3 - Navigating Autoimmune Diseases - A Spotlight on NMO with Sumaira Ahmed

About this episode

Lois King interviews Sumaira Ahmed about navigating autoimmune diseases and the impact of healthcare policies.

In this episode, I speak to Sumaira Ahmed, Executive Director and Founder of The Sumaira Foundation! We talk a little bit about taking life as it comes, the power of policy to reform our healthcare systems for the public good, comparisons of the healthcare systems in the UK vs. the US with this disease, and the importance of health as a human right. Hope you enjoy! Check out my Patreon for exclusive content: ⁠ www.patreon.com/notiphied⁠ Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠ www.instagram.com/notiphied.podcast⁠ Lois' website: ⁠ https://www.loisemilyking.com⁠ The Sumaira Foundation website: sumairafoundation.org You'll find links to all their social media info from the website (including Facebook, Instagram, X, Youtube LinkedIn and TikTok). “Demystifying NMO and MOG” podcast: www.sumairafoundation.org/awareness/demystifying-nmo

People in this episode

Host: Lois King

Guest: Sumaira Ahmed

Topics covered

• autoimmune diseases
• healthcare systems
• human rights
• NMO
• policy reform

Keywords

• autoimmune diseases
• NMO
• healthcare reform
• human rights
• Sumaira Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Sumaira Foundation

Places: UK, US

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