Reflections on Healthcare and Humanity with Dr. Christos Christou | Health Under Pressure

Dr. Christos Christou (ex-MSF President): Why Medicine Keeps Losing to Politics | Health Under Pressure Why do life-saving drugs arrive before the systems to deliver them? I talk to Dr. Christos Christou, a surgeon and former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), about HIV, COVID, mental health, migration and the cost of speaking out. Health Under Pressure is a podcast on the intersection of health, politics, psychology and research. Subscribe for new episodes. ⏱ Chapters (verify against final audio) 0:00 Intro 0:17 From Trikala to medicine 1:50 “Their weapons kill, ours save lives” 3:10 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: trust, stigma, activism 6:10 Forgotten lessons and the lenacapavir fight with Gilead 9:00 Licensing and IP explained 11:00 COVID: PPE, oxygen and vaccine inequity 14:45 Misinformation and trust in science 17:00 Essential health services sidelined 19:40 Ebola, COVID and standing by people 21:20 Mental health: the invisible trauma 24:00 Sudan, stigma and trust 26:30 “Stop this madness”: the Greek islands letter 30:30 The children who stopped engaging with life 32:40 Ceuta and Europe’s “security” framing 37:30 Access vs speaking out 39:50 Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan: a tiered world 43:40 Compassion fatigue 45:30 One last message: solidarity #HealthUnderPressure #MSF #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Podcast