Global Health Pursuit

25/03/2025

Looking for a new social impact podcast to listen to add to your playlist?

Today, I’m dropping an episode from the ‘Narratives of Purpose’ Podcast this week on the GHP feed.

When I met the host, Claire Murigande, I was blown away by how aligned our podcasts are. We both feature amazing leaders in the space of social impact and global public health who are changing the world.

Today’s episode is on about Eradicating Period Poverty and features Ira Guha, Founder of the Asan Cup, a high quality menstrual cup available in India made from 100% medical grade silicone featuring a unique ring for easy removal.

For every cup you purchase, Asan donates one for free to a person who cannot afford period products.

✨🩸listen wherever you get your podcasts!

10/03/2025

I’m so excited to announce that has featured me in their newsletter today!!! YAY

Thank you, everyone, for sharing, liking, and commenting on my latest post!!

If you aren’t already - please subscribe to the Global Health Pursuit Podcast newsletter to be the first to know about new episodes every week!

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Thank you so much!!!!
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07/03/2025

Can you help me? The podcast got featured on the Podcast Delivery on all the social platforms!!

BUT here's the catch - I need all of you to engage with this post as much as possible so that I can get featured on their newsletter that has thousands of subscribers!!!! That would be HUGE for me.

So if you can like the post, share it with your audience, comment below, that would help me so much!

Thank you so so much! I'll know if I got featured this Monday!!!!
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Global Health Pursuit explores vital topics like preventable infant deaths, the impact of national security on immigrant health, and voluntourism. Hosted by Hetal Baman, uncover stories of leaders fighting poverty and expanding healthcare access globally.
https://episodes.fm/1512764779

13/02/2025

I think it’s time for me to awake from my social media hibernation.
{TLDR: The Global Health Pursuit Podcast season 3 is launching. And it’s gonna be the best season yet! (So make sure you follow me and subscribe to the newsletter)}

It’s been too long.

After wrapping up Season 2, I asked myself: Is this the best I can do?

The answer—of course not!

So I went back to the drawing board. Tweaked. Reworked. Pushed myself... oh boy, and I mean I PUSHED MYSELF.

And now, Season 3 is here, bigger and better than ever.

What can you expect?
🎥 Video episodes on Spotify & YouTube—so you can WATCH the conversations unfold.
🎙️ More narration, more context—so you get a deeper, richer listening experience. (This is where the magic is ✨ )

Topics for this season: Asylum Seekers/Refugees at the border, inpatient psychiatric care, podcasthon, abortion data and law globally, university programs for clean water, eye health, and more...

The lineup of the first few episodes of Season 3:
1. Truths and Myths about Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border... w/ Erin Hughes Engineering
2. The Biggest Charity Event for Podcasters...w/ Jeremie Mani
3. Healing or Harm? Rethinking Inpatient Psychiatric Care... w/ Morgan Shields, Ph.D. Brown School

Comment GHP and I’ll personally send you a link to my podcast, newsletter, AND new YouTube channel so you’re the first to know when new episodes drop 🎧

I’m back, baby 😎

26/02/2024

Only 11% of podcasters make it to episode 50.

And tomorrow, I’ll be part of that 11%.

The journey getting here wasn’t easy. It required support. It required resilience. It required consistency.

Most of all, it required patience.

In 2020, when I first released the Global Health Pursuit Podcast, I made it to episode 37 while simultaneously burning out at work and then finally giving up.

I quit my job at J&J and I quit creating episodes for the podcast.

I couldn’t do it anymore. It was just too overwhelming.

But this time is different.

This time, I’m pouring my heart and soul into the Global Health Pursuit.

And even though I’m juggling the struggles of wedding planning and life, getting to episode 50 hasn’t felt as daunting as it did the first time around.

So this week, in celebration of my 50th episode release and my climb to the top 2% of Global Podcasts, I ask for your support.

Would you be willing to do one or more of these 4 things?

1️⃣ Support the podcast with a financial contribution (As of today, February 26th, 20% of all donations will be directed to the latest featured non-profit OR a featured non-profit of YOUR choice). Your donation will be used towards hosting, production, and marketing costs that help us share more stories of social activists and advocates worldwide.
👉🏾Comment “Donate” or send me a private message for the donation link!

2️⃣ Sponsor a future episode of the podcast! Future episodes in the pipeline are on the topics of clean water, vital signs monitoring for low-resource communities, climate change, ayurveda, mental health, pediatrics, refugees/displaced peoples, and more!
👉🏾 Comment “Sponsor” or send me a private message so we can chat more!

3️⃣ Write an Apple Podcasts review or rate the podcast on Spotify!
👉🏾 Comment “Rate” or send me a private message for the Apple/Spotify link!

4️⃣ Comment below or share this post with your audience! This will help the mysterious LinkedIn algorithm do its thing 😉 📈

🥂 Here’s to the next 50 episodes creating even more impact than ever before!

19/12/2023

What if there was a world where no woman had to experience the harrowing consequences of Obstetric Fistula?

That’s the real question we tackle in today’s episode of the Global Health Pursuit Podcast - “Episode 40. Obstetric Fistula: A Path to Prevention”

The work that Hope for Our Sisters, Inc. is doing when it comes to PREVENTION is incredibly key. If fistula was eradicated, then we wouldn’t have to fund any more surgeries to repair them. It’s as simple as that. 🤷🏾‍♀️

But how do you prevent Fistula from occurring in the first place in countries like DR Congo, Angola, or Nepal?

