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Take as Directed

Take as Directed is a series of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. It highlights important news, events, issues, and perspectives in global health policy, particularly in infectious disease, health security, and maternal, newborn, and child health. Thi

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Show overview

Take as Directed has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 358 episodes. That works out to roughly 210 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 29 min and 40 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Health show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 72 episodes published. Published by CSIS Global Health Policy Center | Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Episodes
358
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
34 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Take as Directed is the podcast series of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. It highlights important news, events, issues, and perspectives in global health policy, particularly in infectious disease, health security, and maternal, newborn, and child health. The podcast brings you commentary and perspectives from some of the leading voices in global health and CSIS Global Health Policy Center in-house experts

Latest Episodes

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Hayley Severance, NTI: The newly released Africa Health Security Index

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Aurélia Nguyen, CEPI: "Vaccines will be part of the solution" to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak

Jul 23, 202641 min

Ken Isaacs, Samaritan’s Purse: "What they need are Ebola fighters."

Jul 13, 202628 min

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme: Ebola outbreak in Ituri, Congo "a perfect storm."

Jul 7, 202639 min

CommonHealth Live! with Rep. Ami Bera

Jun 30, 202645 min

Dr. Gerald Parker: New World Screwworm arrives —"sometimes there is bureaucratic inertia."

Jun 30, 202637 min

Jamie Bay Nishi, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH): “We can’t have the same three CDC epidemiologists managing the world’s crises.”

Jun 25, 202639 min

Declan Walsh, NYT Africa Correspondent: "It all boils down to two factors, conflict and gold."

Jun 24, 202628 min

Dr. Salim Abdool Karim, Chair, Africa CDC Emergency Consultative Group: "Congolese doctors know how to treat Ebola patients."

Jun 22, 202630 min

Strengthening Vaccine Production and Access to Routine Immunizations in Sub-Saharan Africa | The CommonHealth Live!

Jun 17, 202655 min

Dr. Jeffrey Gold, President of the University of Nebraska: “Containing outbreaks is always in our national interest.”

Jun 11, 202639 min

Professor Rebecca Katz, Georgetown University: the Health Security Operations Center during the FIFA World Cup

May 21, 202630 min

Professor Paul Spiegel, Johns Hopkins University: the release of the Lancet Commission report on health, conflict and forced displacement

May 20, 202644 min

Priya Basu, the Pandemic Fund: "Countries are not sitting on the fence. They are lining up."

May 8, 202636 min

A Conversation with Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | The Futures Summit

May 6, 202647 min

The Lenacapavir Partnership and the Evolution of U.S. Foreign Assistance | The Futures Summit

May 5, 20261h 12m

Dr. Eli Cahan: “Human beings are wired for stories.”

May 4, 202640 min

Dr. Benjamin Park, CDC: speed is of utmost importance

Apr 30, 202633 min

Expanding Access to Immunizations in the Americas | The CommonHealth Live!

Apr 30, 202653 min

Dan Diamond, Washington Post: “A big hole that no one knows how to fill.”

Apr 16, 202635 min
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