[BONUS] Gates Foundation: Make Me Care About…Syringes

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

Jen Hatmaker

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Another special bonus episode from the “Make Me Care About” podcast from the Gates Foundation with our own Jen Hatmaker talking with another amazing expert about things we may not know or care about, but should! This episode gives us the privilege of speaking with Surabhi Rajaram, a Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who focuses on improving immunization delivery. We dive deep into the world of safe syringes, and why they are so important in saving lives. Surabhi Rajaram is a true expert in her field, with years of experience at the forefront of improving global health. Today she shares her knowledge on the features of an auto-disabled syringe, and how it physically prevents the user from being able to withdraw the syringe again, ultimately preventing the spread of illness. Join Jen and Surabhi as they discuss: Why safe syringes are so important to effective vaccine delivery The importance of investing in scalable syringe manufacturing Improving immunization delivery for a safer world How preparing for disease threats like COVID requires syringe innovation Our guest shares their life’s work around investing in safe and effective syringe manufacturing and delivery and how each of us can make a difference in the world of global health by learning more about this important topic. Gates Foundation & Guest Links Make Me Care About Podcast Series Gates Foundation Guest Surabhi Rajaram’s website Resources for this Episode Vaccine Development and Surveillance Long Term Vaccine Development in Africa PATH Syringe GAP analysis UNICEF Syringes explainer video Connect with Jen! Jen’s Website Jen’s Instagram Jen’s Twitter Jen’s Facebook Jen’s YouTube To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, my dear for the love podcast community. You guys were popping in at a special time
0:09.4	this week to let you in on a very cool project. I've been a part of this year and I definitely
0:15.3	want you to be a part of it too. You may have heard of a little organization called The
0:19.8	Gates Foundation. It's literally out there doing hugely important work having a deep
0:26.5	and profound impact on the world. And they're excited to share stories about some of those world
0:31.8	changing initiatives and most importantly the innovators behind them. And I was honored when they
0:38.0	asked me to service the host for a brand new podcast series they are calling Make Me Care About.
0:45.3	You guys, they rounded up the most interesting people to actually make us care about all kinds of
0:50.8	stuff we might have never thought of. Like for example poop, okay, poop. We have a whole poop show.
0:56.4	I sit down and talk to an expert about why the thing we're talking about matters. Probably more
1:01.1	than we even realize it does. Like in this case, how sanitation systems work and why they are in
1:06.3	danger of being outdated, which could wreak so much havoc on our public health. And then the
1:10.7	solutions they're working on to radically change the configurations of our indoor plumbing solutions
1:15.8	over the next few decades. I promise you this is a fascinating conversation. And poop is just one.
1:22.6	Like that's not the only thing we're asking you to care about. We're getting the skinning on
1:26.9	stuff like syringes and iodized salt and college digital money. You guys, there's so much more.
1:34.9	And I can't even begin to tell you how much I learned by being a part of these conversations.
1:39.6	It was fun and it was fascinating. And of course, I knew I had to share these episodes with
1:45.6	our community here. So we're going to be airing several of these over the coming few weeks as a little
1:51.6	extra bonus in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes to pop in your ears at the end of the
1:58.0	week. I know you're going to find these conversations as interesting and as illuminating as I did.
2:03.9	And I hope they inspire you to be more curious and care about something new that maybe wasn't on your
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