🎧 Have a listen to the latest episode to find out!

Thank you to Brooke Sulahian and Cara Brooks for sharing your time, love, and compassion with me during this interview.

🔗Check out the latest episode with the link in my bio!


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24/11/2023

Today, I'm boycotting Black Friday.

Not JUST because I don't believe in funding genocide.

But because I believe in supporting businesses that are directly uplifting humanity.

We are becoming more and more awakened to how the world works today and I think that we've been buying with blind eyes.

Why is it that when we donate our money to nonprofits, we ask questions like:
✅ What % of my dollar is going to programs?
✅ What projects is my money going towards?
✅ Who am I supporting?
✅ What is the sustainability behind my donation?

But no one asks these questions when buying a sweater from ZARA or a pair of headphones from Amazon?

Clothing and tech companies are ALSO contributing to the livelihood of their employees. But many of us don't seem to care about HOW they are contributing. WHO are they contributing to?

We don't ask questions like:
👉🏾 Are they being paid a living wage?
👉🏾 How many hours are they working each week?
👉🏾 Are they given benefits for themselves and their families?
👉🏾 Are they being treated with respect and care?

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14/11/2023

"When you say epilepsy, you think, oh that doesn't concern me. Or when you say tumor... well that doesn't concern me. But brain health? It concerns you. It concerns me."

Today, I'm releasing Part 2 of the Eradicating Epilepsy Stigma featuring Teguo Daniel Djoyum: "What Does Coffee Have to Do With Brain Health?"

In this episode we dive into:
👉🏾 Teguo's mission, including his origins in Africa
👉🏾 His experience with the Harvard Innovation Labs
👉🏾 His goals of de-stigmatizing epilepsy and increasing medical resources in underserved areas.
👉🏾 The innovative approach of using a fair profit company to sustainably provide essential care to epilepsy patients.

☕ 🎧 Make sure to listen until the end to learn about an innovative campaign and how you can get involved in raising awareness and funds for epilepsy just through a simple cup of coffee.

14/11/2023

Why do we celebrate Diwali?

Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.

We light candles in the darkness to pave a path for goodness to prevail.

But as we celebrate, it's important to reflect on the world we live in today.
It's important not to turn a blind eye to the injustices that are happening in populations around the world.

We are finding ourselves living in a time where we see history unfolding right in front of us.

And it's a privilege to witness right at our fingertips.

We see bombing, genocides, divides, and political discourse.

But we also see peaceful protests, unity, and grand gestures of love.

Diwali is a time that reminds us to fight the inequity.

Diwali is a time that reminds us that the light will continue to shine in the dark.

However small the flame 🔥

In some ways, Diwali rebuilds my faith and reminds me that there is humanity in this world when you look closely.

So light those diyas tonight for all who have lost their life.
Light those diyas for those who need a little more hope.

Because a spark in the dark is all you need.

Happy Diwali ✨🪔

01/11/2023

I'm having a difficult time processing everything that is going on in Palestine.

I don't know what to say to express how my heart is breaking for the innocent lives lost. I don't want to watch the news, but then again, I can't ignore it.

It's paralyzing.

The only thing I can do is TRY my very hardest to find any type of hope or silver lining in this tragedy.

So this week, I'm re-releasing my favorite episode on the podcast featuring Dr. Wisam Breegi.

From fleeing Baghdad during the Gulf War, to having his first child in the ruins of a half bombed hospital with zero electricity, to now serving less privileged populations to make sure their newborns stay healthy, Dr. Breegi is an innovator that found a light in the darkest of times.

I wanted to remind you that the sun will come up. ☀

🎧 Listen to the episode with thee link in my bio

24/10/2023

It's finally time for me to speak up.

Please educate yourselves and pray for the people who are suffering during this time of need. 💛🙏🏽

19/10/2023

I'm experiencing a reverse culture shock...

I spent the last seven days in El Salvador...
With ten other humans from across the states..

The goal was to continue serving communities with little access to pediatric care in El Salvador.

And the last time I've been to central america to serve was in 2019.

All I remember from my journey back was crying on the plane home from Honduras.

My mind and heart were in a duel.

My mind knew that there were people in this world who lived in poverty.
My mind knew that there were people in this world who didn't have access to clean water.
My mind knew that there were people in this world who didn't have access to clean water.
My mind knew that there were people in this world who didn't have a reliable source of electricity.

💔 But my heart never wanted to accept it.

And when I come to a place like El Salvador... where this is the reality for so many, my mind and heart went to war... again.

And I realized that... all I did was win the lottery of life. 💸

I was born into a family who created a life where they could build wealth.
I was born into a family who was able to gain an education that could ripple into the future generations.

I won the lottery. It's as simple as that.

And as I sit on my king sized bed on a freshly washed duvet across from my wide screen television, I ask myself... what is it that's different from 31 year old me and a 31 year old woman living in a rural community in El Salvador, Honduras, or India...

Opportunity. Access. Resources.

But...
We both want to be healthy.
We both want to be loved and love.
We both have dreams.
We both have aspirations.

We are the same... but in so many ways, we are not.

Thank you to Extra Mile Pediatrics and Dr. Jeff, for allowing me to experience the people of El Salvador.

I have so much gratitude for the work you do to care for so many children's health and well being... one child at a time.

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If you want to learn more about Extra Mile Pediatrics and hear real stories from the field, listen to episodes 30 and 31 on the Global Health Pursuit Podcast.

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