societies Young Leaders Program) captures excitement about new HIV s

Youth Leadership and Prevention Innovation at AIDS 2026

From AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, host Ben Plumley talks with International AIDS Society Young Leaders Edmond Soko (Zambia, Grassroots Soccer) and Noah Mancuso (Atlanta,

U=U for the Masses at AIDS 2026

Ben launches the first of six daily A Shot in the Arm Podcast episodes from AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, produced with the International AIDS Society and its Young Leader

Humanity First at AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro

From AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, A Shot in the Arm Podcast hosts, Ben and Yvette, discuss why convening the global AIDS community still matters amid major financial chal

AIDS 2060 Ep04: Climate Change as the Great Disruptor of the Global HIV Response (with Arthur Snell)

In this episode of AIDS 2060, Ben explores how the climate crisis may disrupt the global HIV response with diplomat, author, and podcaster Arthur Snell, marking the U.S.

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chapter 3: Governing Global Health in a Multipolar World

In this episode of “Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century,” Ben speaks with authors Dr. mike Reed and Professor Eric Goosby about how COVID exposed the geopolitica

AIDS 2060 Ep03: The Next Generation of Leaders in the fight against HIV: Teenage Girls & Young Women

HIV prevention advocate Siviwe Gaika urges policymakers, governments, and donors to expand the HIV prevention “choice basket,” emphasizing long-acting injectable PrEP (ca

Entropy, Trust & Pattern Discovery: Heidi Larson and Mark Anderson on Misinformation and AI in Global Health | A Shot in the Arm Podcast

Host Ben Plumley welcomes Professor Heidi Larson (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Dr. Mark Anderson (Pattern Computer/Strategic News Service) to discuss

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chapter 2: A New Epistemology for Global Health — Embracing Complexity and the "Both/And" Approach

Ben Plumley speaks with Dr. mike Reid and Eric Goosby about their new book Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, focusing on epistemology—how global health define

Undetectable, Then Detectable: Decoding the HIV “Viral Blip”

Why does an undetectable HIV viral load sometimes flip to “detectable” — and what does that actually mean for the patient? Host Ben Plumley talks with Ben LaBrot (Profess

AIDS 2060 Ep 02 - African-Led Research for an African Epidemic

In this second episode of AIDS2060, Ben sits down with Dr Andrew Kambugu, Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Institute at Makere University in Kampala Uganda. T

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century, Chapter 1: The End of the Old Order – and What Comes Next

A Shot in the Arm Media in partnership with UCSF Institute for Global Health launched a nine-part series to explore the future of global health built around the book Rede