The Threshold

‘The Threshold’ Live

We hosted a live virtual podcast taping of The Threshold on World Neglected Tropical Disease Day. Host Henry Bonsu spoke with Sabena Solomon, GSK vice president and head

The Path Toward Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases

In our season finale of The Threshold, we delve into what it will take to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which impact about 1.5 billion people. The World Health

How to Stop Diseases from Spreading

What are the best ways to stop the spread of infectious diseases? One key element is diagnostics. For diseases like tuberculosis, there are millions of people unaware tha

Out-of-the-box Innovations Against Malaria

Malaria kills nearly six hundred thousand people every year, with 95 percent of deaths occurring in Africa. Most of them are children under five. While progress on curbin

Turning the Page on Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis claimed more than 1.25 million lives in 2023, overtaking COVID as the world’s deadliest infectious disease. For the last century, there has been a vaccine pr

The Promise of PrEP for HIV

What could end HIV and AIDS as a public health threat? While there is still no vaccine or cure, long-acting tools like Lenacapavir, the recently approved twice-yearly HIV

From Aid to Growth

On today’s show, we are tackling what is possibly the biggest challenge facing global health right now: funding. Host Henry Bonsu speaks with Indonesia Minister of Health

Gates CEO Mark Suzman Is ‘Very Concerned’ About a Health Funding Deadline

Welcome to the first episode of The Threshold, a Foreign Policy podcast about the fight to end infectious diseases around the world and the innovations that could get us

Coming Soon: The Threshold

Global health is facing a critical moment. New scientific breakthroughs are making a huge difference in the fight against epidemics like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malar