Ingrid was young and starting her career as a dietician when two years of hospitalisation, injections and recovery which changed her life forever.

In this episode we focus on Tuberculosis, or TB, a disease with a long history in humans which is both curable and preventable but continues to kill 1.2 million people every year. It’s also got some pretty nasty resistant forms of the disease, which are becoming much more common especially in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Seen through the lens of Ingrid’s story, we find out how TB affects patients, where it is still a big problem and why there is much more to TB than science.

Featuring:

Ingrid Schoeman, Director of Advocacy and Strategy for TB Proof, a group started by health care who developed occupational TB and students passionate about TB prevention. She is also an extensively drug resistant TB survivor

Marcello Scopazzini, Clinical Fellow in Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Infectious Diseases Specialist, researching the link between TB and cardiovascular diseases. He also appeared in our chorus of healthcare professionals in the Edinburgh Fringe run in 2022.

The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and process behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

Come and watch us in New York in Fall 2024!

The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

Original music and editing support is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

Find out more about the show by visiting www.lifelinemusical.com and follow us on social media @lifelinemusical

Jess is a doctor, Aaron is a patient, Julian is in a position of power. Together, they are the three friends whose story is at the heart of the show.

Anyone from any background can become an antimicrobial steward, someone who spreads the word about AMR and encourages people to use antimicrobials efficiently. When Aaron gets sick, all three of the friends explore stewardship and what that means to their professional and personal bonds.

In the real world we too can be stewards in our own unique ways and this episode looks at how some people are doing that through music, storytelling and tuk-tuks…

Featuring:

Dr Olayinka Fakorede, Medical Doctor and Masters candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/

The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and process behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

Come and watch us in New York in Fall 2024!

The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

Original music and editing support is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

Find out more about the show by visiting www.lifelinemusical.com and follow us on social media @lifelinemusical

AMR is a problem with a plethora of solutions...and plenty of barriers to reach them.

In this episode we look at the role innovation can play – innovating new antibiotics, relatively unexplored treatments and preventing infection in the first place. So how expensive is it to make a new antibiotic? Are viruses actually our friends? And what does it have to do with the whales?

Featuring:

Silas Holland, Executive director in infectious disease policy at Merck

Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego

Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/

If you want to check out the book featured in this episode, it is called The Perfect Predator written by Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson.

The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and process behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

Come and watch us in New York in Fall 2024!

The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

Original music and editing support is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

Find out more about the show by visiting www.lifelinemusical.com and follow us on social media @lifelinemusical