12 Global Health Podcasts to Have an Eye on in 2026
Global health is a complex and fast-paced field – but podcasts make it easier to follow. Here are 12 global health podcasts worth adding to your queue.
Learning from Global Health experts and advocates
Podcasts are a great way to stay up to date and deepen our knowledge in global health matters. We, the Hub Management Team, have compiled a list of 12 English podcasts we like to listen to. Their hosts, invited experts, and wide-ranging topics offer particularly enrichening insights. Would you like to add to the list? If your favorite host or show is not yet listed here, please feel free to email us at info(at)globalhealthhub.de.
Global Health Matters
TDR/WHO
Host Dr Garry Aslanyan (WHO) discusses thought-provoking topics such as access to medicines, crisis and epidemics, AI implementation, diversity in global health and many more. The podcast features renowned experts and “trailblazer” guests with a focus on low- and middle-income country perspectives.
Health Check
BBC News World Service
A weekly show hosted by Claudia Hammond examining health research and public health issues globally, featuring scientists and clinicians from many countries. The episodes are short and accessible, featuring medical breakthroughs, common health myths, and broader research on diseases.
The Lancet Global Health in Conversation with…
The Lancet Group
Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined in a monthly conversation by authors of new publications in the journal to explore their latest research and its impact on healthcare, people’s health, and health policy.
Public Health on Call Podcast
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Public Health On Call podcast makes important public health topics accessible to all through quick, informative conversations. Hosts tackle complex topics through engaging interviews and real-world perspectives. Interviewees include patients, elected leaders, front line clinicians, researchers, commissioners, and more professionals. Some discussions include racial and environmental justice, reproductive health, international crises and viral outbreaks, the opioid crisis, and so much more.
Global Health Unfiltered
Global Health Unfiltered
This is a podcast launched in 2022 that highlights the role of African experts in addressing global health challenges while exploring the decolonization of global health from the perspectives of African researchers and practitioners. The show is hosted by four emerging African leaders. Its fifth season is set to launch in February 2026.
Global Health Uncensored
Dr. Banda Khalifa
This is a podcast and video series by host Dr. Banda Khalifa, a renowned public health professional and physician. The topics spotlight conversations at the intersection of global health issues, higher education insider tips, leadership, health crises, and real-world impact from a variety of perspectives.
This Podcast Will Kill You
Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke
This podcast might not actually kill you, but you could learn something new! As grad students studying disease ecology, the hosts felt the need to break from the insular world of academia and share their love for epidemics and medical mysteries with their listeners. In every weekly episode, they cover wide-ranging topics, from health myths and scientific fact-checking, to explaining diseases such as malaria and endometriosis.
A Shot in the Arm
Ben Plumley
Host Ben Plumley takes a deep dive into the heart of global health, illuminating the intersection of innovation and equity in healthcare. Ben Plumley—a global infectious disease strategist and passionate HIV advocate, is joined along with an expert team of co-hosts, to engage in conversations with a diverse array of guests from around the world. Together, they explore the intricate connections between everyday lives and biomedical research, tackling pressing issues like pandemic preparedness, climate disruption, and the impact of conflict.
Let’s Talk About Health
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Let’s Talk About Health is the official podcast and videocast of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). In this space, experts provide updated, science-based information on the health topics that affect all in the Americas. Some episodes are in Spanish and include subtitles.
Disruptive Voices
UCL Grand Challenges
In this mini podcast series, UCL sudents ask scholars to reflect on the meaning and practice of Critical Global Health – what does this field encompass? What does it mean to think about global health challenges using a critical lens? Experts reflect on what applying a critical global health lens means for interdisciplinarity, chronic illness, urban health, ethical partnerships, and community-driven strategies.
Better Off
T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Better Off How can society be better off? That's the question our first podcast, "Better Off," by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health producers, seeks to answer. In bi-weekly episodes, host Anna Fisher-Pinker introduces listeners to the people tackling health's most pressing challenges—from air pollution and pandemic preparedness to destigmatizing eating disorders and the politics of race.
Saltgrass
Community Broadcasting Foundation in Djaara, Australia
If you're looking to learn more about the grassroots movements combating climate change, "Saltgrass," by the Community Broadcasting Foundation in Djaara, Australia, is worth a listen. Featuring regular interviews with community members and speicalists, this podcast uncovers how climate change affects all aspects of our lives and what people are doing to adapt. Several topics related to global health and climate change often interlink and overlap.
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