Meru Sheel — the girl who is a disease detective

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

If you saw an infectious disease outbreak, would you run far, far away? Dr Meru Sheel runs towards it. Meru grew up in India, where diseases like polio and tuberculosis made people around her extremely sick. It made her want to help. Meru became a disease detective, a field epidemiologist and now dedicates her life to stopping infectious diseases in their tracks! Her detective work tackles everything from gastro to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the clues she finds helps communities, scientists, healthcare workers and politicians to keep everyone safe.

Narrated by author and political commentator Jamila Rizvi

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:05.2	Kaya, non-curl Millie Rose, non-widditch cooling.
0:08.7	Hi, I'm Millie Rose, I'm a fierce girl.
0:11.6	We recognize Aboriginal and Torres Australian Islander
0:14.8	peoples as the first peoples of this place now known as Australia. We are grateful
0:20.4	for the continuing care of the lands, waterways and skies.
0:24.4	From here on Nongar country and from wherever you are listening.
0:28.6	We respect the elders of the past and present.
0:31.4	Yes. Go. of the past and present. This is the story of the girl.
0:35.0	This is the story of the girl who is a disease detective,
0:41.0	Mayru Sheil.
0:43.2	Read by author and political commentator Jamila Risbee. Mayrou looked up from her math's homework.
0:57.0	What are they talking about on the TV? She asked.
1:04.0	Her mom put on her serious face.
1:07.4	They're talking about protecting children,
1:10.5	she said, from a virus called polio.
1:15.0	Polio.
1:16.0	Meiru had overheard that word in the grown-ups hushed conversations.
1:21.0	If you catch polio, it can damage your nerves and muscles and it can even
1:26.6	make you paralyzed.
1:28.6	Mero's mom said, that means you might not be able to move parts of your body. Some people with polio have trouble walking or can't walk at all.
1:39.0	Maeru knew someone like that. A girl. She was a few years older than
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