Episode 109 - Health During a Crisis with Dr Maria Tanyag and Dr Ari Jerrems

We recently sat down with Dr Maria Tanyag from the Australian National University and Dr Ari Jerrems from the University of Western Australia for chat about what happens to health systems during a crisis (such as a pandemic or war). Ari talks us through his work studying the Spanish health system during COVID and how policies were implemented in different parts of Spain. Maria talks us through some of the issues in the Philippines, and also discusses her recently published book “The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health”. Maria focuses particularly on how sexual and reproductive health rights are impacted during a crisis, and the role different factors such as religion and morality play in this. You can read more about Ari and his work here: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/ari-jerrems You can read more about Maria and her work here: https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/maria-tanyag You can find Maria’s book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-global-politics-of-sexual-and-reproductive-health-9780197676332?cc=au&lang=en& As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Twitter/X @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth