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Mapping Healthcare

Mapping Healthcare

Written by: Dr. Ulfat Shaikh
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Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe make the world of healthcare better and what we can learn from them. The host is a physician, medical educator, and researcher who leads programs to help people access high-quality healthcare and stay healthy.

Ulfat Shaikh 2026
Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • 25. Bridging Culture and Mental Health from Bergen
    Jan 17 2026

    How much of our inner world is shaped by the world around us? And does depression in Oslo feel the same as depression in Oklahoma City? The language we use to talk about our pain and even the pain itself can be deeply cultural. For a long time the approach to mental health was to stick on a label and treat the symptoms. That's evolving from a one-size-fits-all approach to viewing mental health through a cultural lens. Ingunn Marie Engebretsen tells us how culture shapes how we perceive and express symptoms, our willingness to seek help, stigma around mental health, and family and community support.

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    28 mins
  • 24. Resistance is Real – Safer and Smarter Antibiotic Use in Argentina
    Dec 27 2025

    Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria evolve to withstand the medicines designed to kill them. About half the time that we use an antibiotic, it might not be needed or it's the wrong one for the job. That misuse is what's driving antibiotic resistance. Resistant infections threaten modern medicine's ability to manage infections and lead to longer illnesses, hospital stays, higher costs, and deaths. Facundo Jorro-Baron tells us about how public hospitals he worked with changed their antibiotic prescription practices. Hear why the fight against antibiotic resistance deals with some resistance of its own. And like most resistance, it too is local.

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    28 mins
  • 23. Caring for Children with Medical Complexity – Navigating Choppy Waters Across the Atlantic
    Dec 13 2025

    Behind so many children with complex medical needs there is an often invisible support system. The people we're talking about are family members of children with medical complexity. Pediatric neurodisability specialist Helen Leonard shares her experience navigating the healthcare system with her son, Matthew. Health systems are generally better at handling single-issue fixable conditions, such as heart attacks or trauma, but fall short for people with complex needs. If we want to truly deliver coordinated and integrated care, we have to support the entire family, because caring for the caregiver is caring for the child.

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    29 mins
